@article { ISI:000230338900015,
	title = {Synthesis of rutile from ATO and stearic acid},
	journal = {Materials Letters},
	volume = {59},
	number = {21},
	year = {2005},
	month = {SEP},
	pages = {2673-2675},
	publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
	type = {Article},
	address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS},
	abstract = {<p>Nanocrystalline titanium dioxide in the rutile phase has been obtained from the solid state reaction between ammonium titanyl oxalate (ATO) and stearic acid at 400 degrees C in air. The fine powders of ATO and stearic acid are mixed well using acetone in an agate mortar and pestle for 2 h. This mixture (weight ratio of ATO to stearic acid \&gt; 5) on heating at 400 degrees C produces rutile powders. For the ratios of ATO to stearic acid \&lt; 5, a mixture of anatase and rutile phases is obtained. Pure ATO yields anatase phase on decomposition at 400 degrees C. These powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET surface area measurements and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) studies. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.</p>},
	keywords = {Ceramics, Chemical synthesis, Electron microscopy, Oxides, X-ray techniques},
	issn = {0167-577X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.matlet.2005.04.016},
	author = {Patil, M. M. and Deshpande, V. V. and Deshpande, S. B. and Samuel, V. and Ravi, V.}
}
