Synthesis, structural characterization, and electronic structure of single-crystalline Cu(x)V2O5 nanowires.

Single-crystalline copper vanadium oxide nanowires beta'-Cu(x)V(2)O(5) (x approximately 0.60) have been synthesized by the hydrothermal reduction of bulk CuV(2)O(6) using small-molecule aliphatic alcohols as reducing agents. The prepared copper vanadium bronze nanowires are metallic in nature and exhibit aspect ratios as high as 300.