... Synthesis of Porous r-Fe2O3 Nanorods and Deposition of VerySmall Gold Particles in the Pores for Catalytic Oxidation of COZiyi Zhong,*,†Judith Ho,†Jaclyn Teo,†Shoucang Shen,† and ... hydrothermalconditions,23the synthesis of hollow hematite nanowires(with a pore size of 15 nm) by a vacuum-pyrolysis routefrom β-FeOOH,24 and the hydrothermal synthesis of R-Fe2O3hollow spheres in the presence of ... the deposition of the Au colloids on the catalyst supports. In a typical preparation,0.50 g of R-Fe2O3was added to 10 mL of DI water, followed by1.5 mL of 0.01 M HAuCl4 and 1.5 mL of 0.01...