“…XRD patterns of pristine Ti 2 O 3 (Figure S2) and Ti 2 O 3 nanoparticles (Figure a) show that the characteristic diffraction peaks at 23.81, 33.07, 34.76, 40.19, 48.74, 53.78, 61.25, and 62.32° are well indexed to (012), (104), (110), (113), (024), (116), (214), and (300) planes of Ti 2 O 3 (JCPDS no. 71-1045), − respectively. Both XRD patterns are similar and there are no other characteristic peaks that appear for the ball-milled sample.…”