In this work, we report for the first time on the use of melt spun glass-forming alloys - Ti75Zr10Si15 (TZS) and Ti60Zr10Si15Nb15 (TZSN) - as substrates for the growth of anodic oxide nanotube layers. Upon their anodization in ethylene glycol based electrolytes, highly ordered nanotube layers were achieved. In comparison to TiO2 nanotube layers grown on Ti foils, under the same conditions for reference, smaller diameter nanotubes (~116nm for TZS and ~90nm for TZSN) and shorter nanotubes (~11.5μm and ~6.5μm for TZS and TZSN, respectively) were obtained for both amorphous alloys. Furthermore, TEM and STEM studies, coupled with EDX analysis, revealed a double-wall structure of the as-grown amorphous oxide nanotubes with Ti species being enriched in the inner wall, and Si species in the outer wall, whereby Zr and Nb species were homogeneously distributed.

Center of Materials and Nanotechnologies Faculty of Chemical Technology University of Pardubice Nam Cs Legii 565 53002 Pardubice Czech Republic

Department of Chemistry of Functional Materials Institute for Complex Materials Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research IFW Dresden Helmholtzstr 20 01171 Dresden Germany

Department of Metastable and Nanostructured Materials Institute for Metallic Materials Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research IFW Dresden Helmholtzstr 20 01171 Dresden Germany

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