We report the self-assembly of microsized nanowalls and nano-/micropatterns of magnetic iron oxidesupon the oxidation of electrodeposited Fe-based films when annealed in air at temperatures ranging from300 to 450
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C. Scanning electron microscope studies indicate that these nanowalls have the thinnest wallof down to ~8 nm with a length up to ~2
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m and a height reaching ~6
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m; the square patterns havean area of 0.06-1.0
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m
2. The generated nanowalls can be used to detect O
2 or H
2 at high temperaturesvia their resistance change. The simple spontaneous synthesizing procedure reported here can be appliedas well to other electro-/electroless-deposited metal films to form zero-, one-, and two-dimensional metal-based nanostructures.