Abstract: <SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">Bismuth titanate (Bi<SUB>4</SUB>Ti<SUB>3</SUB>O<SUB>12</SUB>) nanopowders were prepared by hydrothermal synthesis from bismuth nitrate [Bi(NO<SUB>3</SUB>)<SUB>3</SUB></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">·</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">5H<SUB>2</SUB>O] and titanium tetrachloride (TiCl<SUB>4</SUB>) at 220</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">～</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体">260 </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">℃</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体"> for 6 h,with potassium hydroxide (KOH) as mineralizer,then the nanopowders were dispersed by different ways.By means of XRD,TEM,SEM and FT-IR,the crystal structure,size and morphology of prepared Bi<SUB>4</SUB>Ti<SUB>3</SUB>O<SUB>12</SUB> powders were studied in detail.Experimental results showed that bismuth titanate crystals were perfect rectangular flaky,with short axis of about 30 nm and long axis of over 100 nm;undispersed Bi<SUB>4</SUB>Ti<SUB>3</SUB>O<SUB>12</SUB> powders had aggregation phenomenon,and diameter of the aggregations was up to about 500 nm;aggregation of powders could be damaged by dispersing them into the solution consisting of tetraethyl orthosilicate,acrylic acid,and absolute ethylalcohol,and the system was then treated with a high-shear dispersing emulsifier to achieve a good dispersion effect.</SPAN>