Extended defects like kinks, cracks, discontinuities, grain boundaries or dislocations are rarely observed (Figs. ) proving the high quality of the synthesized materials. The cparameters obtained from SAED are confirmed by localized HRTEM (insets of Fig. ). The results confirm that the employed alkyldiamine pillaring approach successfully leads to a variation of the V2O5 nanoconfinement geometry, while no changes in intralayer structure and morphology are observed.