Pure and Nd-doped porous In2O3 nanotubes have been successfully synthesized by single-capillary electrospinning method. The SEM images displays the novel structure of Nd-doped In2O3 which has pores distributed on the surface of nanotubes. The subsequent test results demonstrate that Nd-doped porous In2O3 nanotubes possess excellent gas-sensing properties to formaldehyde. The response of Nd-doped porous In2O3 nanotubes to 100 ppm formaldehyde is 44.6 at the optimum operating temperature of 240 degrees C, which is 3.6 times larger than that of pure porous In2O3 nanotubes (12.5), and the response and recovery times to 100 ppm formaldehyde are 15 and 50 s, respectively. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.