High-density single crystalline orthorhombic TiSi nanopins were successfully synthesized on Ti
5Si
3 byatmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition, using SiH
4 and TiCl
4 as the precursors. The growth mechanismwas also investigated in detail. The results show that the maximum density of TiSi nanopins is obtained atthe deposition temperature of 730
C. TiSi nanopins grow along with [110] direction. The dimensions ofquadrate tip of nanopins increase with deposition time, and the shape of the nanopin changes with theconcentration of (SiH
4 + TiCl
4). A possible growth process is proposed which is well consistent with theexperimental results.