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SUBMITTER: Jordan V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4827082 | biostudies-other | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20160411
Recent breakthrough of novel hierarchic materials, orchestrated through oriented attachment of crystal subunits, opened questions on what is the mechanism of their self-assembly. Using rutile-type TiO2, synthesized by hydrothermal reaction of Ti(IV)-butoxide in highly acidic aqueous medium, we uncovered the key processes controlling this nonclassical crystallization process. Formation of complex branched mesocrystals of rutile is accomplished by oriented assembly of precipitated fibers along the ...[more]