Two-Step Self-Assembly and Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Behavior of TiO₂ Nanorods

Figure 3

(a) TEM image of structures when primary assembly of TiO₂ NRs was complete; inset is the honeycomb structure. (b) TEM image of spherulite after secondary assembly at 0.231 M. (c) POM image of spherulites of anatase TiO₂. (d) The schematic illustration for the formation of spherulites.

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