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

Figure 4

(a–e) Images of the growth process of spherulites from nucleation under crossed polarizing microscope. (f) Representative POM image of spherulites and a Maltese-cross extinction pattern. All scale bars are 5 𝜇m.

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