TiBALDH as a precursor for biomimetic TiO₂ synthesis: stability aspects in aqueous media.

ABSTRACT: Titanium(iv) bis(ammonium lactate)dihydroxide (TiBALDH) is a commercially available reagent frequently used to synthesize TiO₂. Particularly, for the biomimetic synthesis of TiO₂, TiBALDH is the preferred precursor because it can be mixed in aqueous solutions with no apparent hydrolysis or condensation reactions. Thus, proteins or other biomolecules can be used as a template in aqueous systems for the synthesis of TiO₂ from TiBALDH. Nevertheless, there is evidence that TiBALDH is in equilibrium with TiO₂, and even, the principal structure of the complex has been suggested as [Ti₄O₄(lactate)₈]^8-. Since that chemical equilibrium depends on the polarity of the solvent, in this work we explored a diversity

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Gordillo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073908 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature