Far from the thermodynamic equilibrium, many precipitation reactions create complex
product structures with fascinating features caused by their unusual origins. Unlike the …

Self‐organization in synthetic chemical systems is quickly developing into a powerful
strategy for designing new functional materials. As self‐organization requires the system to …

Purely inorganic reactions of silica, metal carbonates, and metal hydroxides can produce
self-organized complex structures that mimic the texture of biominerals, the morphology of …

Bottom-up self-assembly of simple molecular compounds is a prime pathway to complex
materials with interesting structures and functions. Coupled reaction systems are known to …

Biomorphs are polycrystalline aggregates that self-assemble during inorganic precipitation
reactions. The shape repertoire of these microstructures include hemispherical objects with …

Biomorphs are inorganic assemblies of crystalline nanorods that form noncrystalline
microshapes such as helices, funnels, and leaf-shaped sheets. This nanoscale-to …

Calcium carbonate was crystallized in alkaline silica gel with the presence of glycine. The
crystallization proceeded with a counterdiffusion method by the reaction of calcium chloride …

We have studied the calcium phosphate precipitation reaction by producing chemical
gardens in a controlled manner using a three-dimensional flow-driven technique. The …

A precipitation reaction can be driven by a gravity current that spreads on the bottom as a
denser fluid is injected into an initially stagnant liquid. Supersaturation and nucleation are …

Inorganic–inorganic self‐organized composite architectures resulting from the chemical
coupling of alkaline‐earth carbonate and polymeric silica are a promising alternative to …