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Microstructure growth

Promoting precipitation

Silica microstructures can be grown from a sodium silicate solution using polymer beads loaded with transition-metal salts.

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  1. Makki, R., Al-Humiari, M., Dutta, S. & Steinbock, O. Hollow microtubes and shells from reactant-loaded polymer beads. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 10.1002/anie.200903292 (2009).

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Armstrong, G. Promoting precipitation. Nature Chem (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.465

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