Control of crystal growth is rather important in the field of materials, because the shape directly affects their functional abilities. Our research group engages in hydrothermal synthesis of titanium dioxide, which is regarded as one of the representative ceramics, using water-soluble titanium complexes. The high chemical stability and peculiar molecule structures of these titanium complexes allowed us to use various compounds which play a role in control of crystal growth, resulting in the selective synthesis of four titanium dioxide polymorphs, that is, rutile, anatase, brookite and TiO_2(B), with a controlled shape. This paper summarizes our past study and reported researches on synthesis of titania polymorph crystals by classification of zero-, one-, two-, and three-dimensional structures.
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