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

Titanium(iv) bis(ammonium lactate)dihydroxide (TiBALDH) is a commercially available reagent frequently used to synthesize TiO. Particularly, for the biomimetic synthesis of TiO, 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 TiO from TiBALDH.