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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-377131
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.37713
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Abstract
Silica gardens are tubular structures that form along the interface of multivalent metal salts and alk. solns. of sodium silicate, driven by a complex interplay of osmotic and buoyant forces together with chem. reaction. They display peculiar plant-like morphologies and thus can be considered as one of the few examples for the spontaneous biomimetic self-ordering of purely inorg. materials. ...

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