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One-dimensional lepidocrocite, 1DL, titania, TiO2, is a recently discovered form of this ubiquitous oxide that is of interest in a variety of applications ranging from photocatalysis to water purification, among others. The fundamental building blocks of these materials are snippets (30 nm long) of individual 1DLs that self-assemble into nanobundle, NB, structures. These NBs can then be driven to self-assemble into quasi-two-dimensional, 2D, sheets, films, or free-flowing mesoscopic particles. Here, we use analytical atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations to demonstrate that the arrangement of the neighboring NFs can be altered through ion exchange with Li, Na, and tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMA) cations. Moreover, using cryogenic electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS), we show that the introduction of different ion species results in a change in the local occupancy of the TiO2 t2g and eg orbitals. Both experimental findings are predicted by ground-state energy simulations of two-dimensional lepidocrocite TiO2.more » « less
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