Biological organisms are capable of generating inorganic materials to fulfil their needs in a process called biomineralization, and have been shown to exhibit control over the properties, such as size or shape, of the materials. Biomineralization occurs at mild conditions, which has generated a growing interest in replicating this process in a lab environment and developing methods that would allow researchers to apply this technique of biomimicry to the synthesis of inorganic materials that are not directly created through biomineralization. Biomimetic synthesis involves the use of biomolecules, such as proteins, DNA, or peptides, as templates or to induce mineralization. The mechanisms involved in synthesizing titanium dioxide, TiO2, using this technique of biomimicry are the specific interest of this project. Titanium dioxide is an oxide commonly found in titanium-containing ores, and has wide-spread application such as in pigments, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and photocatalysis. My work within this project specifically aims to understand the thermodynamics of the equilibrium equation between titanium(IV) bis(ammonium lactate)dihydroxide (TiBALDH), the preferred reagent for biomimetic titanium dioxide, and titanium dioxide. I created optimized structures of each reactant and product, and then I ran density functional theory (DFT) calculations using the computational chemistry software Gaussian to understand the energetics of each molecule. My use of these calculations to understand the energetics and mechanisms of this titanium dioxide reaction, as well as similar reactions, will help inform methods of improving the synthesis of titanium dioxide and other inorganic materials.