Dieses umfassende dreibändige Nachschlagewerk untersucht den aktuellen Stand der Wissenschaft sowie die neuesten Entwicklungen im Bereich der Sol-Gel-Technologie und ist damit ein unverzichtbares Referenzwerk mit allem Wissenswerten zu diesem Prozess. Beschrieben werden u. a. die Synthese, die Eigenschaften und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten.

PART I: SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY AND METHODSChemistry and Fundamentals of the Sol?Gel ProcessNonhydrolytic Sol?Gel Methods Integrative Sol?Gel Chemistry Synthetic Self-Assembly Strategies and Methods Processing of Sol?Gel Films from a Top-Down Route Sol?Gel Precursors PART II: SOL-GEL MATERIALSNanoparticles and Composites Oxide Powders and CeramicsThin Film Deposition Techniques Monolithic Sol?Gel Materials Hollow Inorganic Spheres Sol?Gel Coatings by Electrochemical Deposition Nanofibers and NanotubesNanoarchitectures by Sol?Gel from Silica and Silicate Building Blocks Sol?Gel for Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) Silica Ionogels and Ionosilicas AerogelsOrdered Mesoporous Sol?Gel Materials: From Molecular Sieves to Crystal-Like Periodic Mesoporous OrganosilicasBiomimetic Sol?Gel MaterialsPART III: CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR SOL-GEL MATERIALSSolid-State NMR Characterization of Sol?Gel Materials: Recent AdvancesTime-Resolved Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Characterization of Sol?Gel Materials by Optical Spectroscopy MethodsProperties and Applications of Sol?Gel Materials: Functionalized Porous Amorphous Solids (Monoliths) Sol?Gel Deposition of Ultrathin High-¿ Dielectric FilmsPART IV: PROPERTIESFunctional (Meso)Porous NanostructuresSol?Gel Magnetic MaterialsSol?Gel Electroceramic Thin FilmsOrganic?Inorganic Hybrids for LightingSol?Gel TiO2 Materials and Coatings for Photocatalytic and Multifunctional ApplicationsOptical Properties of Luminescent MaterialsBetter Catalysis with Organically Modified Sol?Gel MaterialsHierarchically Structured Porous MaterialsStructures and Properties of Ordered Nanostructured Oxides and Composite MaterialsPART V: APPLICATIONSSol?Gel for Environmentally Green ProductsSol?Gel Materials for Batteries and Fuel CellsSol?Gel Materials for Energy StorageSol?Gel Materials for Pigments and CeramicsSol?Gel for Gas Sensing ApplicationsReinforced Sol?Gel Silica CoatingsSol?Gel Optical and Electro-Optical MaterialsLuminescent Solar Concentrators and the Ways to Increase Their EfficienciesMesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Controlled Release ApplicationsSol?Gel Materials for Biomedical ApplicationsSelf-Healing Coatings for Corrosion Protection of MetalsAerogel Insulation for Building ApplicationsSol?Gel Nanocomposites for Electrochemical Sensor Applications