utilizing the sol-gel approach. These materials have been previously characterized, and a
general morphological mode has been proposed based primarily on the small-angle X-ray
scattering (SAXS) data. This paper focuses on the morphological model and tests itsvalidity
(using SAXS) under a variety of variables such as temperature, metal alkoxide content,
oligomer spacer length, effect of different solvents, etc. The last part of this paper further …