Silica aerogels are lightweight and highly porous materials, with a three-dimensional
network of silica particles, which are obtained by extracting the liquid phase of silica gels …

Metallo-oxide (MO)-based bioinorganic nanocomposites promise unique structures,
physicochemical properties, and novel biochemical functionalities, and within the past …

This paper is a review of the most recent and relevant achievements (from 2001 to 2013) on
the development of organic–inorganic hybrid (OIH) coatings produced by sol–gel-derived …

Microlasers have experienced tremendous development in the past decade and become an
essential part in laser evolution, as miniature lasers provide strong optical confinement and …

In recent years, silica aerogels have attracted increasingly more attention due to their
extraordinary properties and their existing and potential applications in wide variety …

Confinement of light into small volumes has become an essential requirement for photonic
devices; examples of this trend are provided by optical fibers, integrated optical circuits …

There is a great deal of interest in continuous beds as stationary phases for both HPLC and
CEC. There are various ways to prepare monoliths, by polymerization of organic species or …

The formation of silica nano-and microparticles has been studied during growth by the
modified Stöber–Fink–Bohn (SFB) method. It has been experimentally found that the density …

Here, we introduce deep eutectic solvent (DES)–silica composites as a promising candidate
for solid composite electrolytes (SCEs). The proposed DES-based gel electrolytes, further …

A spraying method has been employed to prepare silica-based superhydrophobic coatings
on AZ31B Mg alloy surfaces. Both nanometer and micrometer silica particles were used to …