Alain C. Pierre

Introduction to Sol-Gel Processing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a broad, general introduction to the processing of Sol-Gel technologies. This updated volume serves as a general handbook for researchers and students entering the field. This new edition provides updates in fields that have undergone rapid developments, such as Ceramics, Catalysis, Chromatropgraphy, biomaterials, glass science, and optics. It provides a simple, compact resource that can also be used in graduate-level materials science courses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-030-38143-1
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 728
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 42mm
• Gewicht: 1314g
• ISBN-13: 9783030381431
• ISBN-10: 3030381439
• Artikelnr.: 58290576

Autorenporträt

Dr Alain C. Pierre is an expert in the field of Sol-Gel processing and has both written and contributed to influential books on the topic. He received his PhD from MIT and served as a professor at University of Alberta and the Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 before retiring in 2011.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. General introduction.- Chapter 2. The Sol-Gel chemistry of oxides from metal salts.- Chapter 3. The Sol-Gel chemistry of oxides from alkoxides.- Chapter 4. The Sol-Gel chemistry of non-oxides.- Chapter 5. Nanoparticles formation.- Chapter 6. Peptization of colloidal soils.- Chapter 7. Gelation.- Chapter 8. Wet gels and their drying.- Chapter 9. Dry gels.- Chapter 10. Hybrid organic-inorganic and composite materials.- Chapter 11. Surfactant templated Sol-Gel materials.- Chapter 12. Phase transformation.- Chapter 13. Sintering Sol-Gel ceramics.- Chapter 14. Applications of Sol-Gel processing.