Sol-gel synthesis of non-silica monolithic materials

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 2815-2833

  Gaweł, Bartłomiej ^a   Gaweł, Kamila ^a   Øye, Gisle ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hierarchical porosity; Monoliths; Sol gel

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL POROSITY; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MONOLITHIC MATERIAL; MONOLITHS; MULTI-MODAL; SOL GEL PREPARATIONS; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; SYNTHESIS METHOD;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; SILICA; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 79952535844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3042815     Document Type: Article

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