Silica-Based Materials for Advanced
Chemical Applications
Book
by Mario Pagliaro
RSC Publishing, Cambridge, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84755-898-5
Extent: 208 pages
Format: Hardback and eBook
The review of Benedicte Lebeau in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"The first chapter is a fine review in its own
right and it is inspiring to read..."
The review of Stephen Clarson in Silicon:
"As a University
educator, I can see this book being useful as reading material"
"...there are many nuggets of information that are useful both to the
silicon scientist and also to the materials chemist and even to the
entrepreneur."
The book addresses one of the hottest
topic in chemistry, namely functionalized silica gels. Originally
mainly used in chromatography, specialized silica gels have evolved
into crucially important functional nanomaterials suitable for
application to chemical synthesis, analysis, purification, surface
protection, drug release and many other advanced applications.
Readers will benefit from the use of a
clear, coincise style resulting in a consistent treatment of
the topic, in which the physical and chemical properties of silica gels
are shown to originate the numerous applications.
The book demonstrates how chemists
synthesize, from the bottom-up, tailor-made (nano)materials of immense practical
importance spanning the fields of chemistry, physics, materials
science, engineering, biology and medicine.
An updated outlook on new commercial
products, and the companies which make them, greatly adds relevance and
practical value to the text.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Functionalized Silicas: The
Principles
- Functionalized Silicas
- The Nature of the Sol-Gel Entrapment
- The Nature of the Sol-Gel Cage
- Tuning Dopant’s Chemical Reactivity
- Tailored Structures through Control of the Sol-Gel Process
- From Disordered to Ordered Structures
- Electrochemistry at the Silica Sol-Gel Cage
- Imprinting the Sol-Gel Cage
- References
- Controlled Release
- Sol-Gel Microencapsulation
- Soluble Silica for Enhanced Release of APIs
- Silica Microoparticles for Controlled Release
- Therapeutic Films
- Controlled Release of Enzymes
- Controlled DNA Delivery
- References
- Purification and Synthesis
- Size Control, Shape and Purity for Enhanced Separation
- Scavenging with Functionalized Silicas
- Silica-Entrapped Reactants
- References
- Coatings
- ORMOSIL-Based Coatings
- Sol-Gel Optical Coatings
- Antifouling Coatings
- Anticorrosion Coatings
- Scratch-Resistant and Antiaging Coatings
- Decorative Coatings and Barrier Systems
- References
- Catalysis
- Catalysis by Sol-Gels: An Advanced Technology for Organic
Chemistry
- Sol-Gel Entrapped Catalysts: Tailored Catalytic Materials
- Physically Entrapped Catalysts
- Chemically Entrapped Catalysts
- Biocatalysis
- Commercial Catalysts and Forthcoming Applications
- References
- Sensing
- Optical Sol-Gel Sensors: Analytical Technology of the Future
- Array Sensors
- Templated Xerogels as Selective Chemical Sensors
- Forthcoming Sensors
- References
- Hybrid Silica-Based Composites
- Hybrid Polymer/Silica Composites
- New Aqueous Sol–Gel Route to Hybrid Silicas
- Hybrid Silica/Polymer Aerogels
- Polyethylene@Silica
- References
- Strategic Aspects of Sol-Gel
Functional Silicas
- On the Value of Sol-Gel Hybrid Materials
- Market Trends
- Insight into Sol-Gel Nanotechnology
- Sustainability Aspects of Sol-Gel Materials
- References
- Index
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