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Silica-Based Materials for Advanced Chemical Applications

Book by Mario Pagliaro
RSC Publishing, Cambridge
Copyright: 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84755-898-5
Extent: 208
Format: Hardback
Price: £ 73.99

The book addresses one of the hottest topic in chemistry, namely functionalized silica gels.

Originally 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.

Context

It also shows how the versatility of silica gels results from their physical and chemical properties. An updated outlook on new commercial products, and the companies which make them, greatly adds relevance and practical value to the text.

It was recently estimated that the world's 2006 1 billion dollar market for sol-gels (mostly silica-based) will grow by more than 5% per year from 2006 to 2011. Actually, the prediction was conservative as market is growing and will continue to grow at a much faster rate.

This book shows why the forecast was wrong and what are the origins of the extraordinary performance of these materials in such a wide variety of fields.

Book Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. 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
3. 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
4. Purification and Synthesis
   • Size Control, Shape and Purity for Enhanced Separation
   • Scavenging with Functionalized Silicas
   • Silica-Entrapped Reactants
   • References
5. Coatings
   • ORMOSIL-Based Coatings
   • Sol-Gel Optical Coatings
   • Antifouling Coatings
   • Anticorrosion Coatings
   • Scratch-Resistant and Antiaging Coatings
   • Decorative Coatings and Barrier Systems
   • References
6. 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
7. Sensing
   • Optical Sol-Gel Sensors: Analytical Technology of the Future
   • Array Sensors
   • Templated Xerogels as Selective Chemical Sensors
   • Forthcoming Sensors
   • References
8. Hybrid Silica-Based Composites
   • Hybrid Polymer/Silica Composites
   • New Aqueous Sol–Gel Route to Hybrid Silicas
   • Hybrid Silica/Polymer Aerogels
   • Polyethylene@Silica
   • References
9. 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
10. Index

Reviews

• The review [PDF] published in Silicon: Stephen Clarson, Mario Pagliaro: Silica-Based Materials for Advanced Chemical Applications, Silicon 2 (2010) 105-107.
• The review [PDF] published in Angewandte Chemie: Bénédicte Lebeau, Silica-Based Materials for Advanced Chemical Applications, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 48 (2009) 8405.

Companies Mentioned in the Book (Selection of)

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