1. Hydrophobic Silica Sol Coatings on Textiles—the Influence of Solvent and Sol Concentration

   • B. Mahltig
   • F. Audenaert
   • H. Böttcher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 109

2. Polyaphrons as Templates for the Sol–Gel Synthesis of Macroporous Silica

   • R. Ravikrishna
   • R. Green
   • K. T. Valsaraj

   OriginalPaper Pages: 111 - 122

3. The Structure Change and the Superhydrophilicity of the Sb-Doped Titanium Dioxide Thin Films

   • Dasen Ren
   • Zongming Bei
   • Zhuangjian Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 126

4. Fibrous Silica Composites Fabricated Via Sol–Gel Processing Using Amino Acid Surfactant Templating

   • Atanu Mitra
   • Toyoko Imae
   • Yurii A. Shchipunov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 130

5. Crystallization and Nanograin Growth in SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ Synthesized by a Novel Sol–Gel Process

   • H. Ke
   • Y. Zhou
   • F. Ye

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 136

6. NanoCrystallites of Lead Sulfide in Hybrid Films Prepared by Sol–Gel Process

   • T. Saraidarov
   • R. Reisfeld
   • E. Lifshitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 145

7. Diol—Based Sol–Gel as a Novel Binder for Barium Titanate Ceramics

   • S. Tangwiwat
   • S. J. Milne

   OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 154

8. Perfluoropolyether-Silica Hybrids: Preparation and Surface Characterization

   • Elena Fabbri
   • Paola Fabbri
   • Claudio Tonelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 163

9. Preconcentration and Separation of Copper(II) by 3-Aminopropylpolysiloxane Immobilized Ligand System

   • Nizam M. El-Ashgar
   • Issa M. El-Nahhal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 172

10. Effect of Fluorine Doping on Semiconductor to Metal-Like Transition and Optical Properties of Cadmium Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Sol–Gel Process

    • P. K. Ghosh
    • S. Das
    • K. K. Chattopadhyay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 179

11. Effects of Calcination on the Physical and Photocatalytic Properties of TiO₂ Powders Prepared by Sol–Gel Template Method

    • Xianfeng You
    • Feng Chen
    • Jinlong Zhang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 187

12. The Effects of Temperature of Condensation on the Thermal Stability and Morphology of 1,4-Phenylenediamine-1-Propylsilica Xerogels

    • Debora S. F. Gay
    • Yoshitaka Gushikem
    • Edilson V. Benvenutti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 195

13. ³¹P and ⁵¹V MAS-NMR Characterisation of Mixed Vanadium and Titanium Phosphates Prepared from Molecular Precursors

    • S. A. Ennaciri
    • C. R’kha
    • J. Maquet

    OriginalPaper Pages: 197 - 203