1. Foreword

   • Massimo Guglielmi

   Foreword Pages: 21 - 21

2. Sol-Gel Research—Achievements Since 1981 and Prospects for the Future

   • John D. Mackenzie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 27

3. Sol-Gel Technology as Reflected in Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

   • Sumio Sakka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 33

4. In Situ Processing of Nano Crystalline Oxide Particles/Polymer Hybrid

   • Shin-ichi Hirano
   • Toshinobu Yogo
   • Yukari Ando

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 41

5. One-Pot Reactions with Sol-Gel Entrapped Catalysts, Acids and Bases

   • Faina Gelman
   • Jochanan Blum
   • David Avnir

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 46

6. Silica-Based and Transition Metal-Based Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials—A Comparison

   • Ulrich Schubert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 55

7. Optical Application of (Pigmented) Sol-Gel Coatings

   • M.P.J. Peeters
   • M.R. Böhmer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 62

8. High Purity Glass Forms by a Colloidal Sol-Gel Process

   • Lorenzo Costa
   • Dieter Kerner

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 66

9. Advanced Sunscreens: UV Absorbers Encapsulated in Sol-Gel Glass Microcapsules

   • Noa Lapidot
   • Orit Gans
   • Claudio Rottman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 72

10. Novel Siloxane-Silica Nanocomposite Aerogels and Xerogels

    • N. Hüsing
    • J. Bauer
    • G. Kickelbick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 76

11. Fabrication of Chromophoric Xerogels by Synergistic Combination of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution and the Sol-Gel Process

    • Andreas Seifert
    • Stefan Spange
    • Christian Jäger

    OriginalPaper Pages: 77 - 81

12. Raman Spectra of Molecules Adsorbed on Ag Centers in Sol-Gel Matrices

    • Krzysztof Maruszewski
    • Marek Jasiorski
    • Krystyna Heiman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 88

13. Surface Modification of Colloidal Silica by Sulfonation Route for Super-Hydrophilicity

    • Seung-Bum Kim
    • Dong-Pyo Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 93

14. Multi-Scale Characterisation of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials Using New Solid-State NMR Methods

    • Bruno Alonso
    • Franck Fayon
    • Dominique Massiot

    OriginalPaper Pages: 95 - 98

15. New Sol-Gel Routes to Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Modification of Metal Alkoxide by Phosphonic or Phosphinic Acids

    • Michael Mehring
    • Vincent Lafond
    • André Vioux

    OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 102

16. UV-Induced Formation of [Fe(bpy)₃]²⁺ Complex and its Confinement into Silica Fine Particles

    • Chikashi Nakanishi
    • Saori Ikeda
    • Mamoru Senna

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 106

17. Theoretical Investigation of Imprinted Crosslinked Silicates

    • Simcha Srebnik
    • Ovadia Lev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 113

18. Synthesis, Structure and Properties of a Novel Chloro-Oxo Alkoxide: Sr₂Er₂OCl(OPr ⁱ )₇(HOPr ⁱ )₄

    • Gunnar Westin
    • Marat Moustiakimov
    • Mikael Kritikos

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 118

19. Spectroscopic Monitoring of Sol-Gel Syntheses of Heterometallic Ceramics

    • Silvia Licoccia
    • Enrico Traversa
    • Maria Luisa Di Vona

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 124

20. Polysiloxane-Diamine Modified Gel as Precursor to Crystalline/Amorphous Si₃N₄

    • S. Moalla
    • R. Kalfat
    • H. Zarrouk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 125 - 129

21. Photophysical Methods for the Study of Sol-Gel Transition and Structure of Titania Gels

    • M. Claudia Marchi
    • R. Martín Negri
    • Sara A. Bilmes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 135

22. Transition Metal Atom Sites in Ternary ZrO₂-TiO₂-SiO₂ Xerogels

    • G. Mountjoy
    • M.A. Holland
    • R.J. Newport

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 141

23. Large Scale Porous Structure in Gels and Relationship with Their Plastic Behavior

    • T. Woignier
    • M. Lamy
    • J. Phalippou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 147

24. Evolution of Porosity by Freeze Casting and Sintering of Sol-Gel Derived Ceramics

    • D. Koch
    • L. Andresen
    • G. Grathwohl

    OriginalPaper Pages: 149 - 152

25. Phase Separation in Sol-Gel System Containing Mixture of 3- and 4-Functional Alkoxysilanes

    • Atsushi Itagaki
    • Kazuki Nakanishi
    • Kazuyuki Hirao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 156

26. Phase Separation in Methylsiloxane Sol-Gel Systems in a Small Confined Space

    • Kazuyoshi Kanamori
    • Norio Ishizuka
    • Hiroshi Jinnai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 160

27. Comparing the Atomic Structures of Binary MO₂-SiO₂ (M = Ti, Zr or Hf) Xerogels

    • G. Mountjoy
    • M.A. Holland
    • M.E. Smith

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 164

28. Effect of Aging on the Stability of Ceramic Foams Prepared by Thermostimulated Sol-Gel Process

    • E.P. Santos
    • C.V. Santilli
    • S.H. Pulcinelli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 165 - 169

29. Study of Structural Surface Modified Tin Oxide Membrane Prepared by Sol-Gel Route Sintered at 400°C

    • L.R.B. Santos
    • S. Belin
    • A. Larbot

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 175

30. Reduction of Cu²⁺ to Cu⁺ in Xerogels Prepared from (3-Aminopropyl)Trimethoxysilane

    • Yoshikuni Uchida
    • Masao Yoshida
    • Kazunori Matsui

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 180

31. Crystallization and Reduction of Sol-Gel-Derived Zinc Oxide Films by Irradiation with Ultraviolet Lamp

    • Naoko Asakuma
    • Hiroshi Hirashima
    • Motoyuki Toki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 184

32. Diffusion Structural Analysis Study of Titania Films Deposited by Sol-Gel Technique on Silica Glass

    • V. Balek
    • T. Mitsuhashi
    • J. Šubrt

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 189

33. Multicomponent Black Coloured Spinels from Alkoxides

    • J. Calbo
    • A. Mestre
    • G. Monros

    OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 194

34. FT-IR and Porosity Study of Si-B-C-O Materials Obtained from TEOS-TEB-PDMS Derived Gel Precursors

    • R. Peña-Alonso
    • J. Rubio
    • J.L. Oteo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 195 - 199

35. Thermal Conversion of Gels Prepared by the Complex Sol-Gel Process (CSGP) from Li⁺-Me²⁺-CH₃COO⁻-Ascorbic Acid (ASC)-NH₄ ⁺-OH⁻-H₂O Systems to LiMn₂O₄ and LiNi _x Co_{1 − x} O₂

    • A. Deptuła
    • T. Olczak
    • A. Brignocchi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 206

36. Inorganic Sol-Gel Preparation of Medium Sized Microparticles of Li₂TiO₃ from TiCl₄ as Tritium Breeding Material for Fusion Reactors

    • A. Deptuła
    • T. Olczak
    • S. Casadio

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 212

37. Thermally Induced Phase Transformation on 12-Tungstophosphoric Acid/ZrO₂ Sol-Gel

    • J.G. Hernández-Cortéz
    • T. López
    • J. Navarrete

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 216

38. The Sol-Gel Route in Synthesis of Cr(III)-Containing Clays. Comparison Between Mg-Cr and Ni-Cr Anionic Clays

    • Mihaela Jitianu
    • Maria Zaharescu
    • Andrei Jitianu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 221

39. Studies on Curing Chemistry of Aluminum-Chromium-Phosphates as Low Temperature Curable Binders

    • Hye-Jung Han
    • Dong-Pyo Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 228

40. Preparation of Porous Cordierite with Thermally Stable Pore Structure

    • Kyo-Tae Moon
    • Dong-Pyo Kim

    OriginalPaper Pages: 229 - 234

41. Structural and Morphological Investigation of Ce_0.6Zr_0.4O₂ Oxides Synthesized by Sol-Gel Method: Influence of Calcination and Redox Treatments

    • L.F. Liotta
    • A. Macaluso
    • S. Gialanella

    OriginalPaper Pages: 235 - 240

42. Nucleation of Titania Nanocrystals in Silica Titania Waveguides

    • M. Montagna
    • E. Moser
    • M. Ivanda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 244

43. Epitaxial Growth of Sr _x Ba_{1 − x} Nb₂O₆ Thin Films Prepared from Sol-Gel Process

    • Keishi Nishio
    • Yuichi Watanabe
    • Toshio Tsuchiya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

44. Ion Beam Induced Conversion of Si-Based Polymers and Gels Layers into Ceramics Coatings

    • J.C. Pivin
    • P. Colombo
    • M. Sendova-Vassileva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 255

45. Preparation of La_0.75Sr_0.25MnO₃ Nano-Phase Powders and Films from Alkoxide Precursors

    • Annika Pohl
    • Gunnar Westin
    • Kjell Jansson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 257 - 260

46. Synthesis of Inorganic Compounds (Metal, Oxide and Hydroxide) in Polyol Medium: A Versatile Route Related to the Sol-Gel Process

    • L. Poul
    • S. Ammar
    • F. Villain

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 265

47. X-Ray Absorption and Diffraction Studies of Pr³⁺, Tb³⁺ and Er³⁺-Activated Silica Gels

    • F. Rocca
    • C. Armellini
    • F. Monti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 271

48. Composite Glass-Ceramics in the Systems MgO-SiO₂, MgO-Al₂O₃-SiO₂ and Fluorapatite Obtained by Sol-Gel Technology

    • B. Samuneva
    • S. Kalimanova
    • M.H.V. Fernandes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 278

49. Solid State NMR and TG/MS Study on the Transformation of Methyl Groups During Pyrolysis of Preceramic Precursors to SiOC Glasses

    • Gregor Trimmel
    • Rita Badheka
    • Gian Domenico Soraru

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 283

50. Sol-Gel Derived Polysiloxane-Oxide Hybrid Materials: Extent of Phase Interaction

    • Sandra Dirè

    OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 290