Sol-gel synthesis of monolithic silica gels and glasses from phase-separating tetraethoxysilane-water binary system.
A facile synthetic route for monolithic silica gels and glasses from a phase-separating binary mixture of tetraalkoxysilane and water, free from alcohols, organic additives, or other third components, has been developed.
Kajihara
Koichi
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ERATO-SORST, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan. kkaji@tmu.ac.jp
Hirano
Masahiro
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Hosono
Hideo
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