title: Sol-gel synthesis of monolithic silica gels and glasses from phase-separating tetraethoxysilane-water binary system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: ERATO-SORST, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan. kkaji@tmu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kajihara
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosono