Issue 18, 2009
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Chemical Communications

Sol-gel synthesis of monolithic silica gels and glasses from phase-separating tetraethoxysilane–water binary system†

Koichi Kajihara,*ab   Masahiro Hiranoac  and  Hideo Hosonoac  

* Corresponding authors

a Transparent Electro-Active Materials Project, ERATO-SORST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, in Frontier Research Center, Mailbox S2-13, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

b Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Osawa, Hachioji, Japan
E-mail: kkaji@tmu.ac.jp

c Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

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.

Graphical abstract: Sol-gel synthesis of monolithic silica gels and glasses from phase-separating tetraethoxysilane–water binary system

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B900887J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jan 2009
Accepted
25 Feb 2009
First published
16 Mar 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 2580-2582

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Sol-gel synthesis of monolithic silica gels and glasses from phase-separating tetraethoxysilane–water binary system

K. Kajihara, M. Hirano and H. Hosono, Chem. Commun., 2009, 2580 DOI: 10.1039/B900887J

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