Preparation of C[sub 70]-doped solid silica gel via sol-gel process

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1992.tb05518.x· OSTI ID:7243733

Dai, S; Young, J P ^[1]; Compton, R N ^[2]; Mamantov, G ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Health and Safety Research Div. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
3. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

In this paper, the authors report a successful fabrication of C[sub 70]-doped silica solid gel via the sol-gel technique. The sol-gel process is a technique that can be used to prepare transparent oxide glasses by hydrolysis and condensation of alkoxide precursors. Little or no heating is required, and consequently the gel can be doped with molecules whose poor thermal stability precludes their incorporation in traditional inorganic hosts. Such organic molecules may become entrapped in the growing covalent gel network rather than being chemically bound to the inorganic matrix. The processes can be usually divided into the following steps: (1) preparation of the solution, (2) gelation, (3) aging, and (4) drying.

• OSTI ID: 7243733
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States), Vol. 75:10; ISSN 0002-7820
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
FULLERENES
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
SOL-GEL PROCESS
GLASS
SILICON OXIDES
COLOR
ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRA
VISIBLE SPECTRA
CARBON
CHALCOGENIDES
ELEMENTS
NONMETALS
ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SPECTRA
360601* - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture
360606 - Other Materials- Physical Properties- (1992-)