Combining sol-gel chemistry with polymer templating strategies enables production of CuFe(2)O(4) thin films with both an ordered cubic network of 17 nm diameter pores and tunable spinel domain sizes. These nanocrystalline materials contain only minor structural defects with λ = 0.85 ± 0.02 and exhibit multiple functionalities, including superparamagnetic behavior (T(B)≈ 310 K) and redox- and ph...

The outer liquid of a two-liquid coaxial electrified jet is gelled before the onset of natural instabilities to yield hollow nanofibers. By using sol-gel chemistry, innocuous solvents such as glycerol and olive oil, and electrohydrodynamics, it is possible to make such structures in a rather straightforward manner.

Silicon nitride nanocrystals (NCs) have been prepared via in situ nitridation of magnesium followed by a metathesis reaction with sol-gel derived silica particles. Highly luminescent, freestanding β-Si(3)N(4) NCs with complex surface chemistry dominated by Si-H and N-H moieties were isolated upon etching with hydrofluoric acid.

The synthesis of photoluminescent conjugated polymer silica ionogels using sol-gel chemistry is described. Cooperative self-assembly of an ionic liquid, the silica precursor and poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene) (PFO) via hydrogen bonding and π-stacking interactions drives formation of the PFO β-phase.

Carbon nanotubes can be considered as molecular-scale wires with high mechanical strength and different electronic properties (metallic, semiconducting or semimetallic) depending mainly on the tube symmetry [14]. These properties have been utilized for the development of various electrochemical sensors for monitoring gases as NO2 or NH3 [5], the oxidation of biomolecules (dopamine, ascorbic aci...

A hybrid approach based on laser texturing and surface coating for the combined modification of topography chemistry has been proposed to provide a versatile development functional surfaces. The experimental procedure comprised nanosecond pulsed AISI 304 stainless steel substrates followed by deposition thin (<1 µm) coatings with two different technologies, sol–gel PE-CVD, aim independently ...