Sensor technology has an important effect on many aspects in our society, and has gained
much progress, propelled by the development of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Current …

The photoluminescence properties of rare-earth (lanthanide) compounds have been
fascinating researchers for decades. 1-14 An attractive feature of luminescent lanthanide …

This important book focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of nanostructures and
nanomaterials, but also includes properties and applications of nanostructures and …

Organic–inorganic hybrid materials do not represent only a creative alternative to design
new materials and compounds for academic research, but their improved or unusual …

In the present review, aerogels designate dried gels with a very high relative pore volume.
These are versatile materials that are synthesized in a first step by low-temperature …

Organic/inorganic composite materials have been extensively studied for a long time. When
inorganic phases in organic/inorganic composites become nanosized, they are called …

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are discrete anionic metaloxygen clusters which can be regarded
as soluble oxide fragments. They exhibit a great diversity of sizes, nuclearities, and shapes …

The classification of silicones in the literature is as broad as their properties and
applications; in this work, we have restricted the discussion to polydimethylsiloxanes …

Today cross-cutting approaches, where molecular engineering and clever processing are
synergistically coupled, allow the chemist to tailor complex hybrid systems of various shapes …

Nanosciences will be, as biology, one of the fields that will contribute to a high level of
scientific and technological development along the 21st century. Nanostructured inorganic …