Functional hybrids are nanocomposite materials lying at the interface of organic and
inorganic realms, whose high versatility offers a wide range of possibilities to elaborate tailor …

The interest in organic–inorganic hybrids as materials for optics and photonics started more
than 25 years ago and since then has known a continuous and strong growth. The high …

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 …

Achieving nanostructured or hierarchical hybrid architectures involves cross‐cutting
synthetic strategies where all facettes of chemistry (organic, polymers, solid‐state, physical …

The conservation and protection of historic monuments or culturally significant structures
have recently attracted much attention from material scientists. This review is given of the …

This is the first book to address the hot topic of functional silica gels and their applications.
Originally used mainly in chromatography, specialized silica gels have evolved into crucially …

Organosilica coatings obtained by the versatile sol–gel process are finding applications of
great environmental and economic impact, such as in the case of new antifouling and …

This article covers the results of application of X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and Fourier
transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) in assessing the chemical and phase composition of …

The effectiveness of sol-gel Ormosil coatings as barriers coatings has already been
demonstrated, and it is natural to assume that such coatings can play a unique role in art …

During the second half of 20th century the amount of SO2 in the atmosphere has gradually
increased, due to the emission of pollutants from different sources. Atmospheric control …