Sol-Gel Technologies for Glass Producers and Users
By: edited by Michel A. Aegerter, Martin Mennig
Contributors: Mennig, Martin
Publisher: Springer US
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9781441954558; 9780387889535
Subjects: Surfaces (Physics)
Description: Sol-Gel Techniques for Glass Producers and Users provides technological information, descriptions and characterizations of prototypes, or products already on the market, and illustrates advantages and disadvantages of the sol-gel process in comparison to other methods. The first chapter entitled "Wet Chemical Technology" gives a summary of the basic principles of the sol-gel chemistry. The most promising applications are related to coatings. Chapter 2 describes the various "Wet Chemical Coating Technologies" from glass cleaning to many deposition and post-coating treatment techniques. These include patterning of coatings through direct or indirect techniques which have became very important and for which the sol-gel processing is particularly well adapted. Chapter 3 entitled "Bulk Glass Technologies" reports on the preparation of special glasses for different applications. Chapter 4 entitled "Coatings and Materials Properties" describes the properties of the different coatings and the sol-gel materials, fibers and powders. The chapter also includes a section dedicated to the characterization techniques especially applied to sol-gel coatings and products.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: Editor's Preface. List of Contributors. 1. Wet Chemical Technology; title: 2. Wet Chemical coating Technologies; title: 3. Bulk Glass Technologies; title: 4. Coating and Material Properties; title: 5. Subject Index; title: 6. Annex.