Sol-Gel Materials - Wright, John D. (Formerly of University of Kent, England, UK) a Sommerdijk, Nico A.J.M. (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)

Sol-Gel processing methods, first used for decorative and constructional materials, were developed for applications such as glasses, ceramics, and fibres. This text, is suitable as an introduction to the development, mechanisms, chemistry, characterisation methods and applications of the technique.