Session 1: Sol-gel Processing of Glasses and Ceramic Materials

Sol-gel processing uses low-temperature processing approaches to produce glass, ceramic and hybrid organic-inorganic materials with high purity, excellent homogeneity, and well-controlled morphology.  This session will focus on all aspects of sol-gel derived and nanostructured materials prepared by liquid synthesis, including:

• Sol-gel routes to bulk, film, glass coating, colloidal, nanoparticle, porous, and hybrid organic-inorganic materials
• Structural characterization using spectroscopic, scattering, and imaging techniques
• Computer simulations through the molecular dynamics, Monte-Carlo, and reverse Monte-Carlo simulation methods
• New functionalities based on the optical, electrical, thermal, mechanical, chemical, and biomedical properties
• New sol-gel materials and products for energy and other applications

ORGANIZERS:

• Lisa Klein, Rutgers University, USA, licklein@soe.rutgers.edu
• John Kieffer, University of Michigan, USA, kieffer@umich.edu