Sol-Gel Chemistry—Deals With Sol–Gel Processes

This chapter will address the fundamental aspects, preparation, and feasibility of scale of the different systems that are made by the chemical sol-gel process. Examples of the various types of materials that are constructed by this route will be illustrated. These materials include ordered mesoporous sol-gel materials, such as sol-gel silica materials, organic-inorganic hybrid mesoporous silicas, and functionalization of periodic mesoporous silica materials postsynthetic grafting, and the synthesis of organo-periodic mesoporous silicas.