This monograph summarizes the research and practical experience in the field of chemistry and technology of nanosized silica in Russian and world practice. Authors’ attention is directed to colloid-chemical basis of the sol gel technology of hybrid organic-inorganic nanoparticles and porous materials synthesis, particles with hollow structure synthesis, etc. The authors present the analysis of different options of the sol-gel process accounting for the reactivity of silica, modern theories of phase formation and aggregation stability of disperse systems. A reader would find formulation and main technological parameters of the sol-gel synthesis of functional nanomaterials with different parameters of composition, dispersion, porosity, structure and morphology.
The book is intended for a wide range of researchers, specialists from different industries, graduate students involved in the synthesis of nanosystems.