The microstructure of hybrid silica gels and its modification by evaporative and supercritical dryings

Cédric J. Gommes; Silvia Blacher; Jean Paul Pirard; George W. Scherer

doi:10.1007/s10971-007-1626-7

The microstructure of hybrid silica gels and its modification by evaporative and supercritical dryings

Cédric J. Gommes, Silvia Blacher, Jean Paul Pirard, George W. Scherer

Civil & Environmental Engineering

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The effect of evaporative drying on the pore size of two series of hybrid silica gels is investigated by combining beam bending on the gels and mercury porosimetry on the aerogels and xerogels with transmission electron microscopy on the xerogels. It is shown that the shrinkage of the pores during drying is different in the two series: in one series the pores shrink proportionally to their volume, in the other the pores collapse until they all reach the same size. The experimental data enable us to discuss the relation between these two different behaviours and the different morphology of the two series of gels.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	211-218
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-007-1626-7
State	Published - Dec 2007

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Ceramics and Composites
General Chemistry
Biomaterials
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Chemistry

Keywords

Aerogels
Beam-bending
Drying
Gels
Hybrid materials
Xerogels

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