Application of sol-gel process for preparation of functional materials

A development of high-performance materials for electronics, optics, ceramics fabrication is restrained by traditional modes of their production. Basic technologies for materials include high-temperature physical and chemical processes and require special conditions to attain desired properties of final products. Advanced preparation methods for materials with new features are feasible on the basis of colloid-chemical processes and nanochemistry. In this respect the sol-to-gel transformation followed by solidification and chemical modification are of great interest to attain a variety of different functional properties of materials.