Materials Syntheses: a Practical Guide

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Preface -- List of Contributors -- Controlling Size and Morphology of Zeolite L -- Large Zeolite L Crystals -- Medium-sized Disc-shaped Zeolite L Crystals -- Nano-sized Zeolite L Crystals -- Medium-sized Cylindrical-shaped Zeolite L Crystals -- Zeolite A and ZK-4 -- Zeolite A Crystals -- ZK-4 Crystals -- Nano-sized Zeolite A Crystals (Fig. 4) -- Mesostructured Silica Thin Films -- Preparation of the Coating Sol -- Film Deposition -- Post Treatment -- Organically Modified Monolithic Silica Aerogels -- Preparation of 3-Methacryloxypropyl-substituted Silica Aerogel -- Preparation of 2-Aminoethyl-3-aminopropyl-substituted Silica Aerogel -- Porous Silica Gel by Acid Leaching of Metakaolin -- Preparation of Metakaolins -- Preparation of the Acid-activated Solids -- Zirconia-Pillared Clays -- Preparation of Zr-pillared Clays Using Zirconyl Chloride as Precursor -- Preparation of Zr-pillared Clays Using Zirconium Acetate as Precursor -- Montmorillonites with Mixed Aluminum-Lanthanide Oxide Pillars -- Preparation of the Pillaring Agent -- Pillaring Process -- Birnessite-type Manganese Oxide by Redox Precipitation -- Redox Precipitation -- Hydrothermal Treatment -- Templated Carbon from Pyrolysis of Pyrene in Pillared Clay Matrices -- Preparation of Pillared Clay -- Loading of the Pillared Clay with Organic Compounds -- Pyrolysis, and Removal of the Inorganic Matrix -- Fiberous Carbon from Sepiolite Clay and Propylene -- Preparation of Propylene-loaded Sepiolite -- Pyrolysis and Dissolution of the Propylene-loaded Sepiolite -- Aerosol Spray Synthesis of Porous Molybdenum Sulfide Powder -- Preparation of Low-porosity MoS[subscript 2] -- Preparation of Porous MoS[subscript 2] -- Sonochemically Prepared Molybdenum Sulfide -- Preparation in Glove Box -- Reaction in Fume Hood -- Product Isolation -- Doped Manganites -- Preparation of La[subscript 0.5]Ba[subscript 0.5]MnO[subscript 3] -- Preparation of La[subscript 0.5]Sr[subscript 0.5]MnO[subscript 3] -- Lithium Manganese Oxide Prepared by Flux Methods -- Growth of LiMn[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] Spinel Single Crystals in a LiCl-Mn(NO[subscript 3])[subscript 2] Flux -- Growth of LiMn[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] Spinel Single Crystals in a LiCl-MnCl[subscript 2] Flux -- Nanoscale Magnesium Oxide -- Nanostructured Pt-doped Tin Oxide Films -- Preparation of Tetra(tert-butoxy)tin -- Preparation of the Sol for Coating -- Film Deposition and Annealing -- Organically Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles -- Synthesis of SiO[subscript 2] Nanoparticles -- Preparation of 2-[4-(Chloromethyl)phenyl]ethyltriethoxysilane -- Functionalization of the Silica Particles -- Copper Nanoparticles in Silica -- Sol-Gel Processing of Alkoxysilyl-substituted Metal Complexes -- Oxidation -- Reduction -- Copper Nanocrystals -- Assembly of TOPO-Capped Silver Nanoparticles to Multilayered Films -- Preparation of Silver Hydrosols -- Transfer of the Silver Nanoparticle Sol into Organic Solvents -- Multilayered Film Synthesis -- Colloidal Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles -- Preparation of HAuCl[subscript 4 middle dot]3H[subscript 2]O -- Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Colloidal Suspension -- One-dimensional Nanorods and Nanowires -- Preparation of Gold Seeds -- Preparation of Growth Solution -- Preparation of Gold Nanorods and Wires -- Monolithic Tin-doped Silica Glass -- Sol Preparation -- Sol-Gel Transition and Drying -- Thermal Treatment and Glass Formation -- Sintering Process A -- Sintering Process B -- Octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane and Polyphenylsilsesquioxane for Nanocomposites -- Synthesis of Phenyltriethoxysilane (PTES) -- Synthesis of OPS and its Polymeric Analog PPS from PTES -- Polysilsesquicarbodiimide Xerogels -- Polyaniline - A Conducting Polymer -- Preparation of Polyaniline Hydrochloride -- Preparation of Polyaniline Base -- Allyl- and Hydroxytelechelic Poly(isobutylenes) -- Syntheses of Allyl-telechelic PIB (1) -- Syntheses of Hydroxyl-telechelic PIBs (2) -- Symmetrically and Unsymmetrically Substituted Phthalocyanines -- Procedure A -- Procedure B -- Index.

Contributor Bio:  Schubert, Ulrich Ulrich Schubert is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Institute of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology. Born in Regensburg, he completed all his studies at the Technical University of Munich, including his thesis under the supervision of E. O. Fischer. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Stanford University, where he worked with W. S. Johnson. After gaining his lecturing qualification in Munich, he held a professorship of inorganic chemistry at the University of Wurzburg from 1982 to 1994 before moving to Vienna to become a full professor. From 1989 to 1994 he also served in different positions at the Fraunhofer Institute of Silicate Research in Wurzburg. Professor Schubert's research interests include application-oriented fundamental research on sol-gel processes and the activation of silicon-element bonds by transition metal complexes. Nicola Husing is assistant professor at the Institute of Materials Chemistry at Vienna University of Technology. Born in Rheda-Wiedenbruck she studied chemistry at the University of Wurzburg. While working on her dissertation she began working at Vienna University of Technology and the University of California, Los Angeles. After receiving her PhD in 1997 from the University of Wurzburg, she was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship with C. J. Brinker on nanostructured thin films the following year. Returning to Vienna she gained her lecturing qualification in 2003 and is taking up a full professorship at the University of Ulm this year. Her research interests focus on the synthesis of sol-gel based porous materials and mesoscopically organized systems, especially with respect to synthesis - structure - property relations.