Colloidal Silica introduces new information on colloid science related to silica chemistry as well as theoretical and experimental aspects of significant areas of colloidal silica science and technology.

Features:

• Offers a detailed analysis of structure, surface chemistry, and surface energy of different silicas
• Features spectroscopic, chromatographic, and other separation techniques for characterizing structure and particle size
• Describes the adsorptive properties and modification of porous silicas
• Includes deposition methods and applications of silica coatings
• Presents new uses of colloidal silica as catalysts and for biological applications
• Discusses the NMR of silica edge and integrated analytical methods

Contents

Colloid Science

The Language of Colloid Science and Silica Chemistry

Colloid Chemistry of Silica: An Overview

Silicic Acids and Colloidal Silica

Preparation of SOLS

• Science and Art of the Formation of Uniform Solid Particles
• Silica Nucleation, Polymerization, and Growth Preparation of Monodispersed Sols
• The Formation and Interfacial Structure of Silica Sols
• Synthesis and Characterization of Colloidal Model Particles Made from Organoalkoxysilanes
• Synthesis of Nanometer-Sized Silica by Controlled Hydrolysis in Reverse Micellar Systems
• Formation of Silica Gels Composed of Micrometer-Sized Particles by the Sol-Gel Method
• Silica Aquasol Process to Prepare Small Particle Size Colloidal Silica by Electrodialysis
• Manufacturing and Applications of Water-Borne Colloidal Silica
• Enterosorbent Silics: Properties and Clinical Application
• Industrial Synthetic Silicas in Powder Form
• High Ratio Silicate Foundry Sand Binders
• Spray Dried Silica for Chromatography
• Preparation of Monodisperse Ultrafine Hybrid Silica Particles by Polymer Modification
• Monodisperse Core-Shell Silica Colloids from Alkoxysilanes
• Preparation of Silica Solid Microspheres by Hydrolysis of Tetraethyl Ortho Silicate (TEOS) and Silica Porous Microspheres by Spray Drying Aggregated Colloidal Silica

Stability of SOLS

• Stability of Aqueous Silica Sols
• Stabilization Against Particle Growth

Surface Chemistry of Silica

• The Surface Chemistry of Silica - The Zhuravlev Model
• Surface Structure of Amorphous and Crystalline Porous Silicas: Status and Prospects
• Infrared Study of Chemical and H-D Exchange Probes for Silica Surfaces
• Infrared Studies of Chemically Modified Silica
• Fourier Transform Infrared and Raman Spectroscopic Study of Silica Surfaces
• Adsorption on Silica and Related Materials
• Structure of Disperse Silica Surface and Electrostatic Aspects of Adsorption
• Variable-Temperature Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Amine Desorption from a Siliceous Surface
• Surveying the Silica Gel Surface with Excited States
• Surface Chemistry and Surface Energy of Silicas
• Diffuse Reflectance FTIR Spectroscopic Study of Base Desorption from Thermally Treated Silica
• Salient Features of Synthesis and Structure of Surface of Functionalized Polysiloxane Xerogels
• Multinuclear NMR Studies of Silica Surfaces
• Modified Silicas: Synthesis and Applications
• Electric Surface Properties of Silica in Non-aqueous Electrolyte Solutions
• Chemical Reactions at Fumed Silica Surfaces
• Structural and Adsorptive Characteristics of Fumed Silicas in Different Media
• Adsorption of Surfactants and Polymers on Silica

Partical Size and Characterization Techniques

• New Separation Methods for Characterizing the Size of Silica Sols
• Characterization of Colloidal and Particulate Silica by Field-Flow Fractionation
• Formation of Uniform Precipitates from Alkoxides

Silica Gels and Powders

• Synthetic Amorphous Silicas
• Adsorptive Properties of Porous Silicas
• Silica Gels from Aqueous Silicate Solutions: Combined 29Si NMR and Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Spectroscopic Study
• Interpretation of the Differences Between the Pore Size Distributions of Silica Measured by Mercury Intrusion and Nitrogen Adsorption

Sol-Gel Technology

• Sol-Gel Processing of Silica
• The Chemistry of Hydrolysis and Condensation of Silica Sol-Gel Precursors
• Chemistry and Properties of Porous, Organically Modified Silica
• Evaporation and Surface Tension Effects in Dip Coating

Silica Coatings

• Nanostructuring Metals and Semiconductors with Silica from Monolayers to Crystals
• Surface Chemistry of Silica Coatings of Titania
• Dense Silica Coatings on Micro- and Nanoparticles by Deposition of Monosilicic Acid

Uses of Colloidal Silicas

• Applications of Colloidal Silica: Past, Present, and Future
• The Uses of Soluble Silica
• Attrition Resistant Catalysts, Catalyst Precursors and Catalyst
• Supports and Process for Preparing Same
• Some Important, Fairly New Uses of Colloidal Silica/Silica Sol
• Silicon-Aluminum Interactions and Biology
• Silica in Biology
• Preparation and Uses of Silica Gels and Precipitated Silicas
• Foundry Mold or Core Compositions and Method
• Silica Supported Catalysts and Method of Preparation
• Molded Amorphous Silica Bodies and Molding Powders for Manufacture of Same
• High Ratio Silicate Foundry Sand Binders

Index

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