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Solar EnergyMaterialsand SolarCells43 (1996) 319-320
Book review
Sol-Gel Optics: Processing and Applications, Lisa C. Klein (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1994. 592 pages. ISBN: 0-7923-9424-0 Nilgun Ozer University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Energy and Environment Division, Building Technologies Program, MS62-203, Berkeley, CA 94720,USA
Sol-Gel Optics: Processing and Applications, edited by Lisa C. Klein is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work dealing with optical materials from gels, optical waveguides, doped oxide for nonlinear optics, gradient refractive index optics, smart windows, chemical sensors, environmental sensors and laser optics. The contributors are experts in their various fields. The authors, in their respective chapters discuss and elaborate on new and significant contributions to their areas, using concise, easy to read language and informative content. The references are as recent as any monograph can possible be and carefully chosen to illustrate the important generalities and pertinent specifics of the topic. The text contained extensive citations (over 1000) and contains more than 240 tables and drawings. The first two chapters introduces general principles and chemistry of the sol-gel process. Chapter 3 and 4 discuss porous silica matrices and silica monoliths, respectively. Chapter 5 deals with the chemistry and physics of the sol-gel fabrication of glass fibers. Chapter 6 reviews the coating fabrication techniques and their relative merits. A high temperature sol-gel process for glass formation is discussed in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 reviews the sol-gel processing of nonsilicate optical coatings. The present status and future challenge in the preparation of fluoride optical materials by sol-gel process is discussed in Chapter 9. Chapter 10 reviews the processing, and applications of ORMOSILS, CERAMERS, IPN's (interpenetrating networks) and nanocomposites. Chapter 11 and 12 review the colored coatings and ferroelectric films, respectively. A brief review is given for applications of sol-gel immobilization technique in Chapter 13. Chapter 14 reviews encapsulated organic, organometallic and biological molecules in transparent inorganic matrices. The preparation of glasses doped with small sized semiconductors such as CdS, ZnS, PbS, CdTe, etc., are discussed in Chapter 15. Chapter 16 shows the advantages of the catalysts prepared by the sol-gel method over the conventional impregnated catalyst in the Pt/SiO 2, Pd/SiO 2 and Ru/SiO z systems. Gel 0927-0248/96/$15.00 Copyright© 1996ElsevierScienceB.V. All rights reserved. SSDI 0927-0248(95)00162-X
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derived gradient index materials are discussed in Chapter 17 and 18. The merits of a novel glass phase composites for photonic applications are discussed in Chapter 19 and 20. The laser densification of sol-gel derived optical coatings is discussed in Chapter 21. A new method for producing arrays of negative lenses, geodesic lenses and planar GRIN (gradient refractive index) lenses is described in Chapter 22. Past achievements and recent progress made in the development of organically doped sol-gel porous glasses as chemically and optically active materials are discussed in Chapter 23. The book will be a valuable resource for chemists, materials scientists, physicists, industrial technologists and other researchers who are looking for novel optical materials, processing methods and device ideas using sol-gel. Those who cannot justify a personal copy make sure their library has one.
ELSEVIER
Solar EnergyMaterialsand SolarCells43 (1996) 319-320
Book review
Sol-Gel Optics: Processing and Applications, Lisa C. Klein (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1994. 592 pages. ISBN: 0-7923-9424-0 Nilgun Ozer University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Energy and Environment Division, Building Technologies Program, MS62-203, Berkeley, CA 94720,USA
Sol-Gel Optics: Processing and Applications, edited by Lisa C. Klein is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work dealing with optical materials from gels, optical waveguides, doped oxide for nonlinear optics, gradient refractive index optics, smart windows, chemical sensors, environmental sensors and laser optics. The contributors are experts in their various fields. The authors, in their respective chapters discuss and elaborate on new and significant contributions to their areas, using concise, easy to read language and informative content. The references are as recent as any monograph can possible be and carefully chosen to illustrate the important generalities and pertinent specifics of the topic. The text contained extensive citations (over 1000) and contains more than 240 tables and drawings. The first two chapters introduces general principles and chemistry of the sol-gel process. Chapter 3 and 4 discuss porous silica matrices and silica monoliths, respectively. Chapter 5 deals with the chemistry and physics of the sol-gel fabrication of glass fibers. Chapter 6 reviews the coating fabrication techniques and their relative merits. A high temperature sol-gel process for glass formation is discussed in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 reviews the sol-gel processing of nonsilicate optical coatings. The present status and future challenge in the preparation of fluoride optical materials by sol-gel process is discussed in Chapter 9. Chapter 10 reviews the processing, and applications of ORMOSILS, CERAMERS, IPN's (interpenetrating networks) and nanocomposites. Chapter 11 and 12 review the colored coatings and ferroelectric films, respectively. A brief review is given for applications of sol-gel immobilization technique in Chapter 13. Chapter 14 reviews encapsulated organic, organometallic and biological molecules in transparent inorganic matrices. The preparation of glasses doped with small sized semiconductors such as CdS, ZnS, PbS, CdTe, etc., are discussed in Chapter 15. Chapter 16 shows the advantages of the catalysts prepared by the sol-gel method over the conventional impregnated catalyst in the Pt/SiO 2, Pd/SiO 2 and Ru/SiO z systems. Gel 0927-0248/96/$15.00 Copyright© 1996ElsevierScienceB.V. All rights reserved. SSDI 0927-0248(95)00162-X
320
N. Ozer/ Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 43 (1996) 319-320
derived gradient index materials are discussed in Chapter 17 and 18. The merits of a novel glass phase composites for photonic applications are discussed in Chapter 19 and 20. The laser densification of sol-gel derived optical coatings is discussed in Chapter 21. A new method for producing arrays of negative lenses, geodesic lenses and planar GRIN (gradient refractive index) lenses is described in Chapter 22. Past achievements and recent progress made in the development of organically doped sol-gel porous glasses as chemically and optically active materials are discussed in Chapter 23. The book will be a valuable resource for chemists, materials scientists, physicists, industrial technologists and other researchers who are looking for novel optical materials, processing methods and device ideas using sol-gel. Those who cannot justify a personal copy make sure their library has one.