Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology: Processing, Characterization and Applications, V. I - Sol-Gel Processing/Hiromitsu Kozuka, Editor, V. II - Characterization of Sol-Gel Materials and Products/Rui M. Almeida, Editor, V. III - Applications of Sol-

Since Dr. Disiich of Germany prepared a glass lens by the sol-gel method around 1970, sol-gel science and technology has continued to develop. Since then this field has seen remarkable technical developments as well as a broadening of the applications of sol-gel science and technology. There is a growing need for a comprehensive reference that treats both the fundamentals and the applications, and this is the aim of Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology.

The primar…