Tetraethylorthosilicate TEOS-based silica gels

American scientists prepared the organo-silica sol-gel membranes60 and demonstrated in a single layer format for pH measurement and multiple-layer format for both C02 and NH3. The sensors used a hydroxypyrenetrisulfonic acid (HPTS) as the indicator immobilizes in a base-catalyzed sol-gel containing poly(dimethyl)siloxane, aminopropyl-triethoxysilane (APTES) and tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS). This indicator gel was over coated with a hydrophobic sol-gel to reduce cross reactivity to pH when either carbon dioxide or ammonia were examined. 

The variety of finely divided silica known as hexagonal mesoporous silica (HMS) [6,34] is generally prepared by the copolymerization of a silica precursor such as tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), in presence of a suitable template. This acid or base catalyzed reaction follows the sol-gel route and it has been found [28] that during silica preparation by this technique, it is also possible to add an organotriethoxysilane [RSi(OEt)3] that would... 

Nakamura and Matsui [71] prepared silica nanotubes as a spin-off product of sol-gel synthesis wherein tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS) was hydrolyzed in the presence of ammonia and D, L-tartaric acid. Ono et al. [72] showed that certain cholesterol derivatives can gelate tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) to obtain tubular silica structures. Using cholesterol based gelators nanotubes of transition metal (Ti, V and Ta) oxides can also be prepared. The organogelators used in these processes are chiral diamino... 

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