1. Publisher's note

   Announcement Pages: i - i

2. Preface

   • Jacques Livage

   EditorialNotes Pages: xvii - xvii

3. Design of molecular precursors

   • R. C. Mehrotra

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

4. Transparent aluminosilicate gels from single alkoxides: Current directions

   • Gary Pozarnsky
   • Enrico Westenberg
   • Alon McCormick

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 10

5. The quest for mixed-metal alkoxides based on zinc: Synthesis and characterization of zinc-tantalum oxoisopropoxides

   • Souâd Boulmaâz
   • Liliane G. Hubert-Pfalzgraf

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 15

6. Oxoalkoxides—True precursors of complex oxides

   • N. YA. Turova
   • E. P. Turevskaya
   • M. I. Yanovskaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 23

7. Novel non-hydrolytic sol-gel route to metal oxides

   • S. Acosta
   • R. Corriu
   • A. Vioux

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 28

8. Heterometallic lead-titanium oxyalkoxide precursors to lead titanate thin films

   • J. Bates
   • Q. Zhang
   • B. O. West

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 34

9. A two-component, non-aqueous route to silica gel

   • Kenneth G. Sharp

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 41

10. Hydrolysis-condensation of tetraethoxysilane in nonparental solvents studied by GC-MS

    • V. Badescu
    • M. Radu
    • A. Vasilescu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 49

11. The early stages of the sol-gel processing of TEOS

    • B. Unger
    • H. Jancke
    • H. Stade

    OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 56

12. New molecular precursors for the formation of V-Mg multicomponent oxides by sol-gel process

    • Nadine Hovnanian
    • Gisèle Foulon
    • Louis Cot

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 60

13. Electrochemical synthesis of metal alkoxides. Prospects of commercial alkoxides production

    • E. P. Kovsman
    • S. I. Andruseva
    • T. V. Rogova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 66

14. General routes to porous metal oxides via inorganic and organic templates

    • Christophe Roger
    • Mark J. Hampden-Smith
    • Greg B. Beaucage

    OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 72

15. Studies of mixed silica/alumina and silica/boric oxide materials

    • Carole C. Harrison
    • Zubin Luo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 79

16. Structures and properties of Ormosils

    • John D. Mackenzie

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 86

17. New route to hybrid materials: Rhodium complex and fluoride ion catalysed hydrolysis of hydrogenosilanes

    • Robert J. P. Corriu
    • Joël J. E. Moreau
    • Michel Wong Chi Man

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 91

18. A new silane precursor with reduced polymerization shrinkage

    • H. Wolter
    • W. Storch

    OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 96

19. Synthesis of monodispersed organic-inorganic hybrid spheres

    • Motoyuki Toki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 101

20. Influence of the nature of organic groups on the properties of organically modified silica aerogels

    • Fritz Schwertfeger
    • Nicola Hüsing
    • Ulrich Schubert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 103 - 108

21. New materials based on the reaction of cyclo- and poly-(organo phosphazenes) with SiO₂, TiO₂ and ZrO₂ precursors

    • M. Guglielmi
    • P. Colombo
    • M. Gleria

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 114

22. Organic-inorganic gels based on silica and multifunctional acrylates

    • A. B. Wojcik
    • L. C. Klein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 115 - 120

23. TiO₂-polymer Nano-composites by sol-gel

    • A. C. Pierre
    • G. Campet
    • J. Portier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 121 - 125

24. Co-hydrolysis products of tetraethoxysilane and methyltriethoxysilane in the presence of tetramethylammonium ions: Part 2 [1]

    • Isao Hasegawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 130

25. Hydrolytic polycondensation of vinyltrimethoxysilane and formation of vinylpolysiloxane films

    • Yoshimoto Abe
    • Kinya Taguchi
    • Takahisa Misono

    OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 134

26. Molecular mobility in hybrid materials: A study of the 3(Trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate-methyl methacrylate system

    • C. Maï
    • J. F. Cornu
    • J. Perez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 135 - 138

27. Structural evolution during pyrolysis of sol-gel derived hybrid materials

    • S. Diré
    • F. Babonneau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 142

28. Aging effect on the mechanical properties of hybrid gels

    • Vincenzo Maria Sglavo
    • Sandra Diré

    OriginalPaper Pages: 143 - 146

29. Polyoxometallates based macromolecules

    • P. Judeinstein

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 151

30. Novel polysiloxane formation process from dimethyldiethoxysilane in the presence of oxalic acid

    • J. Chiba
    • Y. Sugahara
    • K. Kuroda

    OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 156

31. A new inorganic-organic polymer for the passivation of thin film capacitors

    • Michael Popall
    • Jürgen Kappel
    • Gusty Feyder

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 160

32. Molecular design of hybrid organic-inorganic materials with electronic properties

    • C. Sanchez
    • B. Alonso
    • P. Audebert

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 166

33. The influence of methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane on the sol-gel process of TEOS

    • M. J. van Bommel
    • P. M. C. ten Wolde
    • T. N. M. Bernards

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 170

34. Mechanical characterization of Ormosil films on plastics: Young's modulus determination by three points bending

    • P. Etienne
    • R. Sempéré
    • J. Phalippou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 173

35. Synthesis of barium titanate/polymer composites from metal alkoxide

    • Toshinobu Yogo
    • Ko-Ichi Kikuta
    • Shin-Ichi Hirano

    OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 179

36. Optical and microstructural properties of a simple ORMOSIL

    • A. B. Seddon
    • C. A. Capozzi
    • G. J. Gall

    OriginalPaper Pages: 181 - 183

37. Characterization of the hydrolysis and polymerization processes of methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane

    • Laurent Delattre
    • Carole Dupuy
    • Florence Babonneau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 188

38. Functional coatings on glass using ORMOCER^®-systems

    • J. Kron
    • S. Amberg-schwab
    • G. Schottner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 189 - 192

39. Elaboration and characterization of hybrid organic-inorganic gels obtained by reaction of 1,4-butanediol on tetramethoxysilane

    • Ch. Ben Amara
    • N. Gharbi
    • H. Zarrouk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 197

40. Relaxation of a viscoelastic gel bar: II. Silica gel

    • George W. Scherer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 204

41. SANS investigations of oxide gel formation in inverse micelle and lamellar surfactant systems

    • L. Auvray
    • A. Ayral
    • J. Ramsay

    OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 209

42. Weibull analysis of the mechanical strength of silica gels

    • L. Duffours
    • F. Pernot
    • J. Phalippou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 214

43. Kinetics of colloid formation during the preparation of sol-gel zirconia

    • J. R. Bartlett
    • J. L. Woolfrey
    • B. O. West

    OriginalPaper Pages: 215 - 220

44. New trends in aerogel physics

    • René Vacher
    • Jacques Pelous
    • Marie Foret

    OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 225

45. Phase separation kinetics in silica sol-gel system containing polyethylene oxide. I. Initial stage

    • Kazuki Nakanishi
    • Yuki Yamasaki
    • Norio Nemoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 231

46. Densification and crystallisation of celsian glass derived from alkoxide gel

    • M. Chen
    • P. F. James
    • W. E. Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 237

47. Structure and permeability of gels

    • J. F. Quinson
    • M. Repellin Lacroix
    • George W. Scherer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

48. Structural analysis of SiO₂ gel films by high energy electron diffraction

    • H. Ohsaki
    • K. Miura
    • M. A. Aegerter

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 249

49. The effects of solvent chemistry on the impedance of aged gels

    • H. Durakpasa
    • M. W. Breiter
    • B. Dunn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 253

50. EPR monitoring of sol-gel processes

    • A. Shames
    • O. Lev
    • B. Iosefzon-Kuyavskaya

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 258