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Sol‐Gel Processing of Sulfide Materials

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In this chapter, the sol‐gel processing of sulfide materials in bulk, powder, and thin film forms is reviewed, according to four different routes toward sol‐gel-derived sulfides: (a) sol‐gel deposition from a solution of sulfides, (b) sol‐gel synthesis from organometallic precursors, (c) colloidal sol‐gel synthesis from inorganic precursors, and (d) preparation via the vulcanization of oxide gels. In particular, As2S3 and GeSx optical films can be prepared in the form of planar waveguides by sol‐gel processing. However, the sol‐gel synthesis of multicomponent sulfide glasses, based, for example, on the Ge–S system, still needs further study and optimization.

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One of the authors (JX) acknowledges the financial support of PRAXIS XXI program, in Portugal (GGP XXI/BPD/4659/96). JX also wishes to thank Prof. Carole C. Perry and Dr. Eoin O’Keefe, for their kind support, and he acknowledges the financial support of a research fellowship in Nottingham Trent University, sponsored by QinetiQ.

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Química / Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico / Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1, 1049-001, Lisboa, Portugal

    Rui M. Almeida

  2. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Rd, Jiangbei, 315211, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

    Jian Xu

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Almeida, R.M., Xu, J. (2018). Sol‐Gel Processing of Sulfide Materials. In: Klein, L., Aparicio, M., Jitianu, A. (eds) Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32101-1_11

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