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A two-stage technique is developed to synthesize SiO2-based aerogels using propylene oxide as a reagent. By this technique, we were able to synthesize mixed SiO2–Cr2O3 and SiO2–Yb2O3 aerogels containing 0.4–1.3% at. of the dopant.
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Financial support from the Russian Science Foundation (Grant 14–13-01150, aerogels synthesis, texture properties) is greatly appreciated and Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant 16-29-10736, XRD and EDX experiments) is greatly appreciated.
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Lermontov, S.A., Malkova, A.N., Sipyagina, N.A. et al. Propylene oxide as a new reagent for mixed SiO 2 -based aerogels preparation. J Sol-Gel Sci Technol 84, 377–381 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-017-4429-5
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