1. Editorial

   • Sumio Sakka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 6

2. Aggregation Behavior of Alkoxide-Derived Silica in Sol-Gel Process in Presence of Poly(ethylene oxide)

   • Ryoji Takahashi
   • Kazuki Nakanishi
   • Naohiro Soga

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 18

3. Effects of the Water Quantity on the Solventless TEOS Hydrolysis Under Ultrasound Stimulation

   • Dario A. Donatti
   • Dimas R. Vollet

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 24

4. Thermal Decomposition and Crystallization of Aqueous Sol-Gel Derived Zirconium Acetate Gels: Effects of the Additive Anions

   • A. Corina Geiculescu
   • H. Garth Spencer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 35

5. Preparation and Characterization of PbS Quantum Dots Doped Ormocers

   • Francisco Del Monte
   • Yuhuan Xu
   • John D. Mackenzie

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 45

6. The Iron Behaviour in Aluminosilicate Gel-Derived Materials

   • M.G. Ferreira Da Silva
   • M.A. Valente

   OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 53

7. A Generic Technique for Coating Doped Sol-Gel Films onto the Inside of Tubes for Use as Colorimetric Sensors

   • Muhammad Azhar Javaid
   • Peter J. Keay

   OriginalPaper Pages: 55 - 59

8. Preparation and Characterization of Highly Proton-Conductive Composites Composed of Phosphoric Acid-Doped Silica Gel and Styrene-Ethylene-Butylene-Styrene Elastomer

   • Kazuki Hirata
   • Atsunori Matsuda
   • Tsutomu Minami

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 69

9. Effects of Processing Temperature on the Oxygen Quenching Behavior of Tris(4,7′-diphenyl-1,10′-phenanthroline) Ruthenium (II) Sequestered Within Sol-Gel-Derived Xerogel Films

   • Gary A. Baker
   • Brett R. Wenner
   • Frank V. Bright

   OriginalPaper Pages: 71 - 82

10. On the Origin of the Heterogeneous Emission from Pyrene Sequestered Within Tetramethylorthosilicate-Based Xerogels: A Decay-Associated Spectra and O2 Quenching Study

    • Neil J. Bonzagni
    • Gary A. Baker
    • Frank V. Bright

    OriginalPaper Pages: 83 - 90