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Unravelling the Mechanism of Sol-Gel Process: a Key Stage in the Production of Silica Aerogels from Alkoxysilanes.
Roman A Novikov, Dmitry N Kholodkov, Irina K Goncharova, Ashot V Arzumanyan
Published: 202510.1002/marc.202500844
Abstract
The mechanism of the sol-gel synthesis, a key step in the preparation of silica aerogels (SA) from alkoxysilanes, is studied on example of a BF3-catalyzed process. "Stop-flow" NMR without MAS is chosen for in situ monitoring of the reaction. Using th…
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