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Nanostructured, electroactive and bioapplicable materials

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According to the application dem<strong>and</strong>s, sol-gel products can be prepared under<br />

appropriate conditions into various forms, such as monoliths, 18-20 particles, 21,22 thin<br />

films 23-25 <strong>and</strong> fibers. 26,27 Besides product versatility, the sol-gel process also offers many<br />

other advantages such as the simplicity <strong>and</strong> convenience of the synthesis procedure,<br />

flexibility of solution chemistry, low coast in starting <strong>materials</strong>, <strong>and</strong> good product<br />

purity. 28<br />

1.3. Mesoporous Materials from Surfactant Templated Sol-Gel Methods<br />

Based on pore size, the International Union of Pure <strong>and</strong> Applied Chemistry<br />

(IUPAC) classifies porous <strong>materials</strong> into the following categories: 29<br />

− Microporous: with pore diameter less than 2 nm<br />

− Mesoporous: with pore diameter between 2 <strong>and</strong> 50 nm<br />

− Macroporous: with pore diameter greater than 50 nm

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