| Preface | p. 1 |
| List of Contributors | p. 3 |
| Controlling Size and Morphology of Zeolite L | p. 9 |
| Large Zeolite L Crystals | p. 11 |
| Medium-sized Disc-shaped Zeolite L Crystals | p. 13 |
| Nano-sized Zeolite L Crystals | p. 15 |
| Medium-sized Cylindrical-shaped Zeolite L Crystals | p. 16 |
| Zeolite A and ZK-4 | p. 21 |
| Zeolite A Crystals | p. 25 |
| ZK-4 Crystals | p. 26 |
| Nano-sized Zeolite A Crystals (Fig. 4) | p. 27 |
| Mesostructured Silica Thin Films | p. 29 |
| Preparation of the Coating Sol | p. 32 |
| Film Deposition | p. 33 |
| Post Treatment | p. 33 |
| Organically Modified Monolithic Silica Aerogels | p. 39 |
| Preparation of 3-Methacryloxypropyl-substituted Silica Aerogel | p. 41 |
| Preparation of 2-Aminoethyl-3-aminopropyl-substituted Silica Aerogel | p. 44 |
| Porous Silica Gel by Acid Leaching of Metakaolin | p. 47 |
| Preparation of Metakaolins | p. 49 |
| Preparation of the Acid-activated Solids | p. 49 |
| Zirconia-Pillared Clays | p. 53 |
| Preparation of Zr-pillared Clays Using Zirconyl Chloride as Precursor | p. 55 |
| Preparation of Zr-pillared Clays Using Zirconium Acetate as Precursor | p. 57 |
| Montmorillonites with Mixed Aluminum-Lanthanide Oxide Pillars | p. 59 |
| Preparation of the Pillaring Agent | p. 60 |
| Pillaring Process | p. 61 |
| Birnessite-type Manganese Oxide by Redox Precipitation | p. 65 |
| Redox Precipitation | p. 67 |
| Hydrothermal Treatment | p. 68 |
| Templated Carbon from Pyrolysis of Pyrene in Pillared Clay Matrices | p. 71 |
| Preparation of Pillared Clay | p. 73 |
| Loading of the Pillared Clay with Organic Compounds | p. 74 |
| Pyrolysis, and Removal of the Inorganic Matrix | p. 75 |
| Fiberous Carbon from Sepiolite Clay and Propylene | p. 77 |
| Preparation of Propylene-loaded Sepiolite | p. 79 |
| Pyrolysis and Dissolution of the Propylene-loaded Sepiolite | p. 81 |
| Aerosol Spray Synthesis of Porous Molybdenum Sulfide Powder | p. 83 |
| Preparation of Low-porosity MoS[subscript 2] | p. 86 |
| Preparation of Porous MoS[subscript 2] | p. 86 |
| Sonochemically Prepared Molybdenum Sulfide | p. 89 |
| Preparation in Glove Box | p. 91 |
| Reaction in Fume Hood | p. 92 |
| Product Isolation | p. 92 |
| Doped Manganites | p. 95 |
| Preparation of La[subscript 0.5]Ba[subscript 0.5]MnO[subscript 3] | p. 97 |
| Preparation of La[subscript 0.5]Sr[subscript 0.5]MnO[subscript 3] | p. 100 |
| Lithium Manganese Oxide Prepared by Flux Methods | p. 103 |
| Growth of LiMn[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] Spinel Single Crystals in a LiCl-Mn(NO[subscript 3])[subscript 2] Flux | p. 105 |
| Growth of LiMn[subscript 2]O[subscript 4] Spinel Single Crystals in a LiCl-MnCl[subscript 2] Flux | p. 107 |
| Nanoscale Magnesium Oxide | p. 111 |
| Nanostructured Pt-doped Tin Oxide Films | p. 117 |
| Preparation of Tetra(tert-butoxy)tin | p. 119 |
| Preparation of the Sol for Coating | p. 119 |
| Film Deposition and Annealing | p. 121 |
| Organically Functionalized Silica Nanoparticles | p. 127 |
| Synthesis of SiO[subscript 2] Nanoparticles | p. 129 |
| Preparation of 2-[4-(Chloromethyl)phenyl]ethyltriethoxysilane | p. 130 |
| Functionalization of the Silica Particles | p. 130 |
| Copper Nanoparticles in Silica | p. 135 |
| Sol-Gel Processing of Alkoxysilyl-substituted Metal Complexes | p. 138 |
| Oxidation | p. 139 |
| Reduction | p. 140 |
| Copper Nanocrystals | p. 143 |
| Assembly of TOPO-Capped Silver Nanoparticles to Multilayered Films | p. 149 |
| Preparation of Silver Hydrosols | p. 151 |
| Transfer of the Silver Nanoparticle Sol into Organic Solvents | p. 151 |
| Multilayered Film Synthesis | p. 152 |
| Colloidal Dispersion of Gold Nanoparticles | p. 155 |
| Preparation of HAuCl[subscript 4 middle dot]3H[subscript 2]O | p. 157 |
| Preparation of Gold Nanoparticles Colloidal Suspension | p. 158 |
| One-dimensional Nanorods and Nanowires | p. 163 |
| Preparation of Gold Seeds | p. 164 |
| Preparation of Growth Solution | p. 164 |
| Preparation of Gold Nanorods and Wires | p. 165 |
| Monolithic Tin-doped Silica Glass | p. 169 |
| Sol Preparation | p. 171 |
| Sol-Gel Transition and Drying | p. 171 |
| Thermal Treatment and Glass Formation | p. 172 |
| Sintering Process A | p. 172 |
| Sintering Process B | p. 173 |
| Octaphenyloctasilsesquioxane and Polyphenylsilsesquioxane for Nanocomposites | p. 179 |
| Synthesis of Phenyltriethoxysilane (PTES) | p. 182 |
| Synthesis of OPS and its Polymeric Analog PPS from PTES | p. 182 |
| Polysilsesquicarbodiimide Xerogels | p. 193 |
| Polyaniline - A Conducting Polymer | p. 199 |
| Preparation of Polyaniline Hydrochloride | p. 201 |
| Preparation of Polyaniline Base | p. 204 |
| Allyl- and Hydroxytelechelic Poly(isobutylenes) | p. 209 |
| Syntheses of Allyl-telechelic PIB (1) | p. 213 |
| Syntheses of Hydroxyl-telechelic PIBs (2) | p. 215 |
| Symmetrically and Unsymmetrically Substituted Phthalocyanines | p. 217 |
| Procedure A | p. 221 |
| Procedure B | p. 223 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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