Hybrid sol–gel based coatings for the protection of historical window glass

Weatherability of hybrid organic–inorganic silica protective coatings on glass

“…Current research primarily focuses on hybrid organic-inorganic silica based compounds as it is believed that their proper use can enhance water, chemical, abrasion and UV resistance [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. In general, these coatings with low toxicity do not alter optical characteristics of substrate and display improved flow properties when applied [12,13].…”

“…Commonly, it occurs via oxygen bridges so that siloxane bonding forms. There are two major ways how to obtain a functionalised material: Table 1 Abbreviations, chemical names, functional groups and added properties to silica based coatings of several commonly applied organo-functional alkoxysilane precursors [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Fluoroalkyl--greater chemical resistance; oil, fuel and solvent resistance; stain-resistance; easy-to-clean properties functionalities on the surface of a substrate and the necessary pre-treatment of materials, which makes this method longer and more complicated [12,16,19,20].…”

“…In detail, organo-functional primers (modifiers) for such a material are of the general molecular form R Si (Y) 3 [13,16], where the Y group is commonly a hydrolysable alkoxy or acetoxy group ensuring the linkage to the inorganic substrate and the R group is a non-hydrolysable organic group that could be reactive (e.g. amino-, epoxy-, vinyl-etc.)…”

Development and characterization of ion-imprinted sol–gel-derived fluorescent film for selective recognition of mercury(II) ion

“…Sol-gel chemistry is one of the basic instruments for self-assembly and has become a very sophisticated tool which opens the door to new generations of materials [3]. Sol-gel processing has shown a high capability of being integrated in production of organized materials while adding new value by unique properties of the synthesis products [4].…”

“…, Zn 2? and CH 3 HgCl and in comparison with non-imprinted polymer. Dakova et al [21] synthesized core-shell Hg 2?…”