Sol-Gel Chemistry—Deals With Sol–Gel Processes

Abstract This chapter will address the fundamental aspects, preparation, and feasibility of scale of the different systems that are made by the chemical sol–gel process. Examples of the various types of materials that are constructed by this route will be illustrated. These materials include ordered mesoporous sol–gel materials, such as sol–gel silica materials, organic–inorganic hybrid mesoporous silicas, and functionalization of periodic mesoporous silica materials postsynthetic grafting, and the synthesis of organo-periodic mesoporous silicas.