Abstract:
Sol-gel process for the production of optical fiber preforms or overcladdings by preparing a sol, gelling the sol, drying the wet gel to a dry porous gel and densifying the dry gel to fully dense glass, wherein during the calcination treatment from 350 °C to 900 °C to remove organic impurities in the dry gel, it is carried out at least one reduced-pressure phase at a pressure comprised between about 0.01 and 0.5 bar.
Abstract:
An optical article, having an almost complete isotropy and dimensions equal to or lower than 500 µm, is prepared by a sol-gel procedure comprising a preliminary step wherein the mould is filled cold with a sol containing the desired oxide precursors, sol gelation, gel drying, removal of the gel from the mould and the subsequent miniaturization of the dried gel. The optical article can be used for optic telecommunications.
Abstract:
The present invention is concerned with a method for the preparation of aerogels that includes a phase of exchange with the liquid present in the aquagel by the liquid xenon and the subsequent extraction thereof.
Abstract:
A sol-gel process is described that allows dry gels to be produced, and where necessary, the corresponding dense vitreous bodies, around an incompressible insert. A particular feature of the process is the step of rotating a container holding the sol and incompressible insert throughout the gelling step under such conditions that a wet gel adhering to the insert is produced, which is then dried. The process is useful particularly for the production of preforms for optical fibers, which are also claimed.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to glassy inorganic films, characterized by a high chemical stability and a high adhesion, containing, among the others, titanium dioxide, employable to coat metal surfaces characterized by the presence of oxides, particularly stainless steel sheets. The coated structures obtained thereby, which are the second object of the present invention, are used to build many articles such as pipes, reactors, exchangers, containers, and so on. With reference to the peculiar case of stainless steel structures coated by the above film, these ones can be used in the food industry since that film coated article shows specific and very high photobactericide properties.
Abstract:
It is described a process based on sol-gel chemistry suitable to the production of nanocomposite materials being photoluminescent at ambient temperature, comprising silicon grains of dimension of nanometers embedded in a silica matrix.
Abstract:
Sol-gel process for the production of optical fiber preforms or overcladdings by preparing a sol, gelling the sol, drying the wet gel to a dry porous gel and densifying the dry gel to fully dense glass, wherein during the calcination treatment from 350 °C to 900 °C to remove organic impurities in the dry gel, it is carried out at least one reduced-pressure phase at a pressure comprised between about 0.01 and 0.5 bar.
Abstract:
Sol-gel-process to prepare aerogels comprising the preparation of a solution of a compound having the formula X m -M-(OR) n-m , the hydrolysis of the compound to give a sol, gelation, drying, densifying and sintering. This method can be used to treat radioactive residues constituted by aqueous solutions of radioactive substances.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation and the deposition of vitreous films on substrates comprising: the dissolution of one or more metal alkoxides in aprotic solvent, the hydrolysis of the resulting solution, yhe eventual removalof the formed alcohol, the deposition of the resulting sol on the substrate surface of interest and the final drying of the film.