Hierarchically structured carbon-silica aerogel (CSA) composites were synthesized from cheap water glass precursors and granulated activated carbon via a post-synthesis surface modification with trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) and a low-cost ambient pressure drying procedure. The resultant CSA composites possess micro/mesoporous structure and hydrophobic surface. The adsorption and desorption perf...

Nanoporous silicas having some periodicity, high surface area (up to 1230 m(2) g(-1)), and pore diameters near the boundary between micro- and mesopores are synthesized using aromatic compounds bearing anionic end-groups as novel structure-directing agents (SDAs) that can facilitate multiple interactions between SDAs, co-SDAs and silica frameworks orthogonally.

An experimental study conducted to evaluate the hardened and durability characteristics of ternary blended concrete containing Nano-Silica Zeolite along with steel fibers act as micro- reinforcement has been presented in this paper. were included different dosages optimum combination above two materials (Nano-Silica -1% Zeolite- 10%) obtained through trails from viewpoint workability strength. ...

The formation of inorganic minerals under the control of an organism (biomineralization) is a widespread phenomenon in nature. Silica is the second most abundant biomineral being exceeded only by biogenic CaCO3. 1 Many landplants (e.g. rice, cereals, cucumber) deposit silica in significant amounts to reinforce their tissues and as a systemic response to pathogen attack. Furthermore, there is ev...

We describe in this paper the development of plugged hexagonal templated silicas (PHTS) which are hexagonally ordered materials, with internal microporous silica nanocapsules; they have a combined micro- and mesoporosity and a tuneable amount of both open and encapsulated mesopores and are much more stable than other tested micellar templated structures.

We present an approach for manipulating light in an optical fiber where efficient modal field interaction is achieved between modes propagating in an air-silica microstructure optical fiber and micro-fluids incorporated in the air-holes of the fiber. We demonstrate this apporach in terms of applications to tunable devices.

Introduction: In this work, we report on the results of a combined scanning electron microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy investigation of stishovite and coesite in shocked Hospital Hill quartzite from the Vredefort impact structure of South Africa. Sanples have investigated using optical microscopy and under the scanning electron microscope, using energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry (EDS),...

Rotation and transportation of micro-particles using ultrasonically-driven devices shows promising applications in the fields of biological engineering, composite material manufacture, and micro-assembly. Current interest in mechanical effects of ultrasonic waves has been stimulated by the achievements in manipulations with phased array. Here, we propose a field synthesizing method using the fe...

This paper reports for the first time a planarised optical fiber composite formed using Flame Hydrolysis Deposition (FHD). As a way of format demonstration a Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical (MOEMS) hot wire anemometer is formed using micro-fabrication processing. The planarised device is rigidly secured to a silicon wafer using optical quality doped silica that has been deposited using flame hydr...