This study aims to shed light on processing pathways towards functional silicate ceramics, which show some promise in various emerging applications, including dielectrics and bioactive implant materials. Polycrystalline ceramics of Neso, Soro Inosilicate families were synthesised by three different techniques: (i) a co-precipitation method, (ii) modified sol-gel method (iii) standard solid-stat...

In this paper, the synthesis of dicalcium silicate (C2S) via sol-gel (acid-catalyzed) process including aqueous route, non-aqueous and Pechini method is reported. The composition C2S (α, β, γ) polymorphs, by-products, amorphous content established by employing QXRD (quantitative X-ray diffraction) studies. attention has been focused to comprehend assay-amorphous relationships yield. intermediat...

A new class of near-infrared (NIR) reflectance pigments based on Co 1?x Mg x Cr 2?y Al y O 4 (x = 0–1 and 0–2) was synthesised using the Pechini-type sol-gel process. The developed powders were characterised by thermogravimetry differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction (XRD), ultraviolet–visible diffuse spectroscopy, colour Commission Internationale del'Eclairage (CIE) 1976 (L * a b ...

Yb/Er codoped Gd3Ga5O12 nanocrystalline upconverting phosphors were produced by the sol-gel pechini method at 1000 °C annealing temperature. The phosphor structure, morphological features, and luminescent properties of fabricated material studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), high-resolution TEM (HR-TEM), photoluminescence measurements (PL). Upconversion...

................................................................................... viii CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCYION ........................................................... 1 1.1 Motivation ................................................................................. 1 1.2 Outline ..................................................................................... 2 CHAPTER 2. SOL-GEL PHOT...