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S. Smitha is an academic researcher from National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aerogel & Sol-gel. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications.
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Effect of aging time and concentration of aging solution on the porosity characteristics of subcritically dried silica aerogels
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of concentration of aging solution and duration of aging on the development of pore characteristics of silica aerogels was examined and the results presented in this paper provided data for designing the mesoporous silica gels through subcritical drying technique.
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Sol-gel synthesis of biocompatible silica-chitosan hybrids and hydrophobic coatings
TL;DR: In this paper, a new organic-inorganic hybrid synthesized through a sol-gel process starting from alkoxysilane and chitosan is reported, which is effected through in situ hydrolysis-condensation reaction of methyltrimethoxysilsilane (MTMS) and vinyltrimthoxyldischen (VTMS) in the reaction medium.
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Antiwetting silica-gelatin nanohybrid and transparent nano coatings synthesised through an aqueous sol-gel process
TL;DR: In this article, a hydrophobic silica-biopolymer hybrid has been synthesized using colloidal silica as the precursor for silica, gelatin as the biopolymer counterpart and vinyltrimethoxysilane as the surface modifier through a sol-gel method.
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Effect of aging temperature on the porosity characteristics of subcritically dried silica aerogels
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of temperature of aging in silane solution on the porosity characteristics of silica aerogels and the thermal pore stability of the resultant gels were investigated.
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Synthesis of mesoporous hydrophobic silica microspheres through a modified sol–emulsion–gel process
TL;DR: In this article, mesoporous silica microspheres were synthesized through a sol-emulsion-gel process using Span 80 as the surfactant in silica sol/n-hexane water in oil emulsion system.
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