Abstract
This paper addresses the current state and future prospects of sol-gel processing. It summarizes responses to a questionnaire received from more than four dozen leaders of the sol-gel community. Overall, the respondents remain quite sanguine about the future prospects for the field, and with numerous areas where sol-gel processing can provide unique capabilities and novel materials. The present authors acknowledge this potential, but argue that its achievement will depend upon greatly increased involvement of the sol-gel community with applications, and carrying out a much larger fraction of sol-gel research in the context of applications.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 153-162 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1998 |
Keywords
- Coatings
- Electronics
- Future prospects
- Optics
- Processing
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Chemistry(all)
- Biomaterials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry