LABORATORY

1) preparation of silica xerogels in different reaction conditions. Correlations between macroscopic properties and the structure of t he obtained materials.

2) preparation by sol-gel method of hybrid materials containing mono- bi and tri-dentate amines. Use of the xerogels as metal absorbants for acqueous solutions. Coordination chemistry on a supported phase.
 
3) Practical experiments of FTIR spectrophotometry: acquisition of spectra by trasmission techniques, (KBr pellet, nujol, solution), HATR (ZnSe and diamond crystals) and microspectrophotometry.

4) Preparation of glass fibers by sol gel method.