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Brief Historical Review and Current State-of-the-Art of Silica |
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| Part I. The Silica Surface |
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Infrared and NMR Characterization of the Silica Surface |
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Silica Surface Chemical Properties |
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Adsorption on Silica Surfaces |
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63 | (56) |
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Nanoscale and Mesoscale Morphology of Silica Surfaces |
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119 | (48) |
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Thermogravimetric Approach for Determining Porosity of Silica Gels |
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167 | (38) |
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Surface Energetics of Silica Investigated by Inverse Gas Chromatography |
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polyatomic Molecules in Model Silica Pores |
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| Part II. The Silica--Water Interface |
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Water Behavior at Silica Surfaces |
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Surface and Interface Structure of Silicas |
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Surface Charge and Zeta Potential of Silica in Mixtures of Organic Solvents and Water |
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343 | (26) |
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| Part III. Adsorption from the Gas Phase |
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Adsorption on Ion-Bombarded Silica |
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| Part IV. Adsorption on Silica from Aqueous Solutions |
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Sorption of Heavy Metal Cations on Silica |
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399 | (42) |
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Modification of Silica--Water Interfacial Behavior by Adsorption of Surfactants, Polymers, and Their Mixtures |
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Polymer and Polyelectrolyte Adsorption---Stability of Silica Suspensions |
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Adsorption and Chemisorption of Enzymes and Other Natural Macromolecules on Silicas |
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| Part V. Adsorption on Silica from Organic Solutions |
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Adsorption on Silica Surfaces from Solution and Its Impact on Chromatographic Separation Techniques |
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| Part VI. Adsorption from the Melt |
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Adsorption of Polydimethylsiloxane Chains on Plane Silica Surfaces |
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Adsorption of PDMS on Bare Fumed Silica Surfaces |
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| Part VII. Adsorption in Relation with Silica Toxicity |
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Modulation of Silica Pathogenicity by Surface Processes |
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| Part VIII. Application in Industry and Environment |
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Designing Surface Chemistry in Mesoporous Silica |
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Fumed Silica as a Host for Study of Large Surface-to-Volume Ratio Problems in Finely Divided Aqueous Systems: Implications for the Atmosphere |
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