ABSTRACT
KLAUSUNGERandDIPIKAKUMARInstitutfiirAnorganischeChemieund AnalytischeChemie,JohannesGutenberg-Universitat,Mainz,Germany
I.TheClassicalPeriod
II.MicroparticulatePorousSilicasforChromatographicSeparations
III.AdvancesinSol-GelSilicaChemistry
IV.MesostructuredSilicaMaterials
V.Perspectives
References
I.THECLASSICALPERIOD
Followingtheinventionofsilicasolsandgelsinthe1920sandthemanufactureof pyrogenicsilicainthe1940s,finelydispersedandporoussilicasbecameasubjectof intensiveresearchanddevelopmentduringtheperiod1950to1970.Anumberof internationallyreputedscientistsfrombothacademicandindustrialbackgrounds havemadesubstantialcontributionstothisfield,includingR.K .Iler[1 ] (Wilmington,USA),H.Bergna[2](Wilmington,USA),A.V.Kiselevandhis school(Moscow,Russia),C.Okkerse(VIaardingen,TheNetherlands),D.Barby [3](Warrington,UK),J.T.Fripiat(Orleans,France),B.A.Morrow(Ottawa, Canada),K.S.W.Sing(Fairfield,UK),andH.K.Ferch(Hanau,Germany), amongothers.
