Advances in Gel Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on the development and exploration of advanced gel materials with tailored properties for a wide range of functional applications. Advanced gels include a variety of aerogels, xerogels, hydrogels, organic and inorganic gels, hybrid gel materials, and sol–gel composites, offering remarkable capabilities such as tuneable mechanical properties, thermal insulation, ionic conductivity, selective sorption, and many other valuable applications.

This Special Issue invites original research papers on the synthesis, characterization, and structure–property relationships of advanced gel materials with valuable applications across various fields.

Topics of interest include the preparation of functional gels with tailored properties and their applications in fields such as applied materials, optical and sensor technologies, ecology and environmental protection, biomedicine, as well as energy conservation and storage materials.

Papers about aerogels and electrochemical applications of gels are welcome.

Dr. Nina Danchova
Prof. Dr. Stoyan Gutzov
Guest Editors

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