Everything about Sol

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: SolA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Synthesis of ZnO and CuO nanoparticles via Sol gel method and its characterization by using various techniqueInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: The mechanics of engineering soilsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: The sol-gel processCited 4,157 times
5. Go sideways: The Sun (disambiguation)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: SharpA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• The sol-gel process

  Larry L. Hench, Jon K. West · 1990 · Chemical Reviews · 4,157 citations

• Sol-gel chemistry of transition metal oxides

  J. Livage, M. Henry, C. Sanchez · 1988 · Progress in Solid State Chemistry · 2,166 citations

• The evolution of ‘sol–gel’ chemistry as a technique for materials synthesis

  A. E. Danks, S. R. Hall, Z. Schnepp · 2016 · Materials Horizons · 1,675 citations

• Band-gap energy estimation from diffuse reflectance measurements on sol–gel and commercial TiO2: a comparative study

  Rosendo López, Ricardo Gómez · 2011 · Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology · 1,639 citations

• Plasma resonance enhancement of Raman scattering by pyridine adsorbed on silver or gold sol particles of size comparable to the excitation wavelength

  J. Alan Creighton, Christopher G. Blatchford, M. Grant Albrecht · 1979 · Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 2 · 1,540 citations

• Inverted Polymer Solar Cells Integrated with a Low‐Temperature‐Annealed Sol‐Gel‐Derived ZnO Film as an Electron Transport Layer

  Yanming Sun, Jung Hwa Seo, Christopher J. Takacs · 2011 · Advanced Materials · 1,526 citations

• Nanomaterial by Sol‐Gel Method: Synthesis and Application

  Dmitry Bokov, Abduladheem Turki Jalil, Supat Chupradit · 2021 · Advances in Materials Science and Engineering · 1,375 citations

• Continuous formation of supported cubic and hexagonal mesoporous films by sol–gel dip-coating

  Yunfeng Lu, Rahul Ganguli, Celeste A. Drewien · 1997 · Nature · 1,354 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Synthesis of ZnO and CuO nanoparticles via Sol gel method and its characterization by using various technique

  Monika Patel, Sunita Mishra, Ruchi Verma · 2022 · Discover Materials · 192 citations

• Dilution-induced gel-sol-gel-sol transitions by competitive supramolecular pathways in water

  Lu Su, Jesús Mosquera, Mathijs F. J. Mabesoone · 2022 · Science · 147 citations

• Spontaneous Molecule Aggregation for Nearly Single‐Ion Conducting Sol Electrolyte to Advance Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries: The Case of Tetraphenylporphyrin

  Jingjing Dong, Long Su, Huili Peng · 2024 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 123 citations

• Dynamic Zn/Electrolyte Interphase and Enhanced Cation Transfer of Sol Electrolyte for All‐Climate Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries

  Huili Peng, Chunting Wang, Dongdong Wang · 2023 · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 121 citations

• Sol-gel-based porous Ti-doped tungsten oxide films for high-performance dual-band electrochromic smart windows

  Qiancheng Meng, Sheng Cao, Juquan Guo · 2023 · Journal of Energy Chemistry · 107 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• The mechanics of engineering soilsP. Leonard Capper · 1949
• Environmental geologyKeller, Edward A. · 1976
• Soil-plant relationshipsC. A. Black · 1957
• 📕Pressuremeters in Geotechnical DesignB. G. Clarke · 1994
• Methods of soil analysisC. A. Black · 1965
• SoilsRoy Luther Donahue · 1958
• Shadows of powerJean Hillier · 2002
• Soil liquefactionMike Jefferies, Jeffries & Been · 2002

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