This tutorial review highlights some active areas of research into non-oxide sol-gel chemistry. These aim to capture some of the advantages of methods developed mainly with oxides for a new generation of functional materials based on main group and metal nitrides, and semiconducting chalcogenides. Sol-gel processing has a long track record in producing useful materials for optical, magnetic, electrical, catalytic and structural applications. Controlled morphologies can be produced on all lengths scales, from ordered mesoporous arrays to thin films, fibres and monoliths. Hence there is an opportunity to produce new morphologies in non-oxides and hence new applications of these materials.

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使用无氧化物溶胶-凝胶系统进行材料合成。

本教程评论重点介绍了非氧化物溶胶-凝胶化学研究的一些活跃领域。这些目的是要抓住一些主要用氧化物开发的方法的优点，这些氧化物用于基于主族和金属氮化物以及半导体硫族化物的新一代功能材料。溶胶-凝胶加工在生产用于光学，磁性，电子，催化和结构应用的有用材料方面有着悠久的记录。从有序介孔阵列到薄膜，纤维和整料，可以控制各种长度的形态。因此，有机会在非氧化物中产生新的形态，并因此产生这些材料的新应用。