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The Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – Celebrating a 30-Year Journey

Many of us approach decadal birthdays – and particularly our 30th birthday – with a sense of reluctance and a tinge of sadness, thinking that some of the best years of our life are now behind us. In the case...

Bioinspired In Vitro Brain Vasculature Model for Nanomedicine Testing Based on Decellularized Spinach Leaves

Animal testing is often criticized due to ethical issues and complicated translation of the results obtained to the clinical stage of drug development. Existing alternative models for nanopharmaceutical testing still have many limitations and do not significantly decrease the number...

Highlight Articles from Volume 95, Issue 1, July 2020 JSST

A selection of general interest papers and more specialized ones from the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, free to read via the links. General interest papers: Synthesis of a polysiloxane coating and investigation of its functional properties with high...

Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology Processing, Characterization and Applications

Handbook of Sol-Gel Science and Technology Processing, Characterization and Applications Second Edition Editors: Lisa Klein, Mario Aparicio, and Andrei Jitianu The first edition was edited by Professor Sumio Sakka in 2005. A decade after, Professor Klein, Doctor Aparicio, and Professor...

SpringerBrief Collection 2

1D Oxide Nanostructures Obtained by Sol-Gel and Hydrothermal Methods By Crina Anastasescu, Susana Mihaiu, Silviu Preda, and Maria Zaharescu Edited by Michel A. Aegerter and Michel Prassas; SpringerBrief Collection; Springer; ISBN 978-3-319-32988-8          

SpringerBriefs Collections

SpringerBriefs Collections: 2 new books! This collection edited by Michel A. Aegerter and Michel Prassas is intended to fill the gap between classical research papersk like the ones published in the ISGS official journal, the Journal of Sol-Gel Science and...

The Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – Celebrating a 30-Year Journey

Many of us approach decadal birthdays – and particularly our 30th birthday – with a sense of reluctance and a tinge of sadness, thinking that some of the best years of our life are now behind us. In the case...

The Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – Celebrating the 2020 Impact Factor and the Most Highly Cited JSST Papers

The recent release of journal impact factors (IF) for 2020 has highlighted a consistent improvement for JSST over the past few years, with the 2020 IF of 2.326 building significantly on the 2019 value (2.008).

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – An Update on recent initiatives

Throughout its nearly-30 -year history, one of the sustained features of JSST has been its role in publishing Special Issues containing collections of papers from key conferences within our community - in particular, the biennial International Sol-Gel conferences

Tech News

You’ll find below brief news regarding ISGS activities, reports writen by ISGS members or picked in the recent published writings.

The Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology – Celebrating a 30-Year Journey

Many of us approach decadal birthdays – and particularly our 30th birthday – with a sense of reluctance and a tinge of sadness, thinking that some of the best years of our life are now behind us. In the case...

Bioinspired In Vitro Brain Vasculature Model for Nanomedicine Testing Based on Decellularized Spinach Leaves

Animal testing is often criticized due to ethical issues and complicated translation of the results obtained to the clinical stage of drug development. Existing alternative models for nanopharmaceutical testing still have many limitations and do not significantly decrease the number...

Lotus Synthesis:inorganic nanoparticles for top coating applications

Lotus Synthesis is a French start-up based in Lyon and founded in 2011 which is producing functional (hybrid) inorganic nanoparticles for top coating applications.   The patented technology allows the production of hybrid (surface-functionalized and/or doped) oxide (TiO2, ZrO2, ZnO...