The question from the would-be cycling newbies that usually follows their comment is, “Do I really need all that other stuff?

Following gel formation, drying and calcination are used to remove solvent and surfactant molecules, resulting in the development of mesoporous silica. The hydrolysis and condensation processes ...

Effective microchip extraction of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from crude biological matrixes has been demonstrated using silica beads or hybrid phases composed of beads and sol−gel. However, the use ...