Synthesis of mesoporous metal oxides and their characterization combining small-angle scattering and gas physisorption methods [Elektronische Ressource] / von Simone Mascotto

Justus-Liebig-Universit¨at GießenSynthesis of mesoporous metaloxides and their characterizationcombining small-angle scatteringand gas physisorption methodsSimone MascottoSynthesis of mesoporous metaloxides and their characterizationcombining small-angle scatteringand gas physisorption methodsDissertationzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades”doctor rerum naturalium”(Dr. rer. nat.)in der Wissenschaftsdisziplin ”Physikalische Chemie”eingereicht an derNaturwissenschaftlichen Fakult¨atJustus-Liebig-Universit¨at GießenvonSimone MascottoGießen, im Oktober 2009When I was a small boy, I used to walk that section of London around the BritishMuseum; and one day, I came across a shop, which had a notice over the window,which said ”Philosophical Instruments”. Even as a boy I knew something aboutPhilosophy, but I couldn´t imagine what ”Philosophical Instruments” could be. So Iwent up to the window, and there displayed, were chronometers, slide rules, scalesand all kind of what we now call ”Scientific Instruments”. Because Science used to becalled Natural Philosophy. Because as Aristotle says: ”The beginning of Philosophy iswonder. Philosophy is man´s expression of curiosity about everything, his attempt tomake sense of world primarily through his intellect”, that he says is faculty forthinking. And thinking, of course, is a word used in many ways and is a very weighedword for most people, but I use the word thinking in a very precise way.