Hydrogels and wound healing: Current and future prospects

V Gounden, M Singh - Gels, 2024 - mdpi.com
The care and rehabilitation of acute and chronic wounds have a significant social and
economic impact on patients and global health. This burden is primarily due to the adverse …

Mechanically strengthened aerogels through multiscale, multicompositional, and multidimensional approaches: A review

VG Parale, T Kim, H Choi, VD Phadtare… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, aerogels have attracted tremendous attention in academia and industry
as a class of lightweight and porous multifunctional nanomaterial. Despite their wide …

Biomimetic, knittable aerogel fiber for thermal insulation textile

M Wu, Z Shao, N Zhao, R Zhang, G Yuan, L Tian… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aerogels have been considered as an ideal material for thermal insulation. Unfortunately,
their application in textiles is greatly limited by their fragility and poor processability. We …

Robust and flame‐retardant zylon aerogel fibers for wearable thermal insulation and sensing in harsh environment

P Hu, F Wu, B Ma, J Luo, P Zhang, Z Tian… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The exceptional lightweight, highly porous, and insulating properties of aerogel fibers make
them ideal for thermal insulation. However, current aerogel fibers face limitations due to their …

Fast and scalable production of crosslinked polyimide aerogel fibers for ultrathin thermoregulating clothes

T Xue, C Zhu, D Yu, X Zhang, F Lai, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Polyimide aerogel fibers hold promise for intelligent thermal management fabrics, but their
scalable production faces challenges due to the sluggish gelation kinetics and the weak …

Direct synthesis of polyimide curly nanofibrous aerogels for high‐performance thermal insulation under extreme temperature

S Wang, R Ding, G Liang, W Zhang, F Yang… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining human body temperature is one of the basic needs for living, which requires
high‐performance thermal insulation materials to prevent heat exchange with external …

Wearable aerogels for personal thermal management and smart devices

B Wu, Q Qi, L Liu, Y Liu, J Wang - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
Extreme climates have become frequent nowadays, causing increased heat stress in human
daily life. Personal thermal management (PTM), a technology that controls the human body's …

Folk arts-inspired twice-coagulated configuration-editable tough aerogels enabled by transformable gel precursors

L Li, G Yang, J Lyu, Z Sheng, F Ma, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Aerogels, as famous lightweight and porous nanomaterials, have attracted considerable
attention in various emerging fields in recent decades, however, both low density and weak …

Fire‐Safe Aerogels and Foams for Thermal Insulation: From Materials to Properties

J Feng, Z Ma, J Wu, Z Zhou, Z Liu, B Hou… - Advanced …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The ambition of human beings to create a comfortable environment for work and life in a
sustainable way has triggered a great need for advanced thermal insulation materials in …

Ultrathin aerogel-structured micro/nanofiber metafabric via dual air-gelation synthesis for self-sustainable heating

Y Tian, Y Chen, S Wang, X Wang, J Yu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Incorporating passive heating structures into personal thermal management technologies
could effectively mitigate the escalating energy crisis. However, current passive heating …