Silica aerogels have gained much interest due to their unique properties, such as being the
lightest solid material, having small pore sizes, high porosity, and ultralow thermal …

In recent years, silica aerogels have attracted increasingly more attention due to their
extraordinary properties and their existing and potential applications in wide variety …

Silica aerogels hold remarkable properties, particularly their translucence/transparency and
extremely low thermal conductivity and density, for buildings thermal insulation purpose …

Effective use of solar energy to produce steam for solving the problem of global shortage of
fresh water is considered to be a promising technology. In this work, we reported a low-cost …

Aerogels are highly porous structures prepared via a sol‐gel process and supercritical
drying technology. Among the classes of aerogels, silica aerogel exhibits the most …

Kistler, in his original definition, stated that aerogels are obtained from gels in which the pore
liquid is replaced by air with moderate shrinkage of the matrix. However, aerogels have …

Large quantities of fly ash are discharged as a by-product from coal power plants. Therefore,
an effective method to recycle this waste material is necessary. In this regard, the high silica …

Silica aerogels' unique physical and chemical properties make them fascinating materials
for a wide variety of applications. In addition to hydrophobization by silylation, aging is very …

Superhydrophobic and oleophilic oil sorbent was successfully prepared by the incorporation
of silica nanoparticles onto kapok fiber via sol–gel method and subsequent hydrophobic …

Natural fibers, derived from plants such as wood, hemp, straw and cotton, have been
explored for the fabrication of porous structures for thermal insulation applications due to …