Buildings have become a major concern because of their high energy use and carbon
emissions. Thus, a material-efficient prefabricated concrete element (PCE) system was …

Background Aerogels are highly porous and light-weighted materials with extensive surface
areas. The remarkable thermal, mechanical, and chemical properties render them ideally …

Aerogels, as extraordinarily lightweight and porous functional nanomaterials, have garnered
significant interest in both academia and industry over the past few decades. Graphene …

Flexible micro-cellular open porous 3D polymer foam silica aerogel composites with
exceptional oil sorption characteristics were prepared by implanting silica aerogel in the …

Amorphous forms of silica have always raised a lot of interest by the scientific community
and are nowadays rapidly growing in commercial applications. These are commercialized …

Epoxy-thiol crosslinked silica aerogels were synthesized with (3-glycidyloxypropyl)
trimethoxysilane and (3-mercaptopropyl) trimethoxysilane as co-precursors in acid and base …

Over the past two decades, the application of nanostructured materials in construction, such
as concrete, paint, coatings, glass, renders, plasters, thermal insulation, steel, and even …

Silica aerogels are excellent insulation materials, but they possess high embedded costs
and their production includes many energy-intensive steps. A novel protocol developed to …

Over the past decade, the increasing emphasis on sustainable material production has
brought aerogel technology to the forefront of scientific and industrial research. Aerogels are …

There is a growing interest in accounting for the environmental externalities and the
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the building industry. This study …