The rising aerogel fibers: status, challenges, and opportunities

Z Sheng, Z Liu, Y Hou, H Jiang, Y Li, G Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …

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 …

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 …

A hierarchically nanofibrous self-cleaning textile for efficient personal thermal management in severe hot and cold environments

B Gu, Q Xu, H Wang, H Pan, D Zhao - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Climate change has recently caused more and more severe temperatures, inducing a
growing demand for personal thermal management at outdoors. However, designing textiles …

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 …

An ultralight self-powered fire alarm e-textile based on conductive aerogel fiber with repeatable temperature monitoring performance used in firefighting clothing

H He, J Liu, Y Wang, Y Zhao, Y Qin, Z Zhu, Z Yu… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Firefighting protective clothing is an essential equipment that can protect firefighters from
burn injuries during the firefighting process. However, it is still a challenge to detect the …

Flexible aerogel materials: a review on revolutionary flexibility strategies and the multifunctional applications

X Hou, J Chen, Z Chen, D Yu, S Zhu, T Liu, L Chen - ACS nano, 2024 - ACS Publications
The design and preparation of flexible aerogel materials with high deformability and
versatility have become an emerging research topic in the aerogel fields, as the brittle nature …

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 …

Porous monoliths from polyimide: Synthesis, modifications and applications

R Hu, Y Chen, C Zhang, S Jiang, H Hou… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
High-performance porous polyimide (PI) monoliths, including PI aerogels, sponges, and
foams, have become one of the hotspots in both researching and applications due to their …

Ionic liquid directed spinning of cellulose aerogel fibers with superb toughness for weaved thermal insulation and transient impact protection

Z Liu, Z Sheng, Y Bao, Q Cheng, PX Wang, Z Liu… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Aerogel fibers, combining the nanoporous characteristics of aerogels with the slenderness
of fibers, have emerged as a rising star in nanoscale materials science. However, endowing …