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 …

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 …

Controllable strong and ultralight aramid nanofiber-based aerogel fibers for thermal insulation applications

M Li, X Chen, X Li, J Dong, X Zhao, Q Zhang - Advanced Fiber Materials, 2022 - Springer
High-performance polymer-based aerogel fibers with ultrahigh porosity, mechanical
robustness and outstanding thermal stability are demanded for applying in effective thermal …

Double‐Phase‐Networking Polyimide Hybrid Aerogel with Exceptional Dimensional Stability for Superior Thermal Protection System

C Liu, M Wang, J Wang, G Xu, S Zhang, F Ding - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Polyimide aerogels have been extensively used in thermal protection domain because they
possess a combination of intrinsic characteristics of aerogels and unique features of …

Continuous and strong polyimide aerogel fibers enhanced by para-aramid nanofibers prepared via a “Reaction Spinning” for thermal insulation

M Li, Z Wu, X Chen, F Gan, C Teng, X Li, J Dong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Strong and flexible aerogel fibers and their textiles with low density are attractive candidates
for high-efficiency thermal insulation. However, most of the previously reported aerogel …

Ultralight aerogel textiles based on aramid nanofibers composites with excellent thermal insulation and electromagnetic shielding properties

M Li, X Chen, X Li, J Dong, C Teng, X Zhao… - Composites …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultralight, flexible and robust aerogel fibers based on aramid nanofiber/modified carbon
nanotubes are prepared via a facile wet spinning method following with a freeze-drying …

Low shrinkage polyimide aerogels with excellent thermal insulation: Boosted by “paddle-shaped” benzhydrylidenefluorene-based diamines

Y Sun, Z Wang, J Zhao, H Nie, G Zhou - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyimide (PI) aerogels are widely employed as thermal insulating materials in the
aerospace and transportation industry in extreme environments. However, there is a lack of …

Cross-linked and rigid polyimide composite foams with prominent fire resistant, thermal insulating, and wave-transparent properties

J Li, J Lin, Y Wang, W Chu, F Liu… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
High-performance and light-weight polymer foams with ultralow dielectric constant, good
thermal stability, and high mechanical strength are greatly needed in aviation and …

Recent progress on polyimide aerogels against shrinkage: a review

W Chen, X Zhou, M Wan, Y Tang - Journal of Materials Science, 2022 - Springer
Polyimide aerogels are promising for diverse applications owing to their nanoporous
structure and superior performance in thermal insulation, dielectric protection, etc. However …

Flexible hybrid and single-component aerogels: synthesis, characterization, and applications

M Fijalkowski, R Coufal, A Ali, K Adach, S Petrik, H Bu… - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
The inherent disadvantages of traditional nonflexible aerogels, such as high fragility and
moisture sensitivity, severely restrict their applications. To address these issues, different …