Porous media play important roles in a wide range of scientific and engineering problems.
Recently, with their increasing application in energy conversion and storage devices, such …

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 …

Silica aerogels, a type of porous material featuring extra low density and thermal
conductivity, have drawn increasing interest from both academia and industry owing to their …

Aerogels with both high elastic strain and fast shape recovery after compression have broad
application potentials as thermal regulation, absorbents, and electrical devices. However …

Silica aerogels are popular in terms of production volume and real-world applications.
Although the current market growth rate is driven exclusively by thermal insulation, aerogels …

Ceramic aerogels are attractive for thermal insulation but plagued by poor mechanical
stability and degradation under thermal shock. In this study, we designed and synthesized …

Thermally insulating materials based on renewable nanomaterials such as nanocellulose
could reduce the energy consumption and the environmental impact of the building sector …

The discovery and development of novel materials in the field of energy are essential to
accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Bringing recent technological …

Scientific understanding of any kind of radiation effects starts from the primary damage, ie
the defects that are produced right after an initial atomic displacement event initiated by a …

High-performance thermally insulating ceramic materials with robust mechanical properties,
high-temperature resistance, and excellent thermal insulation characteristics are highly …