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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biomass vs inorganic and plastic-based aerogels: Structural design, functional tailoring, resource-efficient applications and sustainability analysis

G Wei, J Zhang, M Usuelli, X Zhang, B Liu… - Progress in Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly efficient utilization of bioresources and natural organic wastes has attracted great
attention, due to the high-speed consumption and shortage of energy in modern society …

Graphene‑assisted assembly of electrically and magnetically conductive ceramic nanofibrous aerogels enable multifunctionality

B Li, H Tian, L Li, W Liu, J Liu, Z Zeng… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ceramic aerogels are gaining increasing attention due to their low density, high‐
temperature resistance, and excellent chemical stability. However, conventional ceramic …

Nacre‐mimetic nanocomposite aerogels with exceptional mechanical performance for thermal superinsulation at extreme conditions

J Zhang, J Zheng, M Gao, C Xu, Y Cheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal protection under extreme conditions requires materials with excellent thermal
insulation properties and exceptional mechanical properties to withstand a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] A review on silica aerogel-based materials for acoustic applications

Z Mazrouei-Sebdani, H Begum, S Schoenwald… - Journal of Non …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Direct synthesis of highly stretchable ceramic nanofibrous aerogels via 3D reaction electrospinning

X Cheng, YT Liu, Y Si, J Yu, B Ding - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Ceramic aerogels are attractive for many applications due to their ultralow density, high
porosity, and multifunctionality but are limited by the typical trade-off relationship between …

Silica aerogels: from materials research to industrial applications

C Li, G Zhang, L Lin, T Wu, S Brunner… - International …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Silica aerogels are advanced materials with outstanding properties, including high specific
surface area and porosity, low thermal conductivity, density, dielectric constant, and …

Biopolymer aerogels and foams: Chemistry, properties, and applications

S Zhao, WJ Malfait… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biopolymer aerogels were among the first aerogels produced, but only in the last decade
has research on biopolymer and biopolymer–composite aerogels become popular …

Acid‐assisted toughening aramid aerogel monoliths with ultralow thermal conductivity and superior tensile toughness

J Wu, J Zhang, M Sang, Z Li, J Zhou… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Resisting extreme loading and thermal ablation encountered by aerospace devices
demands for high performance engineering materials. Aerogels have achieved satisfactory …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneous silica-polyimide aerogel-in-aerogel nanocomposites

Z Kantor, T Wu, Z Zeng, S Gaan, S Lehner… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer aerogels are a promising, non-brittle alternative to silica aerogel, but are limited by
their very poor high-temperature stability. Polyimide is widely known for its high heat …