Recently, greenhouse gases-especially CO 2–have been released into the atmosphere in
ever-increasing quantities through activities such as industrial emission and combustion …

Silicon-based aerogel (SA) has attracted increasingly more attention in the field of thermal
insulation as its extraordinary properties such as ultralight, ultra-low thermal conductivity …

Solar-driven vaporization devices are often hindered by complex fabrication process, low
efficiency, poor durability, and non-reusability. Herein, based on the pre-pressed melamine …

Despite incorporation of organic groups into silica‐based aerogels to enhance their
mechanical flexibility, the wide temperature reliability of the modified silicone aerogel is …

Aerogel has been widely known as a low-density and highly porous material and is closely
connected with the complex processing methods, such as freeze–drying or supercritical …

Aerogels have many attractive properties but are usually costly and mechanically brittle,
which always limit their practical applications. While many efforts have been made to …

Dedicated the memory of Akademician Valery Vasilievich Lunin, a friend, colleague,
teacher, founder and leader of the research into application of supercritical fluids in …

Aerogels are porous materials but show poor mechanical properties and limited
functionality, which significantly restrict their practical applications. Preparation of highly …

In recent decades, aerogels have attracted tremendous attention in academia and industry
as a class of lightweight and porous multifunctional nanomaterial. Despite their wide …

Silica aerogels have a rich history and offer an unusual assembly of gas-and solid-phase
properties that has lent them to many diverse applications. This review starts with a brief …