Aerogel‐based biomaterials for biomedical applications: From fabrication methods to disease‐targeting applications

S Karamikamkar, EP Yalcintas, R Haghniaz… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogel‐based biomaterials are increasingly being considered for biomedical applications
due to their unique properties such as high porosity, hierarchical porous network, and large …

[HTML][HTML] Overview of organic–inorganic hybrid silica aerogels: Progress and perspectives

P Meti, DB Mahadik, KY Lee, Q Wang, K Kanamori… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Silica aerogels are futuristic materials. However, the real-world applications of these
materials are limited owing to their fragility. A variety of composite materials have been …

Hydrosilylation adducts to produce wide‐temperature flexible Polysiloxane aerogel under ambient temperature and pressure drying

BF Guo, YJ Wang, ZH Qu, F Yang, YQ Qin, Y Li… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite incorporation of organic groups into silica‐based aerogels to enhance their
mechanical flexibility, the wide temperature reliability of the modified silicone aerogel is …

Anisotropic and hierarchical SiC@SiO2 nanowire aerogel with exceptional stiffness and stability for thermal superinsulation

L Su, H Wang, M Niu, S Dai, Z Cai, B Yang… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Ceramic aerogels are promising lightweight and high-efficient thermal insulators for
applications in buildings, industry, and aerospace vehicles but are usually limited by their …

Synthesis and biomedical applications of aerogels: Possibilities and challenges

H Maleki, L Durães, CA García-González… - Advances in colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aerogels are an exceptional group of nanoporous materials with outstanding
physicochemical properties. Due to their unique physical, chemical, and mechanical …

An overview on silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies

H Maleki, L Durães, A Portugal - Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 2014 - Elsevier
Silica aerogels are lightweight and highly porous materials, with a three-dimensional
network of silica particles, which are obtained by extracting the liquid phase of silica gels …

Low density and high strength nanofibrillated cellulose aerogel for thermal insulation application

P Gupta, B Singh, AK Agrawal, PK Maji - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Low density and high strength nanofibrillated cellulose aerogel based on pinewood were
prepared by the freeze-drying method. The study was focused to reduce the thermal …

Low molecular mass gelators of organic liquids and the properties of their gels

P Terech, RG Weiss - Chemical reviews, 1997 - ACS Publications
This review explores the properties of thermallyreversible viscoelastic liquidlike or solidlike
materials (ie, organogels) comprised of an organic liquid and low concentrations (typically< …

Tailoring mechanical properties of aerogels for aerospace applications

JP Randall, MAB Meador, SC Jana - ACS applied materials & …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Silica aerogels are highly porous solid materials consisting of three-dimensional networks of
silica particles and are typically obtained by removing the liquid in silica gels under …

An emerging platform for drug delivery: Aerogel based systems

Z Ulker, C Erkey - Journal of Controlled Release, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, advances in “aerogel science” have provoked an increasing
interest for these materials in pharmaceutical sciences for drug delivery applications …