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 …

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 …

Organic aerogels are an intriguing class of highly porous and ultralight materials which have
found widespread applications in thermal insulation, energy storage, and chemical …

Conventional silica-based aerogels are among the most promising materials considering
their special properties, such as extremely low thermal conductivity (~ 15 mW/mK) and low …

Aerogels are highly porous structures prepared via a sol‐gel process and supercritical
drying technology. Among the classes of aerogels, silica aerogel exhibits the most …

We report the first synthesis of polyimide aerogels cross-linked through a polyhedral
oligomeric silsesquioxane, octa (aminophenyl) silsesquioxane (OAPS). Gels formed from …

The properties of silica aerogel and other types of aerogels are described. Basic information
about their manufacture processes is presented. The application of aerogels in optics …

Silica or various silicate aerogels can be characterized by highly porous, open cell, low
density structures. The synthesis parameters influence the three-dimensional porous …

Abstract Development of silica aerogels for real applications requires control of their
mechanical properties. Based on the sol-gel procedure and using the alkoxide precursor of …

The adsorption isotherms of azo dyes on a newly synthesized titania-doped silica (TdS)
aerogel compared to silica aerogels and activated charcoal (AC) are systematically …