Aerogels are lightweight solid materials that are prepared from organic or inorganic
materials or as composites and are explored as advanced materials for various applications …

Silica aerogels have a unique structure that makes them promising materials for variable
applications. However, they are brittle due to weak inter-particle necks, and also expensive …

Modern computer microprocessor chips are marvels of engineering complexity. For the
current 45 nm technology node, there may be nearly a billion transistors on a chip barely 1 …

The formation of continuous mesoporous silica films with large periodic cage and pore
structures is reported here. The authors use low‐cost commercially available triblock …

Silica aerogels have received much attention due to their unique nanoporous networks,
which consist of nanoscale connective silica particles and high-volume nanoscale pores …

Herein, we report a facile synthesis, characterizations, and applications of silica, chitosan,
and chitosan–silica (CS) blend novel aerogels with enhanced surface properties. The …

Aerogels are open, three-dimensional, porous materials characterized by outstanding
properties, such as low density, high porosity, and high surface area. They have been used …

Aerogels are unique solid‐state materials composed of interconnected 3D solid networks
and a large number of air‐filled pores. They extend the structural characteristics as well as …

Aerogels, which are nanoscale mesoporous materials of low density and high surface area,
have been well studied as thermal insulators, heterogeneous catalysts, and novel particle or …

The experimental results on the synthesis and physical properties of the ambient pressure
dried hydrophobic silica aerogels in the presence of various surface modification (silylating) …