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

Inspired by the lotus leaf in nature, superhydrophobic materials have attracted considerable
attention in both science and industry over the past three decades. Apart from the most …

Aerogels hold promises as lightweight replacements in various applications but are plagued
by their fabrication equipment, such as supercritical dryers or lyophilizers that need to work …

Ceramic aerogels are excellent ultralight-weight thermal insulators yet impractical due to
their tendency towards structural degradation at elevated temperatures, under mechanical …

Phenolic-based aerogel composites possess particular characteristics, such as low thermal
conductivity, light weight, and superior ablative properties, in near-space vehicles. However …

Noise reduction remains an important priority in the modern society, in particular, for urban
areas and highly populated cities. Insulation of buildings and transport systems such as …

Biomass aerogels possessing both resilience and flame retardance exhibit great potential
as alternatives to fossil-based thermal insulators. Nevertheless, the functional applications of …

The objective of this research was to develop a reinforced silica aerogel composites with
enhanced thermal insulation performance under thermal-force coupling conditions. Phenolic …

Polybenzoxazine (PBz) aerogels with outstanding mechanical properties and thermal
insulation have attracted significant attention because of their classification as the most …

Aerogels are lightweight open-pore nanostructured materials with high specific surface area.
Till now, to obtain cellulose II aerogels, drying with supercritical CO2 was applied to …