Aerogels are an exceptional class of porous material with a number of excellent
physicochemical properties such as low density, high porosity, high surface area and …

Silica aerogels have piqued the interest of researchers because of their distinct nanoporous
networks, composed of interconnected silica nanoparticles and high-volume nanosized …

Oil/water separation has been a worldwide subject because of increasing release of
industrial oily wastewater as well as frequent crude oil leakage.[1] Traditional techniques for …

An environment-friendly hydrogel was synthesized by entrapping Degussa P25 on the
surface of a reduced graphene oxide (rGO)-polyacrylamide (PAM) matrix. The PAM content …

Oil–water separation is a worldwide challenge because of increasingly oily wastewater, as
well as frequent oil spill accidents. We report in this work the fabrication of a zwitterionic …

The hydrophobic (surface modified) silica aerogel (MSA) and hydrophilic (hydroxyl-group)
silica aerogel (HSA) were prepared by ambient pressure drying method. The larger specific …

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 …

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 …

Quantitative identification on reactive sites of target organic molecule during photocatalysis
can help to get deep insight into the pollutant degradation pathway and energy evolution …

Silica aerogels with different particle size were prepared by monodispersed silica sol for the
first time. The properties of the silica aerogels under normal and high temperature were …