Nowadays, our society is facing problems related to energy availability. Owing to the energy
savings that insulators provide, the search for effective insulating materials is a focus of …

Micro/nano-porous polymeric material is considered a unique industrial material due to its
extremely low thermal conductivity, low density, and high surface area. Therefore, it is …

With the stupendous latent of microscale and nanoscale technologies in energy conversion
and utilization, the design and analysis of porous dielectric materials with open cells have …

The effects of cell anisotropy on the conductive and radiative heat transfer in closed-cell
microcellular and nanocellular thermal insulation foams were investigated. The effects of the …

Nowadays, finding new materials with enhanced thermal insulation properties has become
a mandatory task to reduce energy consumption and CO 2 emissions. In recent years …

This work demonstrates the substantially improved thermal radiation blocking capability of
polymer foams with the utilization of carbonaceous nanoparticles to overcome the limitation …

Organic polymers can be made porous via continuous or discontinuous expansion
processes in scCO2. The resulting foams properties are controlled by the interplay of three …

Glass foams are highly sustainable materials with enormous potential to replace traditional
thermal insulators. Current research on glass foams is focused on improving thermal …

This work shows a route to reduce the thermal conductivity of nanocellular poly (methyl-
methacrylate)(PMMA). This approach is based on micronizing to replace the continuous …

A strategy of CO2‐assisted extrusion foaming of PMMA‐based materials was established to
minimize both foam density and porosities dimension. First a highly CO2‐philic block …