Aerogels meet phase change materials: fundamentals, advances, and beyond

P Liu, X Chen, Y Li, P Cheng, Z Tang, J Lv, W Aftab… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Benefiting from the inherent properties of ultralight weight, ultrahigh porosity, ultrahigh
specific surface area, adjustable thermal/electrical conductivities, and mechanical flexibility …

Recent advances in thermoregulatory clothing: materials, mechanisms, and perspectives

L Lei, S Shi, D Wang, S Meng, JG Dai, S Fu, J Hu - ACS nano, 2023 - ACS Publications
Personal thermal management (PTM) is a promising approach for maintaining the thermal
comfort zone of the human body while minimizing the energy consumption of indoor …

Biomimetic, knittable aerogel fiber for thermal insulation textile

M Wu, Z Shao, N Zhao, R Zhang, G Yuan, L Tian… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Aerogels have been considered as an ideal material for thermal insulation. Unfortunately,
their application in textiles is greatly limited by their fragility and poor processability. We …

Printed aerogels: Chemistry, processing, and applications

J Feng, BL Su, H Xia, S Zhao, C Gao, L Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
As an extraordinarily lightweight and porous functional nanomaterial family, aerogels have
attracted considerable interest in academia and industry in recent decades. Despite the …

The rising aerogel fibers: status, challenges, and opportunities

Z Sheng, Z Liu, Y Hou, H Jiang, Y Li, G Li… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aerogel fibers garner tremendous scientific interest due to their unique properties such as
ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow thermal conductivity, enabling …

Polyimide aerogel fibers with superior flame resistance, strength, hydrophobicity, and flexibility made via a universal sol–gel confined transition strategy

X Li, G Dong, Z Liu, X Zhang - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Aerogel fibers with ultrahigh porosity, large specific surface area, and ultralow density have
shown increasing interest due to being considered as the next generation thermal insulation …

Electromagnetic interference shielding performance of anisotropic polyimide/graphene composite aerogels

Z Yu, T Dai, S Yuan, H Zou, P Liu - ACS applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Anisotropic polyimide (PI)/graphene composite aerogels were fabricated by unidirectional
freezing. A poly (amic acid)(PAA) ammonium salt/graphene dispersion was first synthesized …

Exploring next‐generation functional organic phase change composites

J Yang, YC Zhou, LY Yang, CP Feng… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the main forms and intermediate carriers of energy, it is impressive to expand the
application scope of heat energy, thereby boosting innovations in heat harvesting …

Functional textiles with smart properties: their fabrications and sustainable applications

Y Zhang, X Xia, K Ma, G Xia, M Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Benefiting from inherent lightweight, flexibility, and good adaptability to human body,
functional textiles are attracting tremendous attention to cope with wearable issues in …

Fast and scalable production of crosslinked polyimide aerogel fibers for ultrathin thermoregulating clothes

T Xue, C Zhu, D Yu, X Zhang, F Lai, L Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Polyimide aerogel fibers hold promise for intelligent thermal management fabrics, but their
scalable production faces challenges due to the sluggish gelation kinetics and the weak …