In recent years, silica aerogels have attracted increasingly more attention due to their
extraordinary properties and their existing and potential applications in wide variety …

Aerogels are highly porous structures prepared via a sol‐gel process and supercritical
drying technology. Among the classes of aerogels, silica aerogel exhibits the most …

The properties of silica aerogel and other types of aerogels are described. Basic information
about their manufacture processes is presented. The application of aerogels in optics …

Whether an airplane or a space shuttle, a flying machine requires advanced materials to
provide a strong, lightweight body and a powerful engine that functions at high temperature …

This chapter focuses on one of the most studied aerogel materials, silica aerogels. It aims at
presenting a brief overview of the elaboration steps (sol–gel synthesis, aging, and drying) …

This study examines the influence of mefenamic acid on the physical and chemical
properties of silica aerogels, as well as its effect on the sorption characteristics of the …

Synthesis of silica aerogel for Cherenkov counters is being studied for more than 10 years at
the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in collaboration with the Budker Institute of Nuclear …

This work presents a solution to one of the most fundamentally and practically important
challenges in the production of silica-based aerogels, time consumption and expensiveness …

Silica aerogel is widely used as a radiator for Cherenkov detectors. It is a highly porous, low-
density, and transparent substance with refractive index n ranging between the values of n< …

The project of Cherenkov counters based on Aerogel, wavelength SHIfter, and
PHotomultiplier (ASHIPH) for the KEDR detector is described. The Monte Carlo simulation of …