Silica aerogels have a unique structure that makes them promising materials for variable
applications. However, they are brittle due to weak inter-particle necks, and also expensive …

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a mass-produced plastic material widely used for the
manufacturing of bottles, textile fibers, and other products. The mismanaged plastic problem …

Outdoor passive heating to maintain a constant human body temperature is critical for
human activities. However, most traditional energy-exhausted heating systems and …

Aerogel is a nanoporous solid material with ultrahigh porosity, ultralow density, and thermal
conductivity, which is considered to be one of the most promising high‐performance …

In this paper sound absorption characteristics of silica aerogel/polyester (PET) blankets are
investigated. PET fibers were made on an industrial scale compact melt spinning line and …

Silica aerogels are unique solids with extremely high porosity, transparency and low density.
They make excellent adsorbing materials due to their high surface area and three …

The design and preparation of flexible aerogel materials with high deformability and
versatility have become an emerging research topic in the aerogel fields, as the brittle nature …

Direct utilization of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from the environment to form
highly porous aerogel technology for oil absorption is an attractive approach from the view …

In this research, SrAl 2 O 4: Eu 2+, Dy 3+(SAOED) was encapsulated successfully into
engineered silica aerogel through two-step-gel method under ambient pressure. Field …

Aerogels are three-dimensional nanostructures of non-fluid colloids connected to porous
networks made of loosely packed bonded particles. They are often manufactured utilizing …