Tough and lightweight polyimide/cellulose nanofiber aerogels with hierarchical porous structures as an efficient air purifier

S Qiao, J Yan, Z Wang, Y Wang, J Yu, Z Hu - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing severity of health problems caused by air pollution, the demand for high-
quality air filtration aerogel materials is increasing. Aerogels with a hierarchical porous …

Analysis of porous structures of cellulose aerogel monoliths and microparticles

WH Lin, SC Jana - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the porous structures of cellulose aerogel monoliths and microparticles are
analyzed and the potential of cellulose aerogel microparticles in drug delivery is assessed …

Tuning porous networks in polyimide aerogels for airborne nanoparticle filtration

C Zhai, SC Jana - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2017 - ACS Publications
The suitability of monolithic polyimide aerogels as filter media for removal of airborne
nanoparticles was investigated in this work by considering two solvents, N …

Solvent effects on tuning pore structures in polyimide aerogels

N Teo, SC Jana - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
This work evaluates the effects of solvents and a block copolymer surfactant on pore
structures in polyimide aerogels synthesized via sol–gel reaction process. Specifically, cross …

[HTML][HTML] MTMS-based aerogel structure deposition on polypropylene fibrous filter–Surface layer effect and distribution control for improvement of oil aerosol separation …

B Nowak, M Bonora, M Zuzga, Ł Werner… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polypropylene non-woven material with fibres surface modified with methyltrimetoxysilane
(MTMS)-based aerogel structure exhibits increased affinity to oil and highly developed …

Surfactant-free syndiotactic polystyrene aerogel foams via Pickering emulsion

A Kulkarni, SC Jana - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
This work investigates fabrication of aerogel foams from syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS) using
silica-based Pickering emulsion method. A large fraction of micrometer size voids …

Nanoporous-crystalline films of PPO with parallel and perpendicular polymer chain orientations

P Rizzo, C Gallo, V Vitale, O Tarallo, G Guerra - Polymer, 2019 - Elsevier
Oriented nanoporous crystalline (NC) phases of poly (2, 6-dimethyl-1, 4-phenylene) oxide
(PPO) are for the first time described. In particular, PPO films with orientations of crystalline …

Design of emulsion-templated mesoporous–macroporous polyurea gels and aerogels

K Mawhinney, SC Jana - ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
A sol–gel process is used in this work to obtain porous materials with three-dimensional,
chemically cross-linked solid networks from polyurea with their meso-and macropores filled …

Role of oxalic acid in structural formation of sodium silicate-based silica aerogel by ambient pressure drying

HY Nah, VG Parale, HNR Jung, KY Lee, CH Lim… - Journal of Sol-Gel …, 2018 - Springer
Recently, the demand of sodium silicate-based silica aerogels has decreased due to its
inadequate physical properties when compared to those made by other silicon alkoxides. To …

Hydrophobic, Pore‐Tunable Polyimide/Polyvinylidene Fluoride Composite Aerogels for Effective Airborne Particle Filtration

S Qiao, H Zhang, S Kang, J Quan, Z Hu… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Polyimide (PI) aerogels have great potential as filter materials, owing to their unique porous
structure and excellent thermodynamic properties. In this work, polyvinylidene fluoride …