Many concerns are being expressed about the biodegradability, biocompatibility, and long-
term viability of polymer-based substances. This prompted the quest for an alternative …

Colloidal nanocrystals are extensively used as building blocks in nanoscience, and amazing
results have been achieved in assembling them into ordered, close-packed structures. But in …

Background Aerogels are highly porous and light-weighted materials with extensive surface
areas. The remarkable thermal, mechanical, and chemical properties render them ideally …

Zirconia aerogels are porous nanomaterials with high specific surface areas and low
thermal conductivities that are suitable for a wide range of functions. The applications of …

Aerogels are a class of highly porous materials from almost any kind of composition, namely
metals, semiconductors, oxides, polymers, biopolymers, hybrids, and carbon, to name only a …

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is an energy-efficient and environment-benign process to
produce fresh water. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are promising building blocks in …

Highly flexible and hydrophobic silica aerogels were synthesized using
methyltriethoxysilane and polydimethysiloxane as precursors via two-step acid–base …

Hierarchically porous materials are promising electrode materials for supercapacitors due to
their high surface area and large amounts of interconnected active sites. As a three …

Materials for oil–water separation under harsh conditions that exhibit high separation
efficiency, salt tolerance, and the capability of high-speed separation and reusability are in …

In this work, K 2 CO 3-containing composite materials were synthesized based on a
mesoporous zirconia aerogel prepared by an epoxide-assisted sol-gel method using …