aerogels – TechConnect Briefs

Harnessing the resistive-elastic behavior of novel CNT-graphene hybrid foams for practical sensing applications

Wolmarans F., Van H.H., Li S.J., Liu T., Liu T., Zhang M., Florida State University, US

Carbon nanotube (CNT) foam and aerogels hold promise in the area of strain sensors because of their resistive-elastic behavior under compressive strain. To date one of the largest obstacles in the area of CNT foam [...]

Nanohybrid silica/polymer subcritical aerogels

Fidalgo A., Ilharco L.M., Farinha J.P.S., Martinho J.M.G., Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, PT

Novel nanohybrid silica/polymer aerogels were produced by the soft sol-gel process, under subcritical conditions. They are hydrophobic, monolithic, and with improved mechanical properties. These materials may well be the answer to low cost-high performance insulators. [...]

Synthesis of Nanocrystalline VOx/MgO Aerogels and Their Application for Destructive Adsorption of CF2Cl2

Ilyina E.V., Mishakov I.V., Vedyagin A.A., Bedilo A.F., Klabunde K.J., Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, RU

Nanocrystalline VOx/MgO is extensively studied as a potential catalyst and adsorbent. In this commutation we shall report further advances to the recently developed method for synthesis of binary VOx/MgO aerogels by hydrolysis of the V [...]

Photocatalytic Activity Assessment of Some Transition Metal Doped

Popa M., Baia L., Baia M., Ghica C., Cosoveanu V., Baia L., Baia M., Danciu V., Babes-Bolyai University, RO

Titania based aerogels are nanoscopic pore-solid architectures with high surface area and a continuous mesoporous network fashioned from interconnected nano-quasicrystallites building blocks that make them attractive for various (photo)catalysis based applications [1]. Besides the role [...]

Photocatalytic Activity Assessment of Some Transition Metal Doped

Popa M., Baia L., Baia M., Ghica C., Cosoveanu V., Baia L., Baia M., Danciu V., Babes-Bolyai University, RO

Titania based aerogels are nanoscopic pore-solid architectures with high surface area and a continuous mesoporous network fashioned from interconnected nano-quasicrystallites building blocks that make them attractive for various (photo)catalysis based applications [1]. Besides the role [...]