Aerogels—Preparation and Properties
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1822
Special Issue Editors
Interests: aerogels; optical materials; sol-gel; luminescence; solid state
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A new challenge in materials science is aerogels—a class of porous solids with extremely valuable material properties and different chemistry, including organic materials, carbon, ceramic oxides and even metals.
The valuable properties of aerogels based on their unique structure, such as low density, thermal insulation properties and transparency, make them attractive in many research areas. Aerogels are included as part of NASA's projects for the development of materials applicable in space, in aircrafts, insulation equipment, astronaut suits, blankets, etc.
A promising direction is the search for new modified aerogel materials that combine the advantages of the matrix and the properties of the new component embedded into their structure: for example, reinforced silica aerogels with a polymer component incorporated into the matrix. Another new research direction for hybrid composite-based aerogels is the incorporation of optical active components into aerogel granules and powders. In this way, aerogel composite materials, which combine the properties both of the aerogel matrix and the embedded complex, are developed.
The present Special Issue, “Aerogels—Preparation and Properties”, focuses on several topics, including but not limited to the following:
- The preparation–structure–property relationships of aerogels;
- Aerogel composites;
- Specific applications of aerogels and their composites, etc.
Original articles, reviews, short communications and perspectives are all suitable types of papers for submission.
Prof. Dr. Stoyan Gutzov
Dr. Xiaodong Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aerogels
- aerogel composites
- aerogel hybrids
- nano-aerogels
- supercritical drying
- subcritical drying
- optical properties
- electrical properties
- magnetic properties
- mechanical properties
