Aerogels 2021
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 8312
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As you know well, “aerogel” is a broad term used for a special class of ultralight porous materials. An aerogel is formed when a gel retains the structure of the parent gel upon drying, thus resulting in a highly porous material. These amazing materials provide advantages in terms of surface area, diffusion properties, thermal conductivity, refractive index, and dielectric constant. Thus, aerogels of inorganic or organic/bio-organic gels can find applications in a variety of domains, from super insulation and supercapacitors to trapping of molecules and biological entities, adsorbent, catalysts, sensors, and biomedical devices.
This Special Issue will provide an international forum for researchers to discuss the most recent studies concerning the preparation, characterization, and applications of such aerogels. Through this Special Issue, the present state and future will be discussed by a wide range of authors.
Dr. Nathalie Tanchoux
Guest Editor
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