Aerogel — that mixture of air and silica — is one of those materials that seems like a miracle. It is almost not there since the material is 99% air. [NileRed] wanted to make his own and he ...

Aerogel is about as perfect a contradiction as you could imagine. It holds the record as the lightest solid ever created, yet is durable enough to support the weight of a car or survive the vacuum ...

A new study in Engineering shows that a biomass-based carbon aerogel named BCA-600 can be used in solar-driven photothermal ...

This strategy, outlined in a paper in Nanoletters, fabricates a durable graphene oxide-based aerogel metamaterial that exhibits a remarkable sensitivity to human touch and motion. "The research ...

Scientists from South China University of Technology have created a novel MXene aerogel reinforced with cellulose nanofibers, ...

A recent study published in Engineering presents a novel approach to address oily water pollution and oily sludge (OS) issues using a multifunctional ...

They perfect their special feature through high sound absorption and extremely high thermal insulation. Aerogels can be used in a variety of ways. To ensure this, they can be brittle like ceramic but ...

The anisotropic PI/HAP/rGO aerogel developed in this work features vertically aligned channels, enabling superior adsorption efficiency (with an adsorption coefficient Ks 0.37 Kg m-1 s -1/2 for ...

The paper reveals that insulation materials show performance gaps ... each an insulating space. Cold-service aerogel blankets, in contrast, are aerogel-filled, flexible fibrous blankets that are ...

The global biobased insulation market is thriving as sustainability is prioritized in construction. Key drivers include stringent environmental regul ...