Nanoengineering Strong Silica Aerogels

Author

Nicholas Leventis, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Chariklia Sotiriou-Leventis, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
Guo-Hui Zhang
Abdel-Monem M. Rawashdeh

Abstract

In the quest for strong lightweight materials, silica aerogels would be very attractive, if they were not fragile. The strength of silica aerogel monoliths has been improved by a factor of over 100 through cross-linking the nanoparticle building blocks of preformed silica hydrogels with poly(hexamethylene diisocyanate). Composite monoliths are much less hygroscopic than native silica, and they do not collapse when in contact with liquids.

Recommended Citation

N. Leventis et al., "Nanoengineering Strong Silica Aerogels," Nano Letters, vol. 2, no. 9, pp. 957 - 960, American Chemical Society (ACS), Aug 2002.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1021/nl025690e

Department(s)

Chemistry

Sponsor(s)

Petroleum Research Fund

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1530-6984

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2002 American Chemical Society (ACS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Aug 2002