Nanoengineered silica-polymer composite aerogels with No need for supercritical fluid drying

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-105

  Leventis, Nicholas ^a   Palczer, Anna ^a   McCorkle, Linda ^a   Zhang, Guohui ^b   Sotiriou Leventis, Chariklia ^b  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Ambient pressure; Composite; Crosslinked; Drying

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PRESSURE; CAPILLARY FORCES; CHEMICAL INERTNESS; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; DRYING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY; POROSITY; SILICA; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

AEROGELS;

EID: 23844506835     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-005-1372-7     Document Type: Article

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