Correlation of microstructure and thermal conductivity in nanoporous solids: The case of polyurea aerogels synthesized from an aliphatic tri-isocyanate and water

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Weigold, Lena ^a   Mohite, Dhairyashil P ^b   Mahadik Khanolkar, Shruti ^b   Leventis, Nicholas ^b   Reichenauer, Gudrun ^a  

^a BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Connectivity; Microstructure; Particles; Polyurea aerogels; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; NETWORK INTERCONNECTIVITY; POLYUREAS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; THERMAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TOTAL THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES;

AEROGELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS;

EID: 84876363398     PISSN: 00223093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.02.029     Document Type: Article

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