Reinforcement of silica aerogels using silane-end-capped polyurethanes

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 6156-6165

  Duan, Yannan ^a,c   Jana, Sadhan C ^a   Lama, Bimala ^b   Espe, Matthew P ^b  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c PolyOne Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPROPYLTRIETHOXYSILANE; CHAIN-EXTENDED; COMPRESSIVE MODULI; POLYMER REINFORCEMENTS; PREPOLYMERS; SILANE PRECURSOR; SILICA AEROGELS; SILICA NETWORKS;

AEROGELS; ESTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; REINFORCEMENT; SILICA; SILICA GEL; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

POLYURETHANES;

POLYURETHAN; SILANE DERIVATIVE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS;

GELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYURETHANES; SILANES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84878216696     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la4007394     Document Type: Article

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