Nonflammable Alginate Nanocomposite Aerogels Prepared by a Simple Freeze-Drying and Post-Cross-Linking Method

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 643-650

  Shang, Ke ^a   Liao, Wang ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Wang, Yu Tao ^a   Wang, Yu Zhong ^a   Schiraldi, David A ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

aerogel; alginate; flame retardant; freeze drying; post cross linking; thermal insulation

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; ALGINATE; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; DRYING; FLAME RETARDANTS; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL INSULATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

AEROGEL NANOCOMPOSITES; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH THERMAL STABILITY; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; POST-CROSS-LINKING; SODIUM MONTMORILLONITE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84954454343     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b09768     Document Type: Article

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