Design of aerogels, cryogels and xerogels of cellulose with hierarchical porous structures

Materials and Design

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 345-355

  Ganesan, Kathirvel ^a   Dennstedt, Anne ^a   Barowski, Adam ^a   Ratke, Lorenz ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerogels; Cellulose; Cryogels; Hierarchical structure; Porous network; Xerogels

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; BIOMECHANICS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRYING; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ADSORPTION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; XEROGELS;

CRYOGELS; HIERARCHICAL POROUS STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MACROPOROUS STRUCTURES; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS NETWORKS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CELLULOSE; NETWORKS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURES;

EID: 84954520571     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.12.041     Document Type: Article

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