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A Special Material or a New State of Matter: A Review and Reconsideration of the Aerogel

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Du, Ai, Zhou, Bin, Zhang, Zhihua, Shen, Jun·2013·Materials

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The ultrahighly nanoporous aerogel is recognized as a state of matter rather than as a functional material, because of its qualitative differences in bulk properties, transitional density and enthalpy between liquid and gas, and diverse chemical compositions. In this review, the characteristics, classification, history and preparation of the aerogel were introduced. More attention was paid to the sol-gel method for preparing different kinds of aerogels, given its important role on bridging the synthetic parameters with the properties. At last, preparation of a novel single-component aerogel, design of a composite aerogel and industrial application of the aerogel were regarded as the research tendency of the aerogel state in the near future.

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  • The high specific surface area of aerogel scaffolds enables efficient loading of therapeutic agents for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs.

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    The Introduction and §2.1 (page unavailable) identify high specific surface area as an aerogel property. The paper does not say that this property enables loading of therapeutic agents or treatment of damaged tissues and organs; §3.1 instead discusses uses of increased surface area in catalysis, adsorption, deionization, and electrochemistry. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Du, A., Zhou, B., Zhang, Z., & Shen, J.
Affiliations
Tongji University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Du, Ai
  • Zhou, Bin
Venue
Materials
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2013-03-08
Volume
6
Issue
3
Pages
941-968
ISSN
1996-1944 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1975918072
Cited by
481
References
167
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 42 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 55 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 33 · 2016: 36 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 1
FWCI
2.21
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Materials (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (51102184, 51172163)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Aerogels and thermal insulation
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials
Keywords
aerogels, nanoporous materials, states of matter, sol-gel synthesis, aerogel preparation, composite aerogels

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