A Special Material or a New State of Matter: A Review and Reconsideration of the Aerogel
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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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- 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)
- PMC
- PMC5525157
- OpenAlex
- W1975918072
- Cited by
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- 2.21
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- journal article
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- en
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- 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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