Tapered fibers embedded in silica aerogel [PDF]
Optics Letters, 2009 We have embedded thin tapered fibers (with diameters down to 1 microm) in silica aerogel with low loss. The aerogel is rigid but behaves refractively like air, protecting the taper without disturbing light propagation along it. This enables a new class of fiber devices exploiting volume evanescent interactions with the aerogel itself or with dopants or
Xiao, L M +6 more
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Comparative Study of Microwave-Assisted and Supercritical Drying for the Synthesis of Highly Porous Silica Aerogel: A Promising Adsorbent for Phenol Removal from Wastewater [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical EngineeringThe removal of phenol from wastewater is crucial because of its harmful influences on human health, soil quality, and aquatic ecosystems. Among the different methods used for phenol removal, adsorption has gained popularity as an affordable and effective
Hamid Kazemi Hakki +4 more
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Recent Advances in Research on the Synthetic Fiber Based Silica Aerogel Nanocomposites
Nanomaterials, 2017 The presented paper contains a brief review on the synthesis and characterization of silica aerogels and its nanocomposites with nanofibers and fibers based on a literature study over the past twenty years and my own research.
Agnieszka Ślosarczyk
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Materials Research Express, 2021 In this work, superhydrophobic methyltrimethoxysilane (MTMS)-based silica aerogels were fabricated via water-based sol–gel reaction by ambient pressure drying (APD) method in the presence of surfactant.
Xiaoling Yuan +5 more
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Nitrogen sorption as a tool for the characterisation of polysaccharide aerogels [PDF]
, 2011 Supercritically dried aerogels of several polysaccharides (chitin, chitosan, alginate, alginic acid, k- carrageenan, and agar) have been characterised by physisorption ofN2. Surface areas as high as 570m2 g−1 have been measured.
Boissière, M. +7 more
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Transparent thermal insulation silica aerogels
Nanoscale Advances, 2020 This review explores the synthesis and properties of transparent thermal insulation silica aerogels.
Jieyu Wang, Donald Petit, Shenqiang Ren
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Preparation of Silica Aerogel and Its Adsorption Performance to Organic Molecule
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014 Hydrophobic and lipophilic silica aerogel was prepared from water-glass by gelling, aging, silylation, and drying under atmospheric pressure and characterized by FT-IR and SEM.
Hong-xin Shi +3 more
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Using of aerogel to improve thermal insulating properties of windows [PDF]
, 2018 For the best possible thermal-technical properties of building structures it is necessary to use materials with very low thermal conductivity. Due to the increasing thermal-technical requirements for building structures, the insulating materials are ...
Panovec, Vladan +3 more
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NMR measurements of hyperpolarized 3He gas diffusion in high porosity silica aerogels
, 2005 Hyperpolarized 3He is used to nondestructively probe by NMR the structure of custom-made and commercial silica aerogels (97% and 98.5% porous). Large spin-echo signals are obtained at room temperature and very low magnetic field (2mT) even with small ...
Nacher, Pierre-Jean +1 more
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Trombe walls with nanoporous aerogel insulation applied to UK housing refurbishments [PDF]
, 2014 There is an opportunity to improve the efficiency of passive Trombe walls and active solar air collectors by replacing their conventional glass covers with lightweight polycarbonate panels filled with nanoporous aerogel insulation.
Ashby M. +13 more
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