Airy, airier, aerogel: the sponge-like networks that make up these highly porous solids can consist of up to 99.98 % pores. The most common aerogels are based on silica and are most often used as insulation because of their ...
Materials Science
Oct 27, 2015
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The electromagnetic radiation discharged by electronic equipment and devices is known to hinder their smooth operation. Conventional materials used today to shield from incoming electromagnetic waves tend to be sheets of ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 2, 2015
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One day, Union College's Aerogel Team's novel way of making "frozen smoke" could improve some of our favorite machines, including cars.
Materials Science
Feb 4, 2014
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Fuel cells that convert hydrogen into power and only produce pure water as a by-product have the potential to lead individual mobility into an environmentally friendly future. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) has been researching ...
Materials Science
Aug 9, 2013
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(Phys.org)—They can absorb vast amounts of oil or organic compounds, yet they are nearly as light as air: highly porous solids made of a three-dimensional network of carbon nanotubes. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Chinese ...
Materials Science
Feb 26, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Back in the early thirties, the story goes, a couple of unknown chemists set about betting one another as to whether they could remove the water from a jelly that had been gelled with pectin, without causing ...
A major improvement in the world's lightest solid material and best solid insulating material, described here today, may put more of this space-age wonder into insulated clothing, refrigerators with thinner walls that hold ...
Materials Science
Aug 20, 2012
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In what may prove to be a significant boon for industry, separating mixtures of liquids or gasses has just become considerably easier.
Nanomaterials
Jun 24, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working out of Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, have devised a process whereby an ordinary carbon aerogel is used as a base to create a new type aerogel comprised ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Because of their unique structure, carbon aerogels may be used for hydrogen and electrical energy storage in the future.
Materials Science
Mar 15, 2011
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