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• AEROGELS: UNIQUE MATERIAL, FASCINATING PROPERTIES AND UNLIMITED APPLICATIONS  download article

Pamela M. Norris
University of Virginia, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Bldg., Room 342, 122 Engineer's Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4746, USA

Sushil Shrinivasan
University of Virginia, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Bldg., Room 342, 122 Engineer's Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4746, USA

ABSTRACT

This chapter follows a chapter in the sixth volume of this book series focused on fascinating ultra-porous materials referred to as aerogels. That chapter focused on applications in thermal insulation and catalysis. In this chapter, the production process for these sol-gel-derived materials is presented, and the characterization techniques are reviewed. In recent years much progress has been made in commercialization of aerogel materials and a summary of many potential applications, ranging from acoustic impedance matching layers to biosensors, is provided.

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