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Aerogels-Airy Materials: Chemistry, Structure, and Properties.

Nicola Hüsing, +1 more
- 02 Feb 1998 - 
- Vol. 37, pp 22-45
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The design of such a filigrane network requires the very careful control of chemical parameters and the reward is an assortment of different property profiles owing to the richness of possible variations.
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Air, air, air… and some solid skeleton; this is the basis for an interesting class of materials-the aerogels (shown schematically on the right). Can one therefore speak of "simple" chemistry? The design of such a filigrane network requires the very careful control of chemical parameters. The reward is an assortment of different property profiles owing to the richness of possible variations.

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