Aerogels stand out for their exceptional thermal insulation capabilities, making them suitable for use in building insulation, aerospace, and the apparel industry. Their high surface area and porosity ...

The integration of nanomaterials in aerospace thermal management improves thermal insulation and barrier coatings, ensuring ...

Yet, research on utilizing aerogel for green building materials is still underway, particularly in conjunction with carbonization curing and industrial solid waste utilization. The high porosity ...

They perfect their special feature through high sound absorption and extremely high thermal insulation. Aerogels can be used in a variety of ways. To ensure this, they can be brittle like ceramic but ...

Benefiting from their unique porous structures, aerogels possess a variety of attractive properties such as high specific surface area, high porosity, low density, and low thermal conductivity. They ...

Moreover, the development of emulsion-based aerogel composites for latent heat ... leading to a highly porous structure upon solidification. Porosity: The measure of void spaces in a material ...

Dr. Brinker's research interests include silica sol-gel chemistry, controlled porosity materials. fundamentals of film formation, novel inorganic materials, aerogels, self-assembled structures, ...