Citation: MU Ruo-Jun, PANG Jie, YUAN Yi, TAN Xiao-Dan, WANG Min, CHEN Han, Wei-Yin Chiang. Progress on the Structures and Functions of Aerogels[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2016, 35(3): 487-497. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2011-1098 shu

Progress on the Structures and Functions of Aerogels

MU Ruo-Jun ^a ,
PANG Jie ^a,b ,
YUAN Yi ^a ,
TAN Xiao-Dan ^a ,
WANG Min ^a ,
CHEN Han ^a ,
Wei-Yin Chiang ^b

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a College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China;
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b Physics Department of Harvard University, Cambridge MA02138, USA

Received Date: 25 December 2015
Available Online: 29 February 2016
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Aerogel materials possess a wide variety of excellent functions, hence a striking number of applications have developed for them. In this paper, we present a historic review of the aerogel materials, showing the main concepts, research methods, important scientific problems, formation mechanism, structure characteristics and essence of aerogel. More applications are evolving as the scientific and engineering community, which becomes familiar with the unusual and exceptional physical properties of aerogels. In addition, we also discuss the huge development potential and prospect of polysaccharide aerogels as the research trend in the future.
- aerogel,
- electrospinning,
- ultralight nanofiber material,
- silicon dioxide,
- insulation,
- adsorption,
- environmental protection,
- optical,
- polysaccharide,
- konjac glucomannan
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