Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Shih-Yuan Lu, Te-Yu Wei, Yu-Cheng Chang
Keywords: ambient pressure drying process, energy saving materials, hydrophobicity, mechanical strength, mechanical strength (young's modulus), polymer composites, polymer-incorporation sol-gel process, silica-poly(vinylpyrrolidone) composite aerogels, thermal conductivity, tps method, young's modulus
Abstract: A one step polymer-incorporation sol-gel process coupled with a surface modification and ambient pressure drying process was developed to synthesize silica-poly(vinylpyrrolidone) composites aerogels. The properties that were investigated were: hydrophobicity, mechanical strength and thermal conductivity at high temperatures. The authors envisioned the use of these polymer composites in energy saving areas with large scale production.
Reference: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2008, 112 (38), pp 11881-11886
DOI: 10.1021/jp804855v