Stiff aerogel synthesis via copolymerization of vinyldimethoxymethylsilane and styrene

초록

? Aerogels are fascinating materials owing to their extremely low thermal conductivity, low density, and high specific surface area. ? However, aerogels have not been widely used due to their weak mechanical nature. ? Generally, efforts for enhancing mechanical have undergone performance trade-off. ? In this work, we fabricated strong aerogels without sacrificing thermal insulating performances by novel approach. ? We employed pi-pi interaction for changing morphology of aerogel