Ceramic aerogels have been protecting industrial equipment and space-bound scientific instruments for decades, thanks to their incredible lightness and ability to withstand intense heat. The problem ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Future thermal insulation is lighter, more durable, and capable of withstanding extreme conditions. Researchers at Oxford University have employed a scalable technique to develop ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Wearable thermal insulation materials for harsh environments always require a compromise during their design and manufacturing. On one hand they need to be mechanically tough to ...

Researchers from UCLA and partners from eight other institutions have created a new material that is a lightweight aerogel made of ceramic that is very durable. The material is so durable that it ...

Aerogels have changed how a lot of high tech equipment is insulated. Resembling frozen smoke, the gel is lightweight and has extremely low thermal conductivity. However there’s always a downside, ...

The aerogel contains a unique nano–scaled core–sheath structure in ceramic aerogel featuring a nanofibrous core framework for ultra–flexible deformation and a nanoporous aerogel sheath for thermal ...

This review provides comprehensive fabrication methods for the manufacturing of electrospun ceramic nanofibrous aerogels and offers professional guidance for materials development in this field. The ...

In the world of materials, aerogels are lightweights. Air accounts for almost all their volume, with a fine network of material holding the structures together. Ceramic aerogels are ideal components ...

An optical image showing a hBN aerogel sample resting on the stamen of a flower. (Credit: X Xu and X Duan) A new mechanically strong, double-pane ceramic aerogel made from hexagonal boron nitride that ...

A new, nearly weightless insulation material can withstand extreme heat that would destroy other materials. The porous aerogel is at least 99 percent open space, with the rest made up of an atomically ...

The first highly compressible yet heat-resistant material for spacecraft heat shields has been developed – and in early tests, it is proving five times more resilient to vibration and shock damage ...