Statistical models using multiple linear regression are some of the most widely used methods to study the influence of independent variables in a given phenomenon. This study's objective is to understand the influence of the various components of aerogel-based renders on their thermal and mechanical performance, namely cement (three types), fly ash, aerial lime, silica sand, expanded clay, type...

Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) aerogels are coated with thin conformal layers of Al2O3 using atomic layer deposition to form hybrid organic/inorganic nanocomposites. Electron probe microanalysis and scanning electron microscopy analysis indicated the Al2O3 penetrated more than 1500 lm into the aerogel for extended precursor pulse and exposure/purge times. The measured profile of coated fiber radiu...

The role of aerogel as a means of introducing correlated disorder into superfluid He is examined in this paper. The aerogel structure is described by a diffusion-limited cluster aggregation model and compared to the results of small-angle x-ray scattering obtained from samples that were used to study the suppression of Tc as well as the development of the superfluid fraction. These results high...

We devised a functional form stable composite phase-change materials (PCMs) to achieve three-dimensional (3D) interconnected porous carbon aerogel structure for encapsulating polyethylene glycol (PEG). A novel homogeneity reinforced with well-interconnected was constructed by combining flexible resource from biomass guar gum hard-brittle polyimide, overcome severe shrinkage and poor mechanical ...

The NASA Stardust mission to comet Wild2 returned to Earth in 2006 with an aerogel collector containing trapped cometary particles. The cometary particles were captured at a relative velocity of 6.1 km/s, creating three-dimensional (3D) tracks containing compressed aerogel, melted aerogel, fragmented cometary material, and void space [1]. Each track represents a unique hypervelocity impact even...

G. Lawes,1 S. C. J. Kingsley,1,* N. Mulders,2 and J. M. Parpia1 1Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 2Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware (Received 15 December 1999) We have investigated the superfluid transition of 3He in different samples of silica aerogel. By comparing new measurements on a 99.5% sample ...