The incorporation of silica aerogel particles into the isocyanate used to prepare Rigid Polyurethane composite foams drastically modifies its rheological behaviour. changes from being a Newtonian fluid constant viscosity (0.3 Pa s at 25 °C) non-linear power-law material with complex decreasing 104 101 slope −1 versus frequency. change in response is caused by formation percolated network conten...

The copper(II) complex of 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane [Cu(II)-cyclen] was covalently immobilized in mesoporous silica aerogel. This immobilization significantly alters the catalytic activity Cu(II)-cyclen when referenced to dissolved oxidation phenol by H2O2 aqueous solution. In order understand this phenomenon, functionalized aerogel characterized scanning electron microscopy (SEM), N2 poro...

Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) was incorporated to reduced graphene oxide (rGO) for fabrication of multifunctional amphiphilic aerogels. The as-prepared amphiphilic aerogel showed excellent recoverability, superior absorption capacity for both organic solvents and water, and an electrical conductivity sensitive to compressive strain making it highly potential to be used as a pressure-responsiv...

A poison-resistant and highly catalytically active Pt(111) lattice on ultrathin Pt nanoplates (Pt(111)NPTs) with a large ratio (28%) of surface active to sum Pt atoms is obtained with a dense small pore N-atom doped aerogel (NGA) featuring a large specific surface area and high N content in the graphene skeleton.

Novel carbon composites are fabricated through catalyzed CVD growth of carbon nanotubes directly on the inner surfaces of monolithic carbon aerogel (CA) substrates. Uniform CNT yield is obtained throughout the internal pore volume of CA monoliths with macroscopic dimensions. These composites possess large surface areas (>1000 m(2) g(-1)) and exhibit enhanced electrical conductivity following CN...

The morphology of a tungsten-doped monolithic organic aerogel, prepared by the sol–gel method from the polymerisation of a resorcinol, formaldehyde and ammonium tungstate mixture, and of its carbonized derivatives at 500 and 1000 8C was studied by scanning and high-resolution electron microscopy. Tungsten influenced the surface morphology of the carbon aerogels. The tungsten-containing phase wa...

The effects of processing conditions and apparent nanotube length on properties are investigated for carbon nanotube yarns obtained by solid-state drawing of an aerogel from a forest of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Investigation of twist, false twist, liquid densification and combination methods for converting the drawn aerogel into dense yarn show that permanent twist is not needed for obtai...

The Beam Hole Photon Veto counter (BHPV) for the J-PARC KOTO experiment was designed by MC simulation. This detector is required to operate under extremely large flux of neutrons and low energy γs, as placed in the beamline and directly exposed with such particles in the neutral beam. To realize this detector, we proposed an array of Cerenkov counter modules, each of which has a lead sheet as γ...

Fluid phase transitions in porous media are a powerful probe of the effect of confinement and disorder on phase transitions. Aerogel may provide a model system in which to study the effect of dilute impurities on a variety of phase transitions. In this paper we present a series of low frequency acoustic experiments on the effect of aerogel on the liquid-vapor phase transition. Acoustic resonato...