Affiliation:
1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Yonsei University Seoul 03722 South Korea
2. Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science Kyoto University Kyoto 606‐8502 Japan
Abstract
AbstractIn recent decades, aerogels have attracted tremendous attention in academia and industry as a class of lightweight and porous multifunctional nanomaterial. Despite their wide application range, the low mechanical durability hinders their processing and handling, particularly in applications requiring complex physical structures. “Mechanically strengthened aerogels” have emerged as a potential solution to address this drawback. Since the first report on aerogels in 1931, various modified synthesis processes have been introduced in the last few decades to enhance the aerogel mechanical strength, further advancing their multifunctional scope. This review summarizes the state‐of‐the‐art developments of mechanically strengthened aerogels through multicompositional and multidimensional approaches. Furthermore, new trends and future directions for as prevailed commercialization of aerogels as plastic materials are discussed.
Funder
National Research Foundation of Korea
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science