SILICA AEROGEL-POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES AND NEW NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESES

Aerogels are extremely high surface area, low density materials with applications including thermal and acoustic insulators, radiation detectors and cometary dust particle traps. However, their low density and aggregate structure makes them extremely fragile and practically impossible to machine or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boday, Dylan Joseph
Other Authors: Loy, Douglas A.
Language:EN
Published: The University of Arizona. 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194891