High strain recovery with improved mechanical properties of gelatin–silica aerogel composites post-binding treatment

• Main Authors: Sachithanadam, Mahesh, Joshi, Sunil Chandrakant
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Gelatin-silica aerogel; Brittleness; Ductility; Post-binding treatment; Compressive strain recovery; SDS
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104410; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38854
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Silica aerogels are very light and highly porous materials that are intriguingly and complexly networked with large internal surface area, high hydrophobicity with extremely low density and thermal conductivity. These features make them ideal choice for applications as thermal and acoustics insulato...