Evaluation of silica aerogel-reinforced polyurethane foams for footwear applications

• Main Authors: Yang, Guang, Liu, Xueyang, Lipik, Vitali
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials; Silica Aerogels; Polyurethane Foams
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90150; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48406
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this work, a simple way to create a nanocellular structure within polyurethane (PU) foam was developed by the incorporation of silica aerogels, and the resultant foams were evaluated for footwear applications. To protect the brittle aerogels from breakage, the softness of PU foams was first tailo...