Evaluation of silica aerogel-reinforced polyurethane foams for footwear applications

• Main Authors: Yang, Guang, Liu, Xueyang, Lipik, Vitali
• 其他作者: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2019
• 主題: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials; Silica Aerogels; Polyurethane Foams
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/90150; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48406

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...