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Aerogels—Airy Materials: Chemistry, Structure, and Properties
Author(s) -
Hüsing Nicola,
Schubert Ulrich
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19980202)37:1/2<22::aid-anie22>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - simple (philosophy) , property (philosophy) , basis (linear algebra) , class (philosophy) , chemistry , engineering physics , computer science , physics , mathematics , geometry , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence
Air, air, air… and some solid skeleton; this is the basis for an interesting class of materials—the aerogels (shown schematically on the right). Can one therefore speak of “simple” chemistry? The design of such a filigrane network requires the very careful control of chemical parameters. The reward is an assortment of different property profiles owing to the richness of possible variations.