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Nanomorphology Dependent Optical And Mechanical Properties Of Aerogels, Chandana Mandal
Nanomorphology Dependent Optical And Mechanical Properties Of Aerogels, Chandana Mandal
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"Aerogels are very low density, light weight open pore materials. A hypothesis that is under intense current investigation by the scientific community states that the mechanical properties of nanostructured polymers depend on their nanomorphology. Aerogels are nanostructured ultra-lightweight nanoporous materials with skeletal frameworks that can display a wide range of nanomorphologies. Thereby aerogels comprise a suitable platform for testing not only that hypothesis but also a wide range of other properties such as light scattering for applications, for example, in thermally insulating windows.
To study the mechanical properties of nanostructured matter as a function of nanomorphology, various shape-memory polyurethane aerogels …