Tough Polymer Aerogels Incorporating a Conformal Inorganic Coating for Low Flammability and Durable Hydrophobicity

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• 作者：Hua Sun ; David A. Schiraldi ; Dayong Chen ; Danqi Wang ; Miguel Sánchez-Soto
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 25, 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：8
• 期：20
• 页码：13051-13057
• 全文大小：489K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Both inorganic and polymeric aerogels are well-known in the materials field. Inorganic aerogels are generally susceptible to brittle fracture, while polymeric aerogels tend to exhibit low modului and high flammability. To overcome these disadvantages, we introduce a new approach to the design of aerogels. A microporous poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) aerogel/silica nanocomposite was prepared by growing a silica conformal coating onto a PVA aerogel scaffold. Such aerogel/silica nanocomposites show significant improvement in their mechanical properties over either individual component. The nanocomposites show excellent fire resistance since the silica conformal coating serves as a barrier for heat transfer and mass loss of the coated organic materials. After a fluorocarbon silane treatment, the nanocomposites also show durable superhydrophobicity.