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INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH
Volume 47, Issue 3, Pages 615-619Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ie0705406
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Ultralow-density clay aerogels are formed via the freeze-drying of clay hydrogels. Although unmodified clay aerogels exhibit generally poor mechanical properties, the incorporation of short-cut natural fibers forms a woven-like structure, which significantly increases the mechanical properties of these materials. Incorporation of a matrix polymer into the aerogel/fiber composites further enhances compressive strengths and moduli. A woven-like structure composed of clay aerogel warp and fiber weft materials seems to be responsible for the enhancements in the material properties in each case examined.
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