Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY A
Volume 4, Issue 28, Pages 10801-10805Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ta03531k
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51573194, 51303187]
- National Basic Research Program of Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012CB933201]
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Aerogels with low density and high porosity exhibit outstanding performances as thermal or acoustic insulators. However, most aerogels are mechanically brittle and need further chemical or physical surface treatments to obtain elasticity and superhydrophobicity. Structurally newtypes of polysilsesquioxane (PSQ) aerogels containing thiourethane as their bridging groups are now reported. These novel PSQ aerogels were prepared from thiourethane bridged silsesquioxane through a simple sol-gel process and vacuum-drying method. The PSQ aerogels exhibit inherent superhydrophobicity, excellent mechanical toughness and good thermal insulation properties. Moreover, the morphology and mechanical performance of these aerogels can be tailored by changing the rigidity of the bridging group.
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