Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 53, Issue 39, Pages 10394-10397Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201405123
Keywords
aerogels; insulation; liquid crystals; mesoporous materials; nanocellulose
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [23688020, 21228007]
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
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Aerogels of high porosity and with a large internal surface area exhibit outstanding performances as thermal, acoustic, or electrical insulators. However, most aerogels are mechanically brittle and optically opaque, and the structural and physical properties of aerogels strongly depend on their densities. The unfavorable characteristics of aerogels are intrinsic to their skeletal structures consisting of randomly interconnected spherical nanoparticles. A structurally new type of aerogel with a three-dimensionally ordered nanofiber skeleton of liquid-crystalline nanocellulose (LC-NCell) is now reported. This LC-NCell material is composed of mechanically strong, surface-carboxylated cellulose nanofibers dispersed in a nematic LC order. The LC-NCell aerogels are transparent and combine mechanical toughness and good insulation properties. These properties of the LC-NCell aerogels could also be readily controlled.
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