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JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS
Volume 106, Issue -, Pages 9-15Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2015.07.018
Keywords
Silica aerogel; Nanocomposite; Inorganic nanotubes; Tungsten disulfide nanoparticles; Mechanical properties
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- FTA-INNI initiative of VATAT (Israel)
- Israel Science Foundation
- H. Perlman Foundation
- Irving and Azelle Waltcher Foundations in honor
- Irving and Cherna Moskowitz Center for Nano and Bio-Nano Imaging
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Silica aerogels are unique solids with extremely high porosity (>99.5% air by volume), transparency and low density. With their high surface area and thermal resistivity they make excellent heat insulators. However, due to their fine structure they are fragile and therefore impractical for structural applications. To improve their mechanical properties we suggest incorporation of minute amounts of tungsten disulfide nanotubes. Nanotubes of tungsten disulfide are known for their high mechanical strength, strain and thermal stability. Adding some 0.1-1 wt% of tungsten disulfide nanotubes to a variety of polymers clearly lead to substantial improvement in their mechanical properties. The current study reports the preparation of silica aerogels compounded with small amounts of tungsten disulfide nanotubes. Three-point bending and uniaxial compression tests of the composite aerogel revealed 85% and 23% improvement in the composite material toughness, respectively. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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