Download or read book The Chemistry and Physics of Aerogels written by Lorenz Ratke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a rigorous treatment of aerogels processing and techniques for characterization with this easy-to-use reference. Presents the basics of aerogel synthesis and gelation to open porous nanostructures, and the processing of wet gels like ambient and supercritical drying leading to aerogels. Describes their essential properties with their measurement techniques and theoretical models used to analyse relations to their nanostructure. Linking the fundamentals and with practical applications, this is a useful toolkit for advanced undergraduates, and graduate students doing research in material and polymer science, physical chemistry, and chemical and environmental engineering.