Abstract
In this paper, we have successfully focused on a hydrophobic silica aerogels synthesis by the ambient drying of silica gels and the silylation with mono-, di-, and tri-functional agents was studied to improve physico-chemical properties of the aerogels. Silylated silica aerogels with water contact angles 161 ± 2°, 152 ± 3°, 147 ± 3° were obtained using trimethylchlorosilane, dimethyldichlorosilane, and methyltrimethoxysilane as a mono-, di- and tri-functional silylation reagents, respectively. The prepared mono-functional silylated silica aerogels exhibited relatively high thermal stability, low thermal conductivity, transparency, high porosity, and enhanced superhydrophobicity with low surface free energy making them suitable as multifunctional for many domestic and industrial applications. Our mono-functional silylated silica aerogels showed superior physico-chemical properties compared with di- and tri-functional silylated silica aerogels.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 164-171 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids |
| Volume | 453 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2016 Dec 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are highly acknowledges the Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India for providingexperimental facilities. V.G. Parale would like to thank the Brain Korea office for financial support in the form of a post-doctoral fellowship.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier B.V.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry