Sentences with phrase «using aerogel»

A time and money - saver, it could appeal to industries already using aerogel made in other ways.

Scientists estimate that Stardust collected 45 of these micron - sized interstellar dust particles using an aerogel collector 1,000 square centimeters in size.

Aerolon coating — a VOC - free, resin - based product by the Righter Group — uses Aerogel (produced by another company, Cabot Corp.) to manufacture its peel and stick tape that goes on walls, along with lintels and other architectural members, to thermally insulate them.

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Contributing to this global effort, the NUS team has successfully pioneered the development of aerogels using cotton fibres harvested from textile waste.

The thermal jacket, which weighs about 200 grams, consists of a cotton aerogel layer embedded within commonly used fabrics to provide heat insulation.

«This new eco-friendly cotton aerogel is a major improvement from the aerogel that our team had previously developed using paper waste.

Dunlop and Head, two major racket manufacturers, are also touting the use of aerogel — the incredibly low - density solid that NASA used to collect comet particles as part of its Stardust mission — in their latest models.

In addition, compressed cellulose aerogels can be used to plug life - threatening wounds such as a gunshot or stabbing lesion by injecting them into the wound cavity.

With high surface area and high porosity, the biodegradable aerogels could also be used as coating materials in drug delivery or as smart materials.

A plant stem inspired researchers to develop a new, versatile aerogel for possible use in bendable devices.

Aerogels are light, porous materials that are already used in many applications, such as pollution control and insulation.

The team used a bidirectional freezing technique that they previously developed to assemble a new type of biomimetic graphene aerogel that had an architecture like that of the plant's stem.

The slurry can also be used directly to 3D - print conductive graphene aerogels, an ultra-lightweight sponge - like material that can be used to remove oil spill in the sea.

«Because aerogels have very high surface areas and good thermal properties, we think they could replace precious metals, like platinum, used in current catalytic converters.»

Led by Yuehe Lin, professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the researchers used inexpensive metal to make a super low density material, called an aerogel, to reduce the amount of precious metals required for fuel cell reactions.

The Stardust spacecraft used giant tiles made out of aerogel and aluminium foil to collect the dust samples.

He has also worked with a new material called Aerogel, a sponge - like insulating substance developed for use in the aerospace industry.

aerogel (Cabot Nanogel ® is used as an insulation material within the LEXAN wall and ceiling system).

I found this company called Airtight Distribution sells Aspen Aerogel products, the same product NASA uses.