Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-fvjsw Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T18:02:57.584Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Anisotropic Clay Aerogel Composite Materials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Matthew D Gawryla and
David A. Schiraldi
Matthew D Gawryla
Affiliation:
mdg18@case.edu, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
David A. Schiraldi
Affiliation:
mdg18@case.edu, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Get access

Abstract

Clay aerogel composites have been around for over 50 years but still they represent a relatively under studied class of materials. Clay aerogel composites have been made in our labs that have low densities, 0.05-0.1g/cm3, provide good thermal insulation, k 0.02W/mK, and are created through an environmentally benign process. The mechanical properties of the composites resemble those of typical foamed polymers such as expanded polystyrene and polyurethane, with compressive moduli ranging from 0.5MPa to 40MPa depending on composition. Aqueous solutions of clay and polymer are frozen in cylindrical molds and freezedried to create these foam-like materials. Typically there is no particular orientation to the often layered structure that results, however if frozen in a unidirectional manner, anisotropic materials can be made. In this paper we will discuss the effects of molecular weight on mechanical properties of various composites as well as discussing the orientated layered structure within the anisotropic materials.

Keywords

compositepolymerfracture

Information

Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1188: Symposium LL – Architectured Multifunctional Materials , 2009, 1188-LL06-07
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

[1] Kistler, S. S., Nature 1931, 127, 741; S. S. Kistler, J. Phys. Chem. 1932, 36, 5210.1038/127741a0Google Scholar
[2] Olphen, H. Van, Clay Miner. 1967, 15, 423–435 10.1346/CCMN.1967.0150142Google Scholar
[3] Somlai, L. S., Bandi, S. A., Mathias, L. J., Schiraldi, D. A., AICHE J. 2006, 52, 1162 10.1002/aic.10710Google Scholar
[4] Gawryla, M. D., Nezamzadeh, M., Schiraldi, D. A., Green Chemistry, 2008, 10, 1078 10.1039/b807473aGoogle Scholar
[5] Arndt, E., Gawryla, M. D., Schiraldi, D. A., J. Mater. Chem. 2007, 17, 3525 10.1039/b704114dGoogle Scholar
[6] Finlay, K. A., Gawryla, M. D., Schiraldi, D. A., J. Indust. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 615 10.1021/ie0705406Google Scholar
[7] Gutierrez, M., Ferrer, M. L., Monte, F. del, Chem. Mater., 20, pg 634, 2008.10.1021/cm702028zGoogle Scholar
[8] Gutierrez, M. C., Garcia-Carvajal, Z. Y., Hortiguela, M. J., Yuste, L., Rojo, F., Ferrer, M. L., Monte, F. del, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2007, 17, 3505–3515 10.1002/adfm.200700093Google Scholar
[9] Easterling, K. E., Harrysson, R., Gibson, L. J., Ashby, M. F.; “On the mechanics of balsa and other woods” Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 383, pg 31, 1982.10.1098/rspa.1982.0118Google Scholar
[10] Gibson, L. J., Ashby, M. F.; “Cellular Solids–Structure and Properties 2nd Ed.” Cambridge Univ. Press, 152, 1997.10.1017/CBO9781139878326Google Scholar