Aerogel is the future

OUTLINE
What is aerogel?
Aerogel structure
Properties of aerogels
Types of aerogels
Manufacturing methods
Application
the prospects

Aerogel is a light, highly porous material with a number of exceptional and even unique physical properties that attract the attention of researchers working in various fields of science and technology.
What is aerogel?

Carbon Nanotube aerogel samples
Micrography from a scanning electron microscope. The open porosity of the material is clearly visible.
2.5 kg brick supported by a 2-gram aerogel plate (NASA)
Aerogel structure

PROPERTIES OF AEROGELS

TYPES OF AEROGELS

MANUFACTURING METHODS

APPLICATION

Glass from "frozen smoke" - Airglass, invented in Sweden
Stardust Probe Comet Matter Trap (NASA)
the prospects

Comet matter particles trapped in the Stardust probe (NASA)
Matches on the aerogel plate and gas burner
A flower on an aerogel plate and a gas burner