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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Apr 23;11(19):17256–17269. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b04283

Table 1. Freezing conditions along with key physical, structural and mechanical properties of aerogel scaffold.

Aerogel νf
[cm h-1]		 Tf
[°C]		 ρb a
[g cm-3]		 ε [%] b SBET c
[m2 g-1]		 Max.Strength, δ
[MPa]		 Young’ s Module,ε [MPa] Pore diameter, Dp, BJH
[nm]		 Macro-pore d, φ (μm)
silica-SF-10-33 33 -10 0.115 91 493 0.39 4.03 18 1.10±0.31
silica-SF-10-66 66 -10 0.108 93 531 0.36 4.24 16 0.52±0.14
silica-SF-196-33 33 -196 0.075 94 433 1.6 7.3 17 17.84±2.75
silica-SF-196-66 66 -196 0.077 94 466 0.92 6.7 16 6.35±2.63
a

Bulk density (ρbulk)

b

porosity (ε %)

c

specific surface area (SBET)

d

macro-sized pore diameter (obtained from SEM micrographs).