Abstract:We report a new synthetic strategy to realize highly transparent aerogels with outstanding bending flexibility. Taking poly(methylsilsesquioxane) (PMSQ) aerogels as an example, surfactant-induced fiber-like mesoscopic assembly of PMSQ and poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(propylene oxide)-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO-b-PPO-b-PEO, so-called Pluronics) has been demonstrated. The obtained PMSQ aerogels possessed a characteristic branched fibrous structure in the mesoscale. With employing various kinds of PEO-b-P… Show more
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