Aerogels Disordered, Porous Nanostructures

2 Dressing Up Your Aerogel Co-doping versus Functionalization After Gelation or Drying, 215 

7 Concluding Remarks and Future Outlook, 233 Further Reading, 234 

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In contrast, aerogels do not have an ordered pore structure or a narrow distribution of pores. While many see beauty in order, the disordered structure of aerogels may have significant advantages in terms of function (3, 4). Thus, because the pore size 

The general processes for making and modifying aerogels have some basic similarities regardless of the specific chemistry of the system. These are described in Sections 8.3.1 and 8.3.2, respectively. Details pertinent to the particular kinds of aerogels prepared will be presented in later sections. 

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