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Monika M Biener1, Jianchao Ye, Theodore F Baumann
1Nanoscale Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA.
Advanced Materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|June 4, 2014
Abstract:
The synthesis of ultralow-density (>5 mg/cm(3) ) bulk materials with interconnected nanotubular morphology and deterministic, fully tunable feature size, composition, and density is presented. A thin-walled nanotubular design realized by employing templating based on atomic layer deposition makes the material about 10 times stronger and stiffer than aerogels of the same density.
