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  • 1School of Textile Materials and Engineering, Wuyi University, Jiangmen, China.

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Researchers developed a new elastic ceramic aerogel using aluminum titanate. This material offers exceptional thermal insulation and mechanical strength at high temperatures, overcoming previous limitations.

Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Nanotechnology
  • Ceramic Engineering

Background:

  • Ceramic aerogels are sought after for extreme temperature insulation but face a trade-off between thermal resistance and mechanical stability.
  • Existing methods often require high temperatures, limiting scalability and material properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a ceramic aerogel that is both a thermal super-insulator and mechanically robust at extreme temperatures.
  • To overcome the inherent trade-off between thermal resistance and thermomechanical stability in ceramic materials.

Main Methods:

  • A eutectic-interface engineering strategy was employed to create a 3D, elastic aluminum titanate (Al2TiO5) nanofibrous aerogel.
  • A scalable, fully aqueous roll-to-roll electrospinning process was utilized for low-temperature synthesis.
Keywords:
all‐aqueous, scalable fabricationelastic Al2TiO5 ceramic aerogeleutectic interface engineeringfire‐resistant blanketultralow high‐temperature thermal conductivity

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  • The synthesis resulted in a co-continuous Al2O3-TiO2 eutectic architecture.

    • Main Results:

    • The aerogel exhibits ultralow thermal conductivity (0.033 W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹ at 25°C and 0.103 W·m⁻¹·K⁻¹ at 1000°C).
    • It demonstrates robustness against direct flame at 1300°C without structural failure.
    • The material shows excellent elastic recovery (up to 90% after 50% strain compression).

    Conclusions:

    • The developed elastic ceramic aerogel offers a viable and sustainable solution for mass production.
    • Eutectic interfaces are key to achieving superior thermal insulation and thermal stability.
    • This work presents a new paradigm for transforming brittle eutectic oxides into high-performance thermal super-insulators for demanding applications.