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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Jeffrey Sakamoto, East Lansing, MI (US);
Ryan Patrick Maloney, East Lansing, MI (US);
Travis Thompson, Apple Valley, CA (US);
Jeffrey Sakamoto, East Lansing, MI (US);
Ryan Patrick Maloney, East Lansing, MI (US);
Travis Thompson, Apple Valley, CA (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a porous sol gel, including a dried porous sol gel, is provided comprising forming a sol gel from a sol gel-forming composition comprising a silane solution and a catalyst solution; and non-supercritically drying the sol gel to provide a dried porous sol gel having no springback. The dried porous sol gel can include dried macroporous or mesoporous sol gels or dried hybrid aerogels. The materials may contain open or filled pores. Such materials are useful as thermal insulators.