“Better insulation for buildings and transportation could result in enormous energy savings and minimize unintended heating of the environment. Our preliminary findings already indicate that a thin ...

More information: Zheng Zhang et al, Highly Oriented SiC@SiO 2 Ceramic Fiber Aerogels with Good Anisotropy of the Thermal Conductivity and High‐Temperature Resistance, Advanced Science (2025).

"Thermal insulation of this magnitude, that is also 100 to 1,000 times thinner than a human hair, would simply have been unimaginable until now," said Yury Gogotsi, Ph.D., distinguished university ...

Several factors must be taken into into consideration when choosing an insulating system, including up-front investment, insulation efficiency, energy savings, productivity, lifetime, and health, ...

Mar 13, 2025 Nature-inspired ceramic nnofiber aerogels offer breakthrough in thermal insulation Researchers developed a new type of ceramic fiber aerogel, featuring highly anisotropic thermal ...

"'Layer down' -- Thin coating of mxene material could replace thick layers of insulation." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 9 December 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 12 / 241205142643 ...

News Release 5-Dec-2024 ‘Layer down’ — Thin coating of mxene material could replace thick layers of insulation ...