title: Vacuum-dried robust bridged silsesquioxane aerogels.
abstract: Robust aerogels derived from a thiol-ene clicked bridged silsesquioxane precursor are obtained by a facile vacuum-drying method. With rather low densities, the flexible aerogels are still robust enough to bear at least 20 repeating compressions and further functionalization by wet doping. The durability and facile preparation procedure promise the aerogels' wider practical applications.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhongguancun North First Street 2, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Junjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
keywords: aerogels; bridged silsesquioxanes; click chemistry; robustness; vacuum drying