Igqugquzelwe ukuguquguquka nokuqina kwezinsimbi zesilika webs, iqembu labacwaningi eliholwa nguProf YU Shuhong wase-University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) lenze indlela elula nejwayelekile yokwakha ama-aerogels aphambili nokuqina ukukhathala okuqinile kwe-carbon aerogels nge-nanofibrous isakhiwo senethiwekhi ngokusebenzisa i-resorcinol-formaldehyde resin njengomthombo wekhabhoni onzima.

Emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, i-carbon aerogels iye yahlolisiswa kabanzi ngokusebenzisa ama-graphicic carbons kanye nama-carbons athambile, akhombisa ubuhle be-superelasticity. Lawa ma-aerogels we-elastic ngokuvamile ane-micostructures ebucayi enokumelana nokukhathala okuhle kepha amandla e-ultralow. Ama-carbons abukhali akhombisa izinzuzo ezinkulu kumandla wokuqina nokuqina kwesakhiwo ngenxa yesakhiwo se-sp3 se-C-indased turbostratic "house-of-amakhadi". Kodwa-ke, ukuqina nokuqina fragility uthola kahle indlela yokufeza superelasticity ngama-carbons alukhuni. Kuze kube manje, kuseseyinselelo ukwakha ama-aerogels ama-superelastic aqinile asuselwa ku-carbon.

I-polymerization yama-resin monomers yaqalwa lapho kukhona ama-nanofibers njengezifanekiso zesakhiwo ukulungiselela i-hydrogel enamanethiwekhi e-nanofibrous, alandelwa ukomiswa kanye ne-pyrolysis ukuthola i-hard air carbon. Ngesikhathi sokuthwebula polymerization, ama-monomers afaka izifanekiso futhi abambe amalunga we-fiber-fiber, eshiya isakhiwo senethiwekhi esingahleliwe esinamajoyina amakhulu we-robust. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izakhiwo ezibonakalayo (ezinjenge-diameter of nanofiber, kwabantu be-aerogels, kanye nezakhiwo zemishini) zingalawulwa ngokumane kuvulwe izifanekiso kanye nenani lezinto zokusetshenziswa ezingavuthiwe.

Ngenxa yokuqina kwe-carbon nanofibers nokuhlangana okuchichimayo phakathi kwama-nanofibers, ama-aerogels wekhabhoni aqinile abonisa ukusebenza okuqinile nokuqina kwemishini, kufaka phakathi i-super-elasticity, amandla aphezulu, ijubane elikhulu kakhulu lokubuyisa (860 mm s-1) namandla aphansi okulahlekelwa amandla ( <0.16). Ngemuva kokuhlolwa ngaphansi kwengqayizivele yama-50% emijikelezweni eyi-104, i-carbon airgel ikhombisa ukungaphumeleli kwepulasitiki okungu-2% kuphela, futhi kugcinwe ukucindezelwa kwasekuqaleni okungama-93%.

I-hard air airgel ingalondolozela ukuqina kakhulu ezimweni ezinzima, njengaku-nitrogen ewuketshezi. Ngokusekelwe empahleni ekhangayo yemishini, le khabhoni yomoya onamandla ikuthembisa ekusebenziseni izinzwa zokucindezela ezinokuqina okuphezulu nobubanzi bomphenyi obubanzi (50 KPa), kanye nabaqhubi abakwazi ukwelulwa noma abaxegayo. Le ndlela inesithembiso sokunwetshwa ukuze yenze ezinye i-nanofibers ezingekho kwekhabhoni futhi inikela ngendlela ethembisayo yokuguqula izinto eziqinile zibe yizinto zokuqina noma eziguqukayo ngokwakha ama-micostructure we-nanofibrous.