Title:
ELECTRO-OSMOSIS-ASSISTED DRYING FOR AEROGELS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/059855
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for accelerating the aging and/or drying process of making aerogels via the use of an external electric field to induce an electro-osmotic flow inside the pores of an alcogel, rather the relying solely on diffusion-limited mass exchange. To overcome the time and cost of conventional aerogel manufacturing that requires long, involved, and costly processing, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for generating a potential difference across the alcogel to induce advection inside the pores.
Inventors:
DINH HY (US)
KARAMANIS GEORGIOS (US)
KARAMANIS GEORGIOS (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/074394
Publication Date:
April 25, 2024
Filing Date:
September 15, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TUFTS COLLEGE (US)
International Classes:
B01D57/02; C02F1/469; D21C9/18; B01D59/22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ROCHE, Richard, T. (US)
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