Mitigating Shrinkage and Enhancing the Structure of Thermally Insulating Starch Aerogel via Solvent Exchange and Chitin Addition

Bio-based compostable starch aerogels have significant potential as a sustainable alternative to traditional polymer aerogels across various applications. However, they suffer from very significant shrinkage, shown in published work as 40–50% using existing processes. We hypothesized that the shrink...

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Main Authors: Jacob Staker, Gracie M. White, Sevinch Pasilova, Daniel A. Scheiman, Haiquan Guo, Andres Tovar, Amanda P. Siegel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:Macromol
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6209/5/2/28
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