Strong yet superelastic ceramic aerogel enabled by synergistic soft-hard inter-nanowire nodes.

De Lu, Lei Su, Lei Zhuang, Min Niu, Kang Peng, Pengcheng Zhang, Xiaowu Wang, Zhentao Ni, Shuhai Jia, Hongjie Wang

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De LuState Key Laboratory of Porous Metal Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Lei SuState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. lei.su@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-3102

Lei ZhuangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Min NiuState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Kang PengState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5270-4796

Pengcheng ZhangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Xiaowu WangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Zhentao NiState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Shuhai JiaSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.

Hongjie WangState Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. hjwang@xjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0043-2885

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China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M742756National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52102076National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52302070National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 92263204

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Abstract

Elastic ceramic aerogels have drawn broad attention for use in aerospace, energy storage, and thermal protection systems, where lightweight structures with thermal stability and mechanical robustness are required. Yet their practical application is often limited by insufficient strength. Achieving both high strength and high elasticity in ceramic nanowire aerogels remains challenging because these properties are typically mutually constrained. Here we design silicon carbide nanowire aerogels reinforced by dual-phase nodes composed of pyrolytic carbon (PyC) and amorphous silica (SiO

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PMID41271755

DOI10.1038/s41467-025-66339-x

PMCPMC12749129

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