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ArticleNature communications2026

Knittable, thermally insulating, and sustainable aerogel fibers enabled by ion-mediated hierarchical assembly.

Gang Xiao, Xiaotao Ma, Bingyun Ma, Zhaochang Chen, Xingxiang Qi, Chao Shen, Jiayi Li, Yinan Yang, Zewan Lin, Shendong Yao and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Gang Xiao *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-5197-5694
Xiaotao Ma *School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Bingyun Ma *Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Zhaochang ChenMechano-X Institute, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Xingxiang QiSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Chao ShenSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jiayi LiInstitute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
Yinan YangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Zewan LinSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Shendong YaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Jianing YueSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Shiyu DuanBeijing Graphene Institute (BGI), Beijing, China.
Weifeng YangDepartment of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4370-8589
Xuan ZhangMechano-X Institute, Applied Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-6825
Tao ChengInstitute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, Suzhou, China. tcheng@suda.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4830-177X
Pibo MaEngineering Research Center of Knitting Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textile Science and Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. mapibo@jiangnan.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1450-9345
Yuanlong ShaoSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. shaoyuanlong@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4950-9911
Jin ZhangSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. jinzhang@pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3731-8859

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aerogel fibers (AFs), while promising for personal thermal management, are constrained by an inherent trade-off between mechanical robustness and thermal insulating performance. To resolve this mechanical-thermal coupling issue, we propose an ion-mediated attenuated Coulombic assembly of recyclable heterocyclic aramid nanofibers (HANFs) to construct hierarchical AFs, enabling programmable manipulation of pore size and porosity. HANF-AF features a dual-scale porous architecture, comprising a nano-porous core and a macro-porous cellular shell, which encloses interconnected nanofiber spacing with sub-50 nm pores. The hierarchically porous architecture and strong crosslinking endow HANF-AF with a synergy of tensile strength up to 83.1 MPa and thermal conductivity down to 22.0 mW·m

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