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» Art Meets Aerogel - A NASA article about the work of April Tsui, including three high-resolution photographs of her work.
» CNN - A gel that is 99.8 percent air has been designated the least dense solid in the world by Guinness World Records.
» DLR German Aerospace Center - Properties and production methods, with particular emphasis on applications as casting molds.
» Nanocomposite Aerogels - Technology transfer bulletin from Lawrence Berkeley Lab offers licensing of patent for insulation material. Links to other related patents.
» Silica Aerogels - A brief history and a description of the chemical and physical processes used to make them. Information about surface chemistry, pore structure, optical and thermal properties. Published by the Microstructured Materials Group at Berkeley Lab.
» Stardust Technology: Aerogel - Describes the material's use in a space probe capturing samples of comet material and interstellar dust.
» Zero-G Aerogel Production - Research group describes manufacturing process in detail, offers general information and a collection of photographs.