US 11,718,787 B2
Extreme synthesis of crystalline aerogel materials from amorphous aerogel precursors
Peter J. Pauzauskie, Oakland, CA (US); Jonathan C. Crowhurst, Livermore, CA (US); Marcus A. Worsley, Hayward, CA (US); and Joe H. Satcher, Jr., Patterson, CA (US)
Assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Filed by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Livermore, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/653,646.
Application 15/595,706 is a division of application No. 12/958,224, filed on Dec. 1, 2010, abandoned.
Application 16/653,646 is a continuation of application No. 15/595,706, filed on May 15, 2017, granted, now 10,479,933.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/265,638, filed on Dec. 1, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2020/0102495 A1, Apr. 2, 2020
Int. Cl. C09K 11/65 (2006.01); C01B 13/32 (2006.01); C01B 33/158 (2006.01); C09C 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC C09K 11/65 (2013.01) [C01B 13/322 (2013.01); C01B 33/1585 (2013.01); C09C 1/44 (2013.01); C01P 2002/02 (2013.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/84 (2013.01); C01P 2004/03 (2013.01); C01P 2004/04 (2013.01); C01P 2006/10 (2013.01); C01P 2006/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A composition of matter, comprising:
a crystalline porous structure having a density in a range from about 30 to about 50 mg/cm3, wherein the crystalline porous structure comprises: carbon aerogel, silica aerogel, alumina aerogel, and/or titania aerogel, and wherein the crystalline porous structure is characterized by grains having a size in a range from about 1 nm to about 100 nm.