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Table 2 BET surface areas, pore volumes, and pore diameters of silica ormosil aerogels, PMHOS and PMHOS/silica ormosil aerogel hybrid

From: Preparation of superhydrophobic and transparent micro-nano hybrid coatings from polymethylhydroxysiloxane and silica ormosil aerogels

Sample name

Surface area (m2g−1)(a)

Pore volume (cm3g−1)

Pore diameter (nm)(b)

MeSiOr EX

661

1.74

34.2

MeSiOr EY

559

1.55

27.3

MeSiOr EZ

529

0.5

26.8

PMHOS

413.11

1

25.2[23]

PEZE

527

1.19

20.3

  1. Note: (a) – BET (Brunauer-Emmett-Teller) surface area, (b) calculated from the adsorption branch of the N2 sorption curves using BJH (Barrett-Joyner-Halenda) analysis.