Abstract
Polymeric and particulate titania (TiO2) aerogels with high surface areas were prepared from sol−gel derived TiO2 lyogels via freeze-drying as well as CO2 supercritical drying. The surface fractal dimensions of these aerogels were evaluated with two methods based on physisorption, one by Avnir and Pfeifer, and the other, the modified form of the Frenkel−Halsey−Hill (FHH) equation. The two approaches yielded almost identical results. The surface fractal dimensions measured are approximately 2.7 and 2.8 for polymeric and particulate TiO2 aerogels, respectively, thereby indicating that the fractal surfaces of particulate aerogels are slightly more irregular than those of polymeric aerogels.
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