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       SEMINAR OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
        Institute for Computational Sciences and Informatics
		CSI 929  (http://science.gmu.edu/physics)
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             Aerogels:  Old Materials with New Properties
                        Debra R. Rolison
           Surface Chemistry Branch,Naval Research Laboratory
			   Washington D. C.

      The ability to solve a range of materials science-based
issues with bulk, homogeneous materials is reaching technical limits.
Aerogels are a class of advanced materials, known since the 1930s, with
ultralow density, ultrahigh surface areas, and mesoporosity.  Aerogels
are nanoscale domains networked with 10-50 nm pores.  This seminar will
review some of the attributes and properties of aerogels and discuss some
of the results in our program at the Naval Research Laboratory to prepare
air-stable, non-carbon conductive aerogels.
	
                           Monday , March 4 1996
                                  5:00 pm
                          Room 206, Science & Tech. I
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