Structure, properties, and growth mechanisms of three-dimensional graphite networks (aerographite)

该项目的目标是研究、表征和制造具有极低密度但宏观膨胀的功能材料。超轻材料的基本力学限制应该被探索和理解，以及如何在低重量的情况下保持电导率和光吸附等功能特性。这包括独立的三维结构以及结合在衬底上的层、膜和薄膜。因此，应该建立一个详细的合成-结构-性质模型，在基本理解的基础上控制合成路径和性质。以Aerographite初步实验的综合概念为出发点。牺牲模板合成在内部结构和材料的一般形状方面都有很大的自由度，这使得人们能够在结构变化的基础上理解所产生的特性。

The goal of the project is the investigation, characterization and fabrication of functional materials with extreme low densities but macroscopic expansion. The fundamental mechanical limits of ultra-lightweight materials should be explored and understood and how functional properties like electrical conductivity and light adsorption can be maintained despite the low weight. This includes free standing 3 dimensional structures as well as layers, films and thin films which are bound on a substrate. Therefore a detailed synthesis-structure- property model should be developed which enables a control of syntheses path and properties on the basis of a fundamental understanding.The synthesis concept of the preliminary experiments with Aerographite should be utilized as starting point. The sacrificial template synthesis allows a large degree of freedom in both, the inner structure as well as the general shape of the material, which enables an understanding of the resulting properties on the base of the structure variations.