Caroline Sunyong Lee

[ 1 ] - MWCNT incorporated silica aerogel prepared by ambient pressure drying: A recyclable catalyst for multicomponent synthesis of benzylpyrazolyl coumarin at room temperature

Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) reinforced silica aerogel was synthesized in a very simple and cost effective sol - gel method. The process was followed by ambient pressure drying, and then the aerogel material was characterized by XRD, BET, SEM, EDX and FT-IR. 2.3 x 10-3 wt% MWCNTs were successfully incorporated in sodium silicate based silica aerogel. This metal-free nanocomposite catalyz...