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A superhydrophobic wood aerogel for radiative cooling and sound absorption

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Passive heating into designable temperatures with thermal responsive hydrogel for smart thermal managements

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Enhanced structural coloration and thermal management via hydrophobic force-driven colloidal photonic crystals

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Lightweight and superamphiphobic silanized cellulose–silica aerogels on green flexible thermal substrates

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Flexible fluorinated thermoplastic polyurethane composite aerogels prepared via a water-induced phase separation method for thermal management

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Highly Strong and Tough Transparent Aramid Nanofiber Aerogel Films for Passive Heating Energy‐Efficient Windows

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Deep learning-driven thermal conductivity evaluation of aerogel composite felt for nuclear power pipelines insulation

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Silica aerogels as functional units for shapeable thermal management materials: Synthesis, mechanisms, and emerging applications

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Knittable ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene microporous fibers for all-day personal passive radiative cooling in outdoors

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Anisotropic Polytetrafluoroethylene-Based Aerogels with Hierarchical Architecture Enabled Versatile Passive Radiative Cooling

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Waterborne polyurethane/cellulose composite aerogel with passive cooling and thermal insulation properties

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Sustainable cellulose foams for all-weather high-performance radiative cooling and building insulation

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Hierarchical Ceramic Nanofibrous Aerogels for Universal Passive Radiative Cooling

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Construction of robust silica-hybridized cellulose aerogels integrating passive radiative cooling and thermal insulation for year-round building energy saving

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Green synthesis of fluorine-containing polyimide aerogels toward passive daytime radiative cooling for energy saving

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Cascaded Heteroporous Nanocomposites for Thermo‐Adaptive Passive Radiation Cooling

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Rethinking the Role of Thermal Conductance in Radiative Sky Cooling: Materials and Applications

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Passive daytime radiative cooling polymeric materials: Structure design, fabrication, and applications

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Thermal insulating cellulose/wood foam for passive radiant cooling

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Recent Progress in Polymeric Porous Passive Daytime Radiative Cooling Materials: Design, Strategies, and Applications

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ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2025
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Natural silk nanofiber aerogel/SiO2 microsphere composite film with unique hierarchical structure for thermal insulation and high-performance radiative cooling

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Recyclable cellulose nanocrystals xerogel with thermally insulating and radiative cooling

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