The focus of the Aerogel group is on the process development and scale-up of the aerogel production. Our research deals with all aspects of aerogel processing: gelation, solvent exchange, supercritical drying, and post-functionalization. One of the key interest is biopolymer aerogels and their application in food, pharma and medical areas.

• Carbon dioxide induced gelation
• Impregnation and precipitation in porous materials
• Thermodynamic studies by supercritical fluid chromatography
• Modeling of solubility in supercritical fluids
• Cellular automata and coarse-grained models of mass transfer

• Modeling of Granular Materials (winter term)
• Practical course TGO: Aerogel (winter term)
• ERASMUS coordinator