ICAAM 2027​

4th International Conference on Aerogels and Aerogel-Inspired Materials

From nanoscale architecture to macroscale impact.

24-27 May 2027 | University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Aerogels, Reimagined at Every Scale

Aerogels are a diverse class of nanoporous, nanostructured materials that exhibit an extraordinary range of properties, often in combination within a single material. They bring the power of nanotechnology to the macroscale, enabling applications across energy, environmental remediation, electronics, space exploration, and beyond. As diffusion-limited barriers in drying, solvent exchange, and gelation fall away, aerogels are converging with low-dimensional materials, engineered carbons, biopolymers, and additive manufacturing to open entirely new materials possibilities.

ICAAM 2027 provides a forum for academia and industry to cross-pollinate ideas across this fast-growing field.

Also interested in modelling, simulation and machine learning?

We strongly recommend the 5th International Seminar on Modelling, Simulation, and Machine Learning for Porous Materials across scales.

This will be the week prior to the ICAAM 2027 conference, May 19 - 21 2027.

Want to know more, please contact the ICAAM 2027 organization via the contact page

Topics

▪New compositions and pore structures for aerogels and aerogel-like materials

▪High-performance synthetic polymer and biopolymer aerogels

▪Modelling and simulation of aerogels

▪Electroosmosis, supercritical suction and spillage, high-temperature supercritical drying, freeze casting, continuous manufacturing, never-wet processes, and other diffusion-busting techniques

▪Aerogel thin films and their applications

▪Aerogel composites and nanocomposites

▪Energy storage, capture, and conversion with aerogels

▪Aerogels in high-energy physics, fusion, and space exploration

▪Characterization of mechanical, microstructural, acoustic, electromagnetic, and other properties

▪Commercial applications in buildings, transportation, batteries, electronics, apparel, the arts, and beyond

▪Additive manufacturing and other shape-control techniques for nanoporous materials

▪Aerogel architectures of low-dimensional materials — MXenes, engineered nanocarbons, semiconductors, binary compounds

▪Conductive, photocatalytic, energetic, superelastic, and other special-functionality aerogels

▪Pharmaceutical and food science applications; sustainability and environmental impact of production