Surface chemical modification of silica aerogels using various alkyl-alkoxy/chloro silanes
Applied Surface Science. 2003;206(1-4):262-270 
Organic modification of TEOS based silica aerogels using hexadecyltrimethoxysilane as a hydrophobic reagent
Applied Surface Science. 2006;253(3):1566-1572
Surface chemical modification of TEOS based silica aerogels synthesized by two step (acid–base) sol–gel process
Applied Surface Science. 2006;252(12):4289-4297
Hydrophobic and physical properties of the ambient pressure dried silica aerogels with sodium silicate precursor using various surface modification agents
Applied Surface Science. 2007;253(14):6032-6040
Surface modification of silica aerogels with trimethylchlorosilane in the ambient pressure drying
Inorganic Materials. 2008;44(9):976-979
Modifying the surface energy and hydrophobicity of the low-density silica aerogels through the use of combinations of surface-modification agents
Journal of Materials Science. 2010;45(1):51-63
Preparation and surface modification mechanism of silica aerogels via ambient pressure drying
Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2011;129(1-2):308-314
Surface modification of silica aerogels by hexamethyldisilazane–carbon dioxide mixtures and their phase behavior
The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 2010;53(1-3):115-120
Structural characteristics and thermal conductivity of ambient pressure dried silica aerogels with one-step solvent exchange/surface modification
Materials Chemistry and Physics. 2009;113(1):485-490
Optimization of instantaneous solvent exchange/surface modification process for ambient synthesis of monolithic silica aerogels
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2008;322(1):224-230