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Traditional chitosan aerogel is limited by its poor fire resistance and silica aerogel is either brittle or displays a high thermal conductivity. Herein, we report a dual-modified aerogel with high mechanical properties, low thermal conductivity, and excellent fire resistance. Briefly, the chitosan-derived silica aerogel (CA) was first fabricated, followed by loading varying contents of phytate-piperazine (PPA) intumescent flame-retardant. This well-designed aerogel (CA\/PPA) combines with the high mechanical strength of chitosan aerogel, the excellent fire resistance function of silica aerogel, and the intumescent flame-retardant performance of PPA. The as-created CA\/PPA-2.0 exhibited enhanced mechanical properties, as evidenced by the fact that its compressive strength rose from 1.3 \u00b1 0.10 to 2.9 \u00b1 0.23 MPa at 90.0% strain compared to that of neat chitosan aerogel. Additionally, compared to CA, the CA\/PPA aerogel with 2.0 wt% PPA exhibits significant fire safety performance. For instance, the peak heat release rate, total heat release, maximum average rate of heat emission, and thermal conductivity were reduced by 62.1%, 55.6%, 48.4%, and 12.5%, respectively. In addition, the CA\/PPA-2.0 composite aerogel also exhibits a fire-alarm performance under flame attack. This work introduces a feasible strategy to produce high-performance aerogels with promising applications in construction, aerospace, and thermal insulation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym17233162","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,27]],"date-time":"2025-11-27T16:31:52Z","timestamp":1764261112000},"page":"3162","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["A Dual-Modified Chitosan-Derived Silica Composite Aerogel with Simultaneous Improvement of Mechanical, Flame Retardancy, and Thermal Insulation Properties"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Sicong","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Innovation Center, Beijing Institute of Technology, Chongqing 401120, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Safety Protection, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guifeng","family":"Xiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hubei Aerospace Jianghe Chemical Co., Ltd., Yichang 444200, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chuang","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Chongqing Innovation Center, Beijing Institute of Technology, Chongqing 401120, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Safety Protection, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Baisong","family":"Hu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yingxi","family":"Ji","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shaofeng","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"123563","DOI":"10.1016\/j.carbpol.2025.123563","article-title":"A sustainable alginate-based multifunctional porous material with integrated thermal barrier and reversible fire warning for enhanced building protection","volume":"358","author":"Mia","year":"2025","journal-title":"Carbohydr. 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