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Nanotechnology in concrete – A review

Florence Sanchez, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2010 - 
- Vol. 24, Iss: 11, pp 2060-2071
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In this paper, the state of the field of nanotechnology in concrete is reviewed and the impact of recent advances in instrumentation and computational materials science and their use in concrete research is discussed.
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This article is published in Construction and Building Materials.The article was published on 2010-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1385 citations till now.

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A review on ultra high performance concrete: Part I. Raw materials and mixture design

Caijun Shi, +5 more
- 30 Dec 2015 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the theoretical principles, raw materials, mixture design methods, and preparation techniques for UHPC are reviewed, including reduction in porosity, improvement in microstructure, enhancement in homogeneity, and increase in toughness.
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of a graphene oxide-cement composite

Zhu Pan, +10 more
- 01 Apr 2015 - 
TL;DR: Graphene oxide (GO) is the product of chemical exfoliation of graphite and is a potential candidate for use as nanoreinforcements in cement-based materials as discussed by the authors.
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Nano reinforced cement and concrete composites and new perspective from graphene oxide

Samuel Chuah, +4 more
- 30 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of incorporating nanomaterials in low dosages to the fabrication, workability, hydration, microstructure, and mechanical properties of cement-based composites are comprehensively reviewed.
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A review on fly ash characteristics – Towards promoting high volume utilization in developing sustainable concrete

T. Hemalatha, +1 more
- 20 Mar 2017 - 
TL;DR: The use of fly ash in concrete dates back to the late 20th century and its advantages and disadvantages had been widely researched as mentioned in this paper, however, the level of replacement is still limited to a maximum of 35% of cement by mass.
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Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Synthesis, antiseptic activity and toxicity mechanism.

A. Król, +4 more
- 01 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: The methods of synthesizing zinc oxide nanocomposites as well as their characteristics, antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity against normal and tumor cells are reviewed.
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Small but strong: A review of the mechanical properties of carbon nanotube–polymer composites

Jonathan N. Coleman, +3 more
- 01 Aug 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the progress to date in the field of mechanical reinforcement of polymers using nanotubes is presented, and the most promising processing methods for mechanical reinforcement are discussed.
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Pulickel M. Ajayan
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Dispersion and alignment of carbon nanotubes in polymer matrix: A review

Xiaolin Xie, +3 more
- 19 May 2005 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review recent progress and advances that have been made on: (a) dispersion of CNTs in a polymer matrix, including optimum blending, in situ polymerization and chemical functionalization; and (b) alignment of CNNs in the matrix enhanced by ex situ techniques, force and magnetic fields, electrospinning and liquid crystalline phase-induced methods.
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Mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes

Jean-Paul Salvetat, +6 more
- 01 Sep 1999 - 
TL;DR: A variety of outstanding experimental results on the elucidation of the elastic properties of carbon nanotubes are fast appearing as discussed by the authors, which are based mainly on the techniques of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy (AFM) to determine the Young's moduli of single-wall nanotube bundles and multi-walled nanotubels.
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Microstructure of cement mortar with nano-particles

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TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanical properties of nano-Fe2O3 and nano-SiO2 cement mortars were experimentally studied and the experimental results showed that the compressive and flexural strengths measured at the 7th day and 28th day of the cement mortar mixed with the nano-particles were higher than that of a plain cement mortar.
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