Self-driving laboratories for chemistry and materials science

G Tom, SP Schmid, SG Baird, Y Cao, K Darvish… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Self-driving laboratories (SDLs) promise an accelerated application of the scientific method.
Through the automation of experimental workflows, along with autonomous experimental …

Earth's sediment cycle during the Anthropocene

J Syvitski, JR Ángel, Y Saito, I Overeem… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
The global sediment cycle is a fundamental feature of the Earth system, balancing
competing factors such as orogeny, physical–chemical erosion and human action. In this …

Cement substitution with secondary materials can reduce annual global CO2 emissions by up to 1.3 gigatons

IH Shah, SA Miller, D Jiang, RJ Myers - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Population and development megatrends will drive growth in cement production, which is
already one of the most challenging-to-mitigate sources of CO2 emissions. However …

Decarbonizing the cement and concrete industry: A systematic review of socio-technical systems, technological innovations, and policy options

S Griffiths, BK Sovacool, DDF Del Rio, AM Foley… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Concrete is the most highly used construction material globally. This is largely due to its
durability, versatility and manufacture from inexpensive and readily available materials …

Machine learning in concrete science: applications, challenges, and best practices

Z Li, J Yoon, R Zhang, F Rajabipour… - npj computational …, 2022 - nature.com
Concrete, as the most widely used construction material, is inextricably connected with
human development. Despite conceptual and methodological progress in concrete science …

Environmental impacts and decarbonization strategies in the cement and concrete industries

G Habert, SA Miller, VM John, JL Provis… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
The use of cement and concrete, among the most widely used man-made materials, is under
scrutiny. Owing to their large-scale use, production of cement and concrete results in …

[HTML][HTML] Smart materials and technologies for sustainable concrete construction

J Nilimaa - Developments in the Built Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive review of current trends and opportunities for
sustainable concrete construction, emphasizing the importance of adopting eco-friendly …

Biomimetic mechanical robust cement‐resin composites with machine learning‐assisted gradient hierarchical structures

Z Wu, H Pan, P Huang, J Tang, W She - Advanced Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biological materials relying on hierarchically ordered architectures inspire the emergence of
advanced composites with mutually exclusive mechanical properties, but the efficient …

Fly ash-based eco-friendly geopolymer concrete: A critical review of the long-term durability properties

M Amran, S Debbarma, T Ozbakkaloglu - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since fly ash (FA) is widely available across the globe, which is used to produce the next
generation green concrete for the modern construction. The FA is a pozzolanic material with …

[HTML][HTML] Properties of geopolymers sourced from construction and demolition waste: A review

M Alhawat, A Ashour, G Yildirim, A Aldemir… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Geopolymers have been recognised as a viable replacement to ordinary Portland cement
(OPC), providing a cleaner solution since it can significantly reduce greenhouse gas …