The interest in the elastic and yielding properties of fresh cement-based materials has
recently grown due to the development of new processing techniques, which avoid the use …

Air quality depends on the various gases and particles present in it. Both natural
phenomena and human activities affect the cleanliness of air. In the last decade, many …

In this paper, star-like polycarboxylate superplasticizer (SPCE) and comb-like
polycarboxylate superplasticizer (CPCE) were prepared via atom transfer radical …

In cement suspensions, a part of the superplasticizers measured as adsorbed by solution
depletion, is actually consumed uselessly by intercalation, coprecipitation, micellization …

Tomorrow's mineral binders are called on to integrate a growing proportion of mineral
powders other than Portland clinker. This impacts most properties of industrial interest …

In this research, effects of polycarboxylate superplasticizers (PCEs) with various carboxylic
densities and functional groups on the adsorption behavior, dispersing performance as well …

This paper deals with the decisive mechanisms of thixotropic structural build-up in
superplasticized cement-based suspensions related to the PCE molecular structure. We …

The hydration of magnesium oxide in the presence of hydromagnesite (Mg 5 (CO 3) 4 (OH)
2· 4H 2 O) was investigated. The hydration products are a poorly-crystalline form of brucite …

Chemical admixtures are an essential ingredient of modern concrete mix, but many of their
molecular scale working mechanisms remain poorly described. In this respect, recent …

Polyether macromonomers have shown diversified structures recently. In this work, a series
of polycarboxylate superplasticizers (PCEs) were synthesized via copolymerization using a …