A review of geopolymer and its adsorption capacity with molecular insights: A promising adsorbent of heavy metal ions

K Liang, XQ Wang, CL Chow, D Lau - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to severe consequences of the heavy metal ions (HMIs) accumulation in organisms
throughout the aqueous phase, HMIs pollution treatment has received extensive attention …

Review on Geopolymers as Wellbore Sealants: State of the Art Optimization for CO2 Exposure and Perspectives

SH Hajiabadi, M Khalifeh, R Van Noort… - Acs Omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
Wellbores used in underground production and storage activities, including carbon capture
and storage (CCS), are typically sealed using sealants based on Ordinary Portland Cement …

Development of sustainable geopolymer materials made with ground geopolymer waste powder as renewable binder up to 100%

H Wu, C Liang, D Yang, Z Ma - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Reusing ground geopolymer waste powder (GWP) as renewable binder in sustainable
geopolymer offers a valuable approach for recycling geopolymer waste. This study …

Evaluation of mechanical and durability properties of fiber-reinforced lightweight geopolymer composites based on rice husk ash and nano-alumina

E Mohseni, MJ Kazemi, M Koushkbaghi… - … and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In the current study, the physical and mechanical properties of polypropylene fiber-
reinforced lightweight geopolymer concretes are assessed. Geopolymer synthesis consists …

Atomic-structure, microstructure and mechanical properties of glass powder modified metakaolin-based geopolymer

R Si, S Guo, Q Dai, J Wang - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
This objective of this study is to utilize recycled glass powder as a partial replacement
precursor of the metakaolin-based geopolymer to develop a sustainable geopolymer …

Recent advances in molecular dynamics simulation of the NASH geopolymer system: modeling, structural analysis, and dynamics

LY Xu, Y Alrefaei, YS Wang, JG Dai - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Geopolymer binders have attracted considerable attention in experimental research, in
which their formation mechanism, molecular structure types, and the evolution of their …

Molecular simulations of the structure-property relationships of NASH gels

X Guan, L Jiang, D Fan, AG Hernandez, B Li… - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
A good understanding of the relationship between the micro-and macroscopic properties of
NASH gel is crucial for designing and develo** geopolymer binders. This paper develops …

Impact of interatomic structural characteristics of aluminosilicate hydrate on the mechanical properties of metakaolin-based geopolymer

G Kim, S Cho, S Im, H Suh, S Morooka, T Shobu… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
This study explores the influence of the interatomic structure of sodium aluminosilicate
hydrate (NASH) with varying silica contents on the mechanical properties of metakaolin …

Reactive molecular dynamics simulation of the mechanical behavior of sodium aluminosilicate geopolymer and calcium silicate hydrate composites

MR Sadat, K Muralidharan, L Zhang - Computational Materials Science, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper for the first time used reactive molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to study the
mechanical behavior of geopolymer binder (GB) and calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) …

Mechanical properties of α-quartz using nanoindentation tests and molecular dynamics simulations

Z Ma, RP Gamage, C Zhang - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the mechanical properties of α-quartz is of vital importance to rock
engineering because α-quartz is the main component of igneous, metamorphic and …