Advances in understanding hydration of Portland cement

KL Scrivener, P Juilland, PJM Monteiro - Cement and Concrete Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Progress in understanding hydration is summarized. Evidence supports the geochemistry
dissolution theory as an explanation for the induction period, in preference to the inhibiting …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review of CSH empirical and computational models, their applications, and practical aspects

E Duque-Redondo, PA Bonnaud, H Manzano - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
The CSH gel is an elusive material. Its variable composition and disordered nature
complicate a complete characterization of its atomic structure, and the elaboration of models …

Advances in clayff molecular simulation of layered and nanoporous materials and their aqueous interfaces

RT Cygan, JA Greathouse… - The Journal of Physical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
As a general-purpose force field for molecular simulations of layered materials and their fluid
interfaces, Clayff continues to see broad usage in atomistic computational modeling for …

Charting the complete elastic properties of inorganic crystalline compounds

M De Jong, W Chen, T Angsten, A Jain, R Notestine… - Scientific data, 2015 - nature.com
The elastic constant tensor of an inorganic compound provides a complete description of the
response of the material to external stresses in the elastic limit. It thus provides fundamental …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular dynamics modeling of the structure, dynamics, energetics and mechanical properties of cement-polymer nanocomposite

D Hou, J Yu, P Wang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Efforts to tune the performance of organic/inorganic composites are hindered owing to a lack
of knowledge related to the interfacial interaction mechanisms. Here we investigated the …

Combinatorial molecular optimization of cement hydrates

MJ Abdolhosseini Qomi, KJ Krakowiak… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Despite its ubiquitous presence in the built environment, concrete's molecular-level
properties are only recently being explored using experimental and simulation studies …

Advances in atomistic modeling and understanding of drying shrinkage in cementitious materials

MJA Qomi, L Brochard, T Honorio, I Maruyama… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite more than a century of research, drying shrinkage still causes unwanted stresses
and cracks in our concrete infrastructures. This is partly due to the lack of understanding of …

Cements in the 21st century: Challenges, perspectives, and opportunities

JJ Biernacki, JW Bullard, G Sant… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since its widespread use in concrete began over 100 years ago, the chemical composition
and physical properties of portland cement have changed only incrementally in response to …

Investigation of the effects of graphene and graphene oxide nanoplatelets on the micro-and macro-properties of cementitious materials

T Tong, Z Fan, Q Liu, S Wang, S Tan, Q Yu - Construction and Building …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent research results discover that graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) and graphene oxide
nanoplatelets (GONPs) are capable of enhancing the smartness as well as improving the …

Stress relaxation properties of calcium silicate hydrate: A molecular dynamics study

Z Geng, S Tang, Y Wang, Z He, K Wu… - Journal of Zhejiang …, 2024 - Springer
The time-dependent viscoelastic response of cement-based materials to applied
deformation is far from fully understood at the atomic level. Calcium silicate hydrate (CSH) …