Ultrahigh Performance Nanoengineered Graphene–Concrete Composites for Multifunctional Applications

By D. Dimov, I. Amit, Olivier Gorrie, M. Barnes, N. Townsend, A. Neves, F. Withers, Saverio Russo, Monica Felicia Craciun. 2018

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There is a constant drive for development of ultrahigh performance multifunctional construction materials by the modern engineering technologies. These materials have to exhibit enhanced durability and mechanical performance, and have to incorporate functionalities that satisfy multiple uses in order to be suitable for future emerging structural applications. There is a wide consensus in the research community that concrete, the most used construction material worldwide, has to be engineered at the nanoscale, where its chemical and physiomechanical properties can be truly enhanced. Here, an innovative multifunctional nanoengineered concrete showing an unprecedented range of enhanced properties when compared to standard concrete, is reported. These include an increase of up to 146% in the compressive and 79.5% in the flexural strength, whilst at the same time an enhanced electrical and thermal performance is found. A surprising decrease in water permeability by nearly 400% compared to normal concrete makes this novel composite material ideally suitable for constructions in areas subject to flooding. The unprecedented gamut of functionalities that are reported in this paper are produced by the addition of water‐stabilized graphene dispersions, an advancement in the emerging field of nanoengineered concrete which can be readily applied in a more sustainable construction industry.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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Citations in the corpus

• Review on the research progress of cement-based and geopolymer materials modified by graphene and graphene oxide (2020, background): “[109] found that when water-stabilized graphene dispersion was added to concrete, its mechanical strength and impermeabilitywere greatly improved.”
• Graphene Nanoplatelets-Based Advanced Materials and Recent Progress in Sustainable Applications (2018, background): “For example, these 2D carbon-based fillers are attractive for the realization of next generation sporting goods [144], concrete [145], anti-corrosion coatings [146], automotive lightweight components [147], structural elements in aerospace [148], and wind turbine designs [149].”