Nanotechnology in concrete – A review

By F. Sanchez, Konstantin Sobolev. 2010

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Abstract This paper reviews the state of the field of nanotechnology in concrete. Definitions of nanotechnology, including nanoscience and nano-engineering in concrete, are provided. The impact of recent advances in instrumentation and computational materials science and their use in concrete research is discussed. Recent progress in nano-engineering and nanomodification of cement-based materials is presented.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry

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Citations in the corpus

• Surface-modified graphite nanomaterials for improved reinforcement efficiency in cementitious paste (2013, background): “While micro-scale fibers are used to overcome the brittleness of cementitious materials [4–12], graphite nanomaterials offer the promise to significantly enhance the moisture barrier and tensile strength of cementitious materials.”
• A review on ultra high performance concrete: Part I. Raw materials and mixture design (2015, background): “Meantime, they can act as nuclei for cement phases, further promoting cement hydration due to their high reactivity, and as nano-reinforcement and/or as filler, densifying the microstructure and the ITZ, thereby, leading to a reduced porosity [70].”
• Carbon nanotube–cement composites: A retrospect (2011, background): “Sanchez and Sobolev (2010) and Raki et al.”
• State-of-the-art report on use of nano-materials in concrete (2014, background): “According to research in recent years, nano-concrete is defined as a concrete made by Portland cement and cementitious particles with sizes smaller than 500 nm (Balaguru and Chong 2008, Sanchez and Sobolev 2010).”
• SCC modification by use of amorphous nano-silica (2014, background): “The main hydration product of cement-based materials, the C–S–H gel, is a nano-structured material [1–4].”