Nanotechnology in Construction

1. Front Matter

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2. Modern Trends

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Nanotechnology and Nanoengineering of Construction Materials

      • Konstantin Sobolev

      Pages 3-13

   3. Durability of Cement-Based Materials and Nano-particles: A Review

      • Surendra P. Shah, Pengkun Hou, Xin Cheng

      Pages 15-24

   4. The Role of Calcium Hydroxide in the Elastic and Viscoelastic Response of Cementitious Materials: A Nanoindentation and SEM-EDS Study

      • Yiwen Bu, Christopher Saldana, Carol Handwerker, Jason Weiss

      Pages 25-34

   5. Silica Aerogels: A Multifunctional Building Material

      • Tao Gao, Bjørn Petter Jelle

      Pages 35-41

3. Nanoscale Investigation

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Nanoscale Characterization of Cementitious Materials

      • Gilson R. Lomboy, Kejin Wang, Sriram Sundararajan

      Pages 45-53

   3. Formation of Nano-Sized Ettringite Crystals Identified as Root Cause for Cement Incompatibility of PCE Superplasticizers

      • Alex Lange, Johann Plank

      Pages 55-63

   4. A Nanoindentation Study of Portland Cement Pastes Exposed to a Decalcifying Environment

      • Lesa Brown, Florence Sanchez

      Pages 65-70

   5. Nanomechanical Characterization of the Carbonated Wollastonite System

      • Warda Ashraf, Jan Olek, Nannan Tian

      Pages 71-77

   6. Atom Probe Tomography for Nanomodified Portland Cement

      • Gilson R. Lomboy, Dieter Isheim, Surendra P. Shah

      Pages 79-86

   7. Nano- and Microstructural Characterization of Portland Limestone Cement Pastes

      • Elizabeth I. Nadelman, Dylan J. Freas, Kimberly E. Kurtis

      Pages 87-92

   8. Potential Application of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool to Study Cementitious Materials

      • Chandni Balachandran, Jose F. Munoz, Terry Arnold, Jack Youtcheff

      Pages 93-98

   9. Polymorphism and Its Implications on Structure-Property Correlation in Calcium-Silicate-Hydrates

      • Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi, Mathieu Bauchy, Franz-Josef Ulm, Roland Pellenq

      Pages 99-108

   10. Correlating Mechanical Properties and C-S-H Polymerization of Hardened Cement Paste Cured Under High Temperature and Pressure

       • Jung J. Kim, Kwang-Soo Youm, Kwang-Seok Chae, Mahmoud Reda Taha

       Pages 109-114

4. Biomimetics, Nano-assembly, Nano-production and Functionalization

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Preparation and Application of Nanoscaled C-S-H as an Accelerator for Cement Hydration

      • Gerrit Land, Dietmar Stephan

      Pages 117-122

   3. Effect of Heat Treatment on Phase Compositions of Clay Aluminosilicates

      • Mikhail Lebedev, Igor Zhernovsky, Valeria Strokova

      Pages 123-129

   4. Dispersed Inorganic or Organomodified Montmorillonite Clay Nanoparticles for Blended Portland Cement Pastes: Effects on Microstructure and Strength

      • Styliani Papatzani, Kevin Paine

      Pages 131-139

Nanotechnology has already demonstrated surprising potential for improving the performance of construction materials and many of these recent developments were facilitated by NICOM symposia. The NICOM5 proceedings will cover the emerging opportunities and future use of nanotechnology in construction and will illustrate the broad potential for application of nanotechnology to challenging problems involving materials and infrastructure.

• Ceramics and Nanotechnology
• Coatings Construction Materials
• High-strength Materials Construction
• Improvement of Durability
• NICOM
• NICOM5
• Nanomaterials and Construction
• Nanomaterials for Ultimate
• Nanoscale investigation of construction
• Nanostructure of Construction Materials
• Nanotechnology and Glasses
• Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for Energy
• Nanotechnology for High-strength and
• Nanotechnology in Construction
• Self-cleaning Materials
• Transportation Infrastructure
• Ultra-high Performance Concrete
• Ultra-high performance Materials
• high-performance materials
• nanostructured Materials

• Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA

  Konstantin Sobolev

• Center for Advanced Cement Based Materials, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

  Surendra P. Shah

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