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Cement nanotubes: on chemical gardens and cement

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“Do cement nanotubes exist?” is a question that has recently been asked. The answer is yes, they do exist. The evidence is in the literature, in tens of papers showing in detail chemical garden-type tubes in cement from the nanoscale upwards that were published in the 1970s and 1980s. Here, we present a nano-review of the literature.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, UK

    Silvana S. S. Cardoso

  2. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC–Universidad de Granada, 18100, Armilla, Granada, Spain

    Julyan H. E. Cartwright

  3. Instituto Carlos I de Física Teórica y Computacional, Universidad de Granada, 18071, Granada, Spain

    Julyan H. E. Cartwright

  4. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4390, USA

    Oliver Steinbock

  5. Iron Shell LLC, Tohono O’odham Community College, Tucson, AZ, 85717-1602, USA

    David A. Stone

  6. Department of Materials, Loughborough University, Loughborough, LE11 3TU, UK

    Noreen L. Thomas

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Cardoso, S.S.S., Cartwright, J.H.E., Steinbock, O. et al. Cement nanotubes: on chemical gardens and cement. Struct Chem 28, 33–37 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11224-016-0811-0

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