Silicate chain formation in the nanostructure of cement-based materials

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 16, 2007, Pages

  Ayuela, A ^a,b,c   Dolado, J S ^d   Campillo, I ^d   De Miguel, Y R ^d   Erklzia, E ^d   Sanchez Portal D ^e   Rubio, A ^e   Porro, A ^d   Echenique, P M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^d TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^e Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SILICA; SILICATES;

CEMENT BASED MATERIALS; CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX; CHAIN FORMATION; NANOSILICA;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 36049013339     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2796171     Document Type: Article

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