Nanotechnology and concrete: Research opportunities

American Concrete Institute, ACI Special Publication

Volumn , Issue 254 SP, 2008, Pages 15-28

  Balaguru, P ^a   Chong, K ^b  

^a the state University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Composites; Nano portland cement; Nanotubes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIELD; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; CEMENT AND CONCRETES; CEMENT COMPOSITE; CEMENTING MATERIAL; COMPOSITES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CURRENT STATUS; ELECTRONIC APPLICATION; HIGH-STRENGTH COMPOSITES; HIGH-TECH MATERIALS; HYDRATION OF CEMENTS; NANO PORTLAND CEMENT; NANO-SIZE; NANO-SIZE PARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY CONCEPT; NANOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH; RESEARCH AREAS; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SILICA PARTICLES; STATE OF THE ART; CARBON COMPOSITES; CONCRETE RESEARCH;

ALUMINA; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CIVIL ENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PORTLAND CEMENT; RESEARCH; SILICA; BUILDING MATERIALS;

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; ALUMINA;

EID: 67449110624     PISSN: 01932527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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