Nanotechnology: Advantages and drawbacks in the field of construction and building materials

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 582-590

  Pacheco Torgal, F ^a   Jalali, Said ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomimicry; Nanoindentation; Nanomaterials; Nanotechnology; Nanotoxicity; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

BIO MIMICRIES; CEMENT HYDRATION; NANO-MATERIALS; NANOSCALE ANALYSIS; NANOTOXICITY; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC;

BIOMIMETICS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HYDRATION; NANOINDENTATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PORTLAND CEMENT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 78649808723     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2010.07.009     Document Type: Review

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