Set in stone? A perspective on the concrete sustainability challenge

MRS Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 395-402

  Van Vliet, Krystyn ^a   Pellenq, Roland ^a,b   Buehler, Markus J ^a   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a   Jennings, Hamlin ^a   Ulm, Franz Josef ^a   Yip, Sidney ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Composite; Nanostructure; Nucleation and growth; Paste; Sustainability sustainable development; Toughness

Indexed keywords

CEMENT PASTE; CEMENT PRODUCTION; ENGINEERED MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HARDENED CEMENT PASTE; HYDRATION OF CEMENTS; INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PASTE; PROCESSING ROUTE; UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; INNOVATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; TOUGHNESS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860513815     PISSN: 08837694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrs.2012.55     Document Type: Article

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