Nanoscale structure of cement: Viewpoint of rigidity theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 12485-12493

  Bauchy, Mathieu ^a,c   Abdolhosseini Qomi, Mohammad Javad ^a   Bichara, Christophe ^b   Ulm, Franz Joseph ^a   Pellenq, Roland J M ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALCIUM SILICATE; CEMENTS; GLASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RIGIDITY;

CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR NETWORKS; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; PARTIALLY CRYSTALLINE; RIGIDITY THEORIES; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY;

EID: 84902440312     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502550z     Document Type: Article

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