Nano reinforced cement and concrete composites and new perspective from graphene oxide

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-124

  Chuah, Samuel ^a   Pan, Zhu ^a   Sanjayan, Jay G ^b   Wang, Chien Ming ^c   Duan, Wen Hui ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Dispersion; Fabrication; Graphene oxide; Hydration; Mechanical property; Ordinary Portland cement; Porosity

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); FABRICATION; HYDRATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROSITY;

CEMENT AND CONCRETES; GRAPHENE OXIDES; ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84908288208     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.09.040     Document Type: Review

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