Cement is the ubiquitous material upon which modern civilisation is built, providing long-
term strength, impermeability and durability for housing and infrastructure. The fundamental …

This paper reviews the state of the field of nanotechnology in concrete. Definitions of
nanotechnology, including nanoscience and nano-engineering in concrete, are provided …

Despite more than a century of research, drying shrinkage still causes unwanted stresses
and cracks in our concrete infrastructures. This is partly due to the lack of understanding of …

This paper is a keynote presentation from the 13th International Congress on the Chemistry
of Cement. It discusses the underlying principles of hydration and recent evidence for the …

Taking the reader through the underlying principles of molecular translational dynamics, this
book outlines the ways in which magnetic resonance, through the use of magnetic field …

The nanoscale morphology of, and pore water interactions in, calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–
H), the active component of cement, remain uncertain. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance …

In this review we focus on the technology associated with low-field NMR. We present the
current state-of-the-art in low-field NMR hardware and experiments, considering general …

The nuclear magnetic relaxation dispersion (NMRD) technique consists of measurement of
the magnetic-field dependence of the longitudinal nuclear-spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T 1 …

In this study, the rate of change of microstructural re-organization in hardened cement paste
under the first drying, which is caused by the colloidal nature of calcium-silicate-hydrate …

The specific surface areas of sealed-cured hardened cement pastes (HCP) were evaluated
during the hydration process using three types of Portland cement and with two different …