Pore structure of geopolymer materials and its correlations to engineering properties: A review

S Chen, S Ruan, Q Zeng, Y Liu, M Zhang, Y Tian… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
The pore structure plays an important role in determining the performance of solid materials.
This paper reviews the studies about the pore structure of geopolymers, a rising kind of eco …

Artificial alkali-activated aggregates developed from wastes and by-products: A state-of-the-art review

LP Qian, LY Xu, Y Alrefaei, T Wang, T Ishida… - Resources, Conservation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural resources depletion is gradually becoming a critical burden on the environmental
and ecological balance, pushing the development of artificial aggregates forward. In order to …

Tensile over-saturated cracking of ultra-high-strength engineered cementitious composites (UHS-ECC) with artificial geopolymer aggregates

LY Xu, BT Huang, JC Lao, J Yao, VC Li… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra-High-Strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (UHS-ECC)
incorporating artificial geopolymer aggregates (GPA) were developed and over-saturated …

Strain-hardening Ultra-High-Performance Geopolymer Concrete (UHPGC): Matrix design and effect of steel fibers

JC Lao, LY Xu, BT Huang, JG Dai, SP Shah - Composites Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra-High-Performance Geopolymer Concrete (UHPGC) is an emerging greener
ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC). In this study, strain-hardening UHPGC was …

Fly ash-dominated high-strength engineered/strain-hardening geopolymer composites (HS-EGC/SHGC): influence of alkalinity and environmental assessment

JC Lao, RY Ma, LY Xu, Y Li, YN Shen, J Yao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, fly ash (FA)-dominated High-Strength Engineered Geopolymer Composites
(HS-EGC) were designed and developed. The influence of alkalinity and the underlying …

Utilization of sodium carbonate activator in strain-hardening ultra-high-performance geopolymer concrete (SH-UHPGC)

JC Lao, LY Xu, BT Huang, JX Zhu, M Khan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this study, strain-hardening ultra-high-performance geopolymer concrete (SH-UHPGC)
was produced using Na2CO3, Na2SiO3 and their hybridization (1: 1 in mole ratio) as …

Workability, rheology, and geopolymerization of fly ash geopolymer: Role of alkali content, modulus, and water–binder ratio

W Wang, C Fan, B Wang, X Zhang, Z Liu - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of fresh and hardened geopolymer pastes is significantly influenced by
parameters, such as alkali admixture (A/F), activator modulus (Ms), and water–binder ratio …

Flexural strengthening of reinforced concrete beams using geopolymer-bonded small-diameter CFRP bars

KD Peng, BT Huang, LY Xu, RL Hu, JG Dai - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the strengthening system for reinforced concrete (RC) members using
geopolymer-bonded small-diameter carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) bars was …

Development of artificial one-part geopolymer lightweight aggregates by crushing technique

LY Xu, LP Qian, BT Huang, JG Dai - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The production method of geopolymer lightweight aggregates (GLAs) is explored in this
study through crushing technique, which has a good prospect for massive industrial …

Atomistic simulations of pristine and nanoparticle reinforced hydrogels: A review

R Kumar, A Parashar - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hydrogel is a three‐dimensional cross‐linked hydrophilic network that can imbibe a large
amount of water inside its structure (up to 99% of its dry weight). Due to their unique …