Nanoparticles: Taking a unique position in medicine

TM Joseph, D Kar Mahapatra, A Esmaeili, Ł Piszczyk… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human nature of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity date back to the age of humankind. In
parallel with our history of civilization, interest in scientific approaches to unravel …

The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

A comprehensive review on effects of mineral admixtures and fibers on engineering properties of ultra-high-performance concrete

R Sharma, JG Jang, PP Bansal - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The unparalleled attributes of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) reported over the
last three decades sum up the development of this material in two phases: UHPC and ultra …

Soil and clay stabilization with calcium-and non-calcium-based additives: A state-of-the-art review of challenges, approaches and techniques

A Behnood - Transportation Geotechnics, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil stabilization is a technique to improve the engineering and geotechnical properties of
soils such as mechanical strength, permeability, compressibility, durability and plasticity …

Applications of using nano material in concrete: A review

MSM Norhasri, MS Hamidah, AM Fadzil - Construction and Building …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review paper discussed on the nano materials in concrete. Nowadays, the application
of nano materials has received numerous attentions to enhance the conventional concrete …

Effect of nano-silica on mechanical, microstructural and durability properties of cement-based materials: A review

M Tabish, MM Zaheer, A Baqi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is a cutting-edge technology that has proven beneficial in various
engineering aspects. The use of nanomaterials in civil engineering has been a modern …

Nanoparticles as concrete additives: Review and perspectives

Y Reches - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are highly efficient additives for modification of cement products, even at small
concentrations (≤ 1%). The main modifications are (typical ranges shown, though great …

The effect of Colloidal Nano-silica on workability, mechanical and durability properties of High Performance Concrete with Copper slag as partial fine aggregate

S Chithra, SRRS Kumar, K Chinnaraju - Construction and Building …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of colloidal nanosilica on the properties of
High Performance Concrete with copper slag as fine aggregate at a constant replacement …

The effect of nanosilica addition on flowability, strength and transport properties of ultra high performance concrete

E Ghafari, H Costa, E Júlio, A Portugal, L Durães - Materials & Design, 2014 - Elsevier
The experimental study herein presented was conducted aiming to evaluate the influence of
nanosilica (nS) addition on properties of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). Thermo …

Emerging energy-efficiency and CO2 emission-reduction technologies for cement and concrete production: A technical review

A Hasanbeigi, L Price, E Lin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2012 - Elsevier
Globally, the cement industry accounts for approximately 5 percent of current anthropogenic
carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. World cement demand and production are increasing …