Polymer nanocomposites

KI Winey, RA Vaia - MRS bulletin, 2007 - cambridge.org
Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs)–that is, nanopar ticles (spheres, rods, plates) dispersed in
a polymer matrix–have garnered substantial academic and industrial in terest since their …

Quantitative assessments of the Martian hydrosphere

J Lasue, N Mangold, E Hauber, S Clifford… - Space Science …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper, we review current estimates of the global water inventory of Mars, potential
loss mechanisms, the thermophysical characteristics of the different reservoirs that water …

[PDF][PDF] Innovative concretes for low-carbon constructions: A review

A D'Alessandro, C Fabiani, AL Pisello… - … Journal of Low …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The article reviews the recent research contributions and future promising perspectives
regarding innovation in concrete technologies for low-carbon applications in buildings. To …

Physical origins of thermal properties of cement paste

MJ Abdolhosseini Qomi, FJ Ulm, RJM Pellenq - Physical Review Applied, 2015 - APS
Despite the ever-increasing interest in multiscale porous materials, the chemophysical origin
of their thermal properties at the nanoscale and its connection to the macroscale properties …

Thermal conductivity and diffusivity of fine-grained sedimentary rocks

M Labus, K Labus - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2018 - Springer
Thermal conductivity is an important thermophysical rock property, needed for heat flow
determination, deep thermal regime determination, and reconstruction of thermal history of …

Emergence of silicic continents as the lower crust peels off on a hot plate-tectonic Earth

P Chowdhury, T Gerya, S Chakraborty - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
The rock record and geochemical evidence indicate that continental recycling has been
occurring since the early history of the Earth. The stabilization of felsic continents in place of …

Prediction of thermal conductivity of rock through physico-mechanical properties

TN Singh, S Sinha, VK Singh - Building and Environment, 2007 - Elsevier
The transfer of energy between two adjacent parts of rock mainly depends on its thermal
conductivity. Present study supports the use of artificial neural network (ANN) and adaptive …

Water-Based Fe2O3 Nanofluid Characterization: Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity Measurements and Correlation

L Colla, L Fedele, M Scattolini… - Advances in Mechanical …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
An experimental investigation on water-based nanofluids containing iron oxide (Fe2O3) in
concentrations ranging between 5 and 20% in mass is presented. The purpose of this study …

In Situ Thermal Transmittance Measurements for Investigating Differences between Wall Models and Actual Building Performance

L Evangelisti, C Guattari, P Gori, R De Lieto Vollaro - Sustainability, 2015 - mdpi.com
An accurate assessment of a building's wall performance, defined through the thermal
transmittance, is essential to compute the annual energy consumption. Analyzing opaque …

Seismic wave attenuation and modulus dispersion in sandstones

JW Spencer Jr, J Shine - Geophysics, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We have conducted laboratory experiments over the 1–200 Hz band to examine the effects
of viscosity and permeability on modulus dispersion and attenuation in sandstones and also …