Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

All materials can suffer from environmental degradation; the rate and extent of degradation
depend on the details of the material composition and structure as well as the environment …

Atomic structure dictates the performance of all materials systems; the characteristic of
disordered materials is the significance of spatial and temporal fluctuations on composition …

Vibrational spectroscopy has been widely used to investigate various structural aspects of
the glass network, and there are a plethora of papers reporting subtle but consistent …

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), infrared (IR), and Raman spectroscopy are used to
determine the structures and substituent groups of siloxanes and silsesquioxanes …

Surface defects or flaws on materials made by physical contacts with foreign objects can
deteriorate their mechanical properties and limit technical applications. Thus, understanding …

Infrared (IR) and Raman spectroscopic features of silicate glasses are often interpreted
based on the analogy with those of smaller molecules, molecular clusters, or crystalline …

Current approaches for improving the water resistance of magnesium oxychloride cement
(MOC) weaken its mechanical behaviour or pore structure. Herein, we enhanced the water …

Various cerium doped aluminosilicate glass was prepared by a high-temperature melting
method using natural granite material as the only origin of the glass substrate. TG-DSC was …

Water ingress into porous glass can induce internal stress, resulting in strains in chemical
bonds of the network. For silica and silicate glasses, the position of Si–O–Si stretching mode …