dc.contributor.author | Bauchy, Mathieu | |
dc.contributor.author | Masoero, Enrico | |
dc.contributor.author | Levitz, Pierre | |
dc.contributor.author | Del Gado, Emanuela | |
dc.contributor.author | Ioannidou, Katerina | |
dc.contributor.author | Krakowiak, Konrad J | |
dc.contributor.author | Hoover, Christian G | |
dc.contributor.author | Yip, Sidney | |
dc.contributor.author | Ulm, Franz-Josef | |
dc.contributor.author | Pellenq, Roland Jm | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-17T16:36:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-17T16:36:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2015-10 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0027-8424 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1091-6490 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106507 | |
dc.description.abstract | Strength and other mechanical properties of cement and concrete rely upon the formation of calcium–silicate–hydrates (C–S–H) during cement hydration. Controlling structure and properties of the C–S–H phase is a challenge, due to the complexity of this hydration product and of the mechanisms that drive its precipitation from the ionic solution upon dissolution of cement grains in water. Departing from traditional models mostly focused on length scales above the micrometer, recent research addressed the molecular structure of C–S–H. However, small-angle neutron scattering, electron-microscopy imaging, and nanoindentation experiments suggest that its mesoscale organization, extending over hundreds of nanometers, may be more important. Here we unveil the C–S–H mesoscale texture, a crucial step to connect the fundamental scales to the macroscale of engineering properties. We use simulations that combine information of the nanoscale building units of C–S–H and their effective interactions, obtained from atomistic simulations and experiments, into a statistical physics framework for aggregating nanoparticles. We compute small-angle scattering intensities, pore size distributions, specific surface area, local densities, indentation modulus, and hardness of the material, providing quantitative understanding of different experimental investigations. Our results provide insight into how the heterogeneities developed during the early stages of hydration persist in the structure of C–S–H and impact the mechanical performance of the hardened cement paste. Unraveling such links in cement hydrates can be groundbreaking and controlling them can be the key to smarter mix designs of cementitious materials. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | France. Investissements d'avenir (French Research National Agency. ICoME2 Labex Project ANR-11-LABX- 0053 and A*MIDEX Project ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1520487113 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | PNAS | en_US |
dc.title | Mesoscale texture of cement hydrates | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Ioannidou, Katerina et al. “Mesoscale Texture of Cement Hydrates.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113.8 (2016): 2029–2034. © 2016 National Academy of Sciences | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | MultiScale Materials Science for Energy and Environment, Joint MIT-CNRS Laboratory | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ioannidou, Katerina | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Krakowiak, Konrad J | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Hoover, Christian G | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Yip, Sidney | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ulm, Franz-Josef | |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Pellenq, Roland Jm | |
dc.relation.journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Ioannidou, Katerina; Krakowiak, Konrad J.; Bauchy, Mathieu; Hoover, Christian G.; Masoero, Enrico; Yip, Sidney; Ulm, Franz-Josef; Levitz, Pierre; Pellenq, Roland J.-M.; Del Gado, Emanuela | en_US |
dspace.embargo.terms | N | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4814-1665 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-0137 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7089-8069 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5559-4190 | |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | en_US |