Cement manufacturing is responsible for ~7% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions and hence, decreasing the CO2 footprint, in a sustainable, safe and cost-effective way, is a top priority. To fully understand the binder main ...

Portland cements are environmentally contentious, accounting for ≈8% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions. The understanding of the cement hydration reactions (dissolution and precipitation processes) is important to contribute ...

Eco-cements are a desirable alternative to ordinary Portland cements because of their lower CO2 footprints. Some ye’elimite-based ecocements are attracting a lot of interest. Understanding the reasons for the mechanical ...

Ptychographic X-ray computed tomography provides 3D electron mass density and attenuationcoefficient distributions of unaltered cement pastes with an isotropic resolution below 100 nm. Thisimaging technique allows ...

Mortars and concretes are ubiquitous materials with very complex hierarchical microstructures. To fully understand their main properties and to decrease their CO2 footprint, a sound description of their spatially resolved ...