Progress in understanding hydration is summarized. Evidence supports the geochemistry
dissolution theory as an explanation for the induction period, in preference to the inhibiting …

This paper presents a review on the relationship between the composition, the structure and
the solution in which calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) is equilibrated. The silica chain length …

Abstract Systems of different Ca/Si and Al/Si molar ratios were investigated. Incorporation of
Al increases main basal spacing, amount of bounded water and decreases crystallinity of C …

This paper presents a review of alkali-activation technology, moving from the atomic scale
and chemical reaction path modelling, towards macroscopic observables such as strength …

Despite its ubiquitous presence in the built environment, concrete's molecular-level
properties are only recently being explored using experimental and simulation studies …

CSH gel is the origin of cohesion of cement and deteriorates with decalcification. However,
the molecular process underlying its complex chemical reactions and structure/properties …

Based on the datasets of first-principle simulations, machine learning potentials (MLPs) can
achieve both accurate predictions of complex material systems and high-efficiency …

Concrete is the most widely manufactured material in the world. Its binding phase, calcium–
silicate–hydrate (C–S–H), is responsible for its mechanical properties and has an atomic …

Calcium (alumino) silicate hydrate (C-(A-) SH) is the main binding phase in blended cement
concrete. Understanding the chemistry and structure of C-(A-) SH is essential to optimizing …

X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns were calculated and compared to literature data with the aim
of investigating the crystal structure of nanocrystalline calcium silicate hydrates (CSH), the …