Glasses are materials that lack a crystalline microstructure and long‐range atomic order.
Instead, they feature heterogeneity and disorder on superstructural scales, which have …

The mechanical properties of calcium-silicate-hydrates (C–S–H) directly affect the
performance of cement-based materials. C–S–H spans ranging from nanometers to …

Abstract Machine learning (ML)-based prediction of non-linear composition-strength
relationship in concretes requires a large, complete, and consistent dataset. However, the …

Cement-based materials behave with brittle properties at the macro scale. By contrast, at the
nanoscale, its main phase, the calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) grain, shows better ductility …

When exposed to fire, the integrity of cement-based materials is governed by thermally-
induced changes in the mechanical properties of their binding phase, ie, the calcium …

Although molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are commonly used to predict the structure
and properties of glasses, they are intrinsically limited to short time scales, necessitating the …

Despite their transformative role in our society, oxide glasses remain brittle. Although
extrinsic postprocessing techniques can partially mitigate this drawback, they come with …

As a promising and environmentally friendly cementitious material for mass concrete
applications, the long-term performance evolution of low-heat cement (LHC) and moderate …

This paper investigates the scaling of the nanoscopic elastic and tensile failure properties of
calcium-silicate-hydrate (CSH). We report a Zhurkov-like scaling behavior for disordered …

Measuring the fracture toughness (KIc) of glasses still remains a difficult task, raising
experimental and theoretical problems as well. The available methods to estimate KIc are …