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17 June 2016

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Multi-scale and spatially resolved hydrogen mapping in a Ni–Nb model alloy reveals the role of the δ phase in hydrogen embrittlement of alloy 718

8 June 2016Z. Tarzimoghadam, M. Rohwerder, S.V. Merzlikin, A. Bashir, L. Yedra, S. Eswara, D. Ponge, D. Raabe

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Hydrogen assisted crack initiation and propagation in a nickel-based superalloy

8 June 2016Zhenbo Zhang, Gideon Obasi, Roberto Morana, Michael Preuss

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Multiscale modeling of hydrogen enhanced homogeneous dislocation nucleation

8 June 2016G.P.M. Leyson, Blazej Grabowski, Jörg Neugebauer

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Hydrogen diffusion in ultrafine-grained palladium: Roles of dislocations and grain boundaries

8 June 2016Hideaki Iwaoka, Makoto Arita, Zenji Horit

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Hydrogen and vacancy clustering in zirconium

8 June 2016Céline Varvenne, Olivier Mackain, Laurent Proville, Emmanuel Clouet

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Hydrogen diffusivities as a measure of relative dislocation densities in palladium and increase of the density by plastic deformation in the presence of dissolved hydrogen

8 June 2016Martin Deutges, Hans Peter Barth, Yuzeng Chen, Christine Borchers, Reiner Kirchheim

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Effects of multiple hydrogen absorption/desorption cycles on the mechanical properties of the alloy system palladium/silver (wt% = 10–25)

8 June 2016K. Wald, J. Kubik, D. Paciulli, M. Talukder, J. Nott, F. Massicotte, K. Rebeiz, S. Nesbit, A. Craft

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Dislocation/hydrogen interaction mechanisms in hydrided nanocrystalline palladium films

8 June 2016Behnam Amin-Ahmadi, Damien Connétable, Marc Fivel, Döme Tanguy, Renaud Delmelle, Stuart Turner, Loic Malet, Stephane Godet, Thomas Pardoen, Joris Proost, Dominique Schryvers, Hosni Idrissi

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Influence of trap connectivity on H diffusion: Vacancy trapping

8 June 2016Yu Wang, D. Connétable, D. Tanguy

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Mechanisms of hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity: An atomistic study using α-Fe as a model system

8 June 2016J. Song, W.A. Curtin

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Revealing graphene oxide toxicity mechanisms: A reactive molecular dynamics study

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2 June 2016M. Golkaram, Adri C.T. van Duin

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New phosphor discovery by the single particle diagnosis approach

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2 June 2016Takashi Takeda, Naoto Hirosaki, Shiro Funahashi, Rong-Jun Xie

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Combinatorial electrochemistry – Processing and characterization for materials discovery

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2 June 2016Paul J. McGinn

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Multimodal imaging of harmonophores and application of high content imaging for early cancer detection

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2 June 2016Anuraag Boddupalli, Kaitlin M. Bratlie

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Automated, high throughput exploration of process–structure–property relationships using the MapReduce paradigm

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2 June 2016Olga Wodo, Jaroslaw Zola, Balaji Sesha Sarath Pokuri, Pengfei Du, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian

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Identification of peptide adsorbates for strong nanoparticle–nanoparticle binding by lattice protein simulations

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2 June 2016Daniel M. Packwood, Kazuto Akagia, Mitsuo Umetsub

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Starting the pathway of Materials Discovery

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2 June 2016Krishna Rajan

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Reinforced Geopolymer Composites: A critical review

31 May 2016Joseph Davidovits

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Co-existence of homogeneous flow and localized plastic deformation in tension of amorphous Ni–P films on ductile substrate

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25 April 2016X.L. Lu, Y. Li, L. Lu

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Shear band relaxation in a deformed bulk metallic glass

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25 April 2016I. Binkowski, G.P. Shrivastav, J. Horbach, S.V. Divinski, G. Wilde

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Competition between shear band nucleation and propagation across rate-dependent flow transitions in a model metallic glass

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25 April 2016Matthew B. Harris, Lars S. Watts, Eric R. Homer

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Mapping of residual strains around a shear band in bulk metallic glass by nanobeam X-ray diffraction

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25 April 2016Hamed Shakur Shahabi, Sergio Scudino, Ivan Kaban, Mihai Stoica, Benjamin Escher, Siegfried Menzel, Gavin B.M. Vaughan, Uta Kühn, Jürgen Eckert.

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On the critical thickness for non-localized to localized plastic flow transition in metallic glasses: A molecular dynamics study

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25 April 2016C. Zhong, H. Zhang, Q.P. Cao, X.D. Wang, D.X. Zhang, U. Ramamurty, J.Z. Jiang

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Toughen and harden metallic glass through designing statistical heterogeneity

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25 April 2016

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Design and elaboration of organic molecules for high field-effect-mobility semiconductors

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22 April 2016Kazuo Takimiya, Masahiro Nakano, Hiroyoshi Sugino, Itaru Osaka

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World Biomaterial conference “meet the editor” session

27 March 2016

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Nano-biosensors to detect beta-amyloid for Alzheimer's disease management

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22 March 2016Ajeet Kaushik, Rahul Dev Jayant, Sneham Tiwari, Arti Vashist, Madhavan Nair

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Multi-residue method for the determination of pesticides and pesticide metabolites in honeybees by liquid and gas chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry—Honeybee poisoning incidents

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22 March 2016Tomasz Kiljanek, Alicja Niewiadowska, Stanisław Semeniuk, Marta Gaweł, Milena Borzęcka, Andrzej Posyniak

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Towards effective small scale microbial fuel cells for energy generation from urine

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22 March 2016Jon Chouler, b, George A. Padgett, Petra J. Cameron, Kathrin Preuss, Maria-Magdalena Titirici, Ioannis Ieropoulos, Mirella Di Lorenzo

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A linear theory of thermochemical equilibrium

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18 March 2016F Larché, J.W Cahn

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The kinetics of cellular segregation reactions

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18 March 2016John W. Cahn

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The molecular mechanism of solidification

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18 March 2016John W Cahn, W.B Hillig, G.W Sears

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On spinodal decomposition in cubic crystals

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18 March 2016John W. Cahn

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Overview no. 41: The interactions of composition and stress in crystalline solids

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18 March 2016F.C. Larché, J.W. Cahn

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Theory of crystal growth and interface motion in crystalline materials

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18 March 2016John W. Cahn

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Coupling grain boundary motion to shear deformation

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18 March 2016John W. Cahn, Yuri Mishin, Akira Suzuki

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A microscopic theory for antiphase boundary motion and its application to antiphase domain coarsening

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18 March 2016Samuel M. Allen, John W. Cahn

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The impurity-drag effect in grain boundary motion

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18 March 2016John W. Cahn

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On spinodal decomposition

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18 March 2016John W. Cahn

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Prism stacking faults observed contiguous to a {10-12} twin in a Mg–Y alloy

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1 March 2016Dalong Zhang, Baolong Zheng, Yizhang Zhou, Subhash Mahajan, Enrique J. Lavernia

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Interfibrillar shear stress is the loading mechanism of collagen fibrils in tendon

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1 March 2016Spencer E. Szczesny, Dawn M. Elliott

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Curcumin-releasing mechanically compliant implants prevent neurodegeneration and blood-brain barrier instability at the implant-tissue interface

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1 March 2016Kelsey A. Potter, Mehdi Jorfi, Kyle T. Householder, E. Johan Foster, Christoph Weder, Jeffrey R. Capadona

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Intra-variant substructure in Ni–Mn–Ga martensite: Conjugation boundaries

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1 March 2016B. Muntifering, R.C. Pond, L. Kovarik, N.D. Browning, P. Müllner

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Thermal cycling behavior of an aged FeNiCoAlTa single-crystal shape memory alloy

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1 March 2016P. Krooß, M.J. Holzweissig, T. Niendorf, C. Somsen, M. Schaper, Y.I. Chumlyakov, H.J. Maier

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Ordered array of ω particles in β-Ti matrix studied by small-angle X-ray scattering

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1 March 2016J. Šmilauerováa P. Harcuba, J. Stráský, J. Stráská, M. Janeček, J. Pospíšil, R. Kužel, T. Brunátová, V. Holý, J. Ilavský

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Cyclic degradation mechanisms in aged FeNiCoAlTa shape memory single crystals

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1 March 2016P. Krooß, C. Somsen, T. Niendorf, M. Schaper, I. Karaman, Y. Chumlyakov, G. Eggeler, H.J. Maier

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The effect of detergents on the basement membrane complex of a biologic scaffold material

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1 March 2016D.M. Faulk, C.A. Carruthers, H.J. Warner, C.R. Kramer, J.E. Reing, L. Zhang, A. D’Amore, S.F. Badylak

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Mineralized gelatin methacrylate based matrices induce osteogenic differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells

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1 March 2016Heemin Kang, Yu-Ru V. Shih, Yongsung Hwang, Cai Wen, Vikram Rao, Timothy Seo, Shyni Varghese

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Evolution of plasticity, strain-rate sensitivity and the underlying deformation mechanism in Zn–22% Al during high-pressure torsion

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1 March 2016In-Chul Choi, Yong-Jae Kim, Byungmin Ahn, Megumi Kawasaki, Terence G. Langdon, Jae-il Jang

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Full icosahedra dominate local order in Cu64Zr34 metallic glass and supercooled liquid

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1 March 2016Jun Ding, Yong-Qiang Cheng, Evan Ma

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Thermal cycling of stress-induced martensite for high-performance shape memory effect

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1 March 2016Riccardo Casati, Maurizio Vedani, Ausonio Tuissi

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Oxygen electrocatalysis in chemical energy conversion and storage technologies

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29 January 2016Jaeyoung Lee, Beomgyun Jeong, Joey D. Ocon

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A new era for liquid crystal research Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio- and microtechnology

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29 January 2016Jan P.F. Lagerwall, Giusy Scalia

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Structural, morphological, compositional, and optical properties of single step electrodeposited Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) thin films for solar cell application

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29 January 2016Seul Gi Lee, Jongmin Kim, Huyn Suk Woo, Yongcheol Jo, A.I. Inamdar, S.M. Pawar, Hyung Sang Kim, Woong Jung, Hyun Sik Im

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Ultra-thin body & buried oxide SOI substrate development and qualification for Fully Depleted SOI device with back bias capability

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28 January 2016Walter Schwarzenbach, Bich-Yen Nguyen, Frederic Allibert, Christophe Girard, Christophe Maleville

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A review of electrical characterization techniques for ultrathin FDSOI materials and devices

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28 January 2016Sorin Cristoloveanu, Maryline Bawedin, Irina Ionica

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Planar Fully-Depleted-Silicon-On-Insulator technologies: Toward the 28 nm node and beyond

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28 January 2016B. Doris, B. DeSalvo, K. Cheng, P. Morin, M. Vinet

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Needle-free buccal anesthesia using iontophoresis and amino amide salts combined in a mucoadhesive formulation

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21 January 2016

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Method for determination of levoglucosan in snow and ice at trace concentration levels using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with triple quadrupole mass spectrometry

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21 January 2016Chao You, Lili Song, Baiqing Xu, Shaopeng Gao

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Geopolymers based on natural and synthetic metakaolin - A critical review

A critical review to the follow the feature article 'Environmental implications of Geopolymers'.

17 January 2016Joseph Davidovits

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ScCO2 assisted preparation of supported metal NPs. Application to catalyst design.

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12 January 2016Oana Pascu, Bastien Cacciuttolo, Samuel Marre, Mathieu Pucheault, Cyril Aymoniera

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Kaolinite and smectite dissolution rate in high molar KOH solutions at 35° and 80°C

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11 January 2016Andreas Bauer, Gilles Berger

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Characterization of chemosynthetic Al2O3–2SiO2 geopolymers

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11 January 2016Xue-min Cui, Le-ping Liu, Guang-jian Zheng, Rui-ping Wang, Jian-ping Lu

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Alkali-activation reactivity of chemosynthetic Al2O3–2SiO2 powders and their 27Al and 29Si magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectra

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11 January 2016Guangjian Zheng, Xuemin Cui, Dong Huang, Jinying Pang, Guowei Mo, Shujuan Yu, Zhangfa Tong

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Geopolymers from Algerian metakaolin. Influence of secondary minerals

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11 January 2016Fatima Zibouche, Hacène Kerdjoudj, Jean-Baptiste d'Espinose de Lacaillerie, Henri Van Damme

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Advances in understanding alkali-activated materials

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11 January 2016John L. Provis, Angel Palomo, Caijun Shi

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SiC-based refractory paints prepared with alkali aluminosilicate binders

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11 January 2016V. Medri, S. Fabbri, A. Ruffini, J. Dedecek, A. Vaccari

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Role of the morphology and the dehydroxylation of metakaolins on geopolymerization

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11 January 2016V. Medri, S. Fabbri, J. Dedecek, Z. Sobalik, Z. Tvaruzkova, A. Vaccari

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Thermal evolution and crystallization kinetics of potassium-based geopolymer

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11 January 2016Peigang He, Dechang Jia, Meirong Wang, Yu Zhou

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Effect of cesium substitution on the thermal evolution and ceramics formation of potassium-based geopolymer

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11 January 2016Peigang He, Dechang Jia, Meirong Wang, Yu Zhou

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A multinuclear static NMR study of geopolymerization

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11 January 2016Aurélie Favier, Guillaume Habert, Nicolas Roussel, Jean-Baptiste d'Espinose de Lacaillerie

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Mechanical properties and compositional heterogeneities of fresh geopolymer pastes

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11 January 2016A. Favier, G. Habert, J.B. d'Espinose de Lacaillerie, N. Roussel

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Condensation of aluminosilicate gels—model system for geopolymer binders

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11 January 2016A. Buchwald, H.-D. Zellmann, Ch. Kaps

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A study on electrical conductivity of chemosynthetic Al2O3–2SiO2 geopolymer materials

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11 January 2016Xue-Min Cui, Guang-Jian Zheng, Yao-Cong Han, Feng Su, Ji Zhou

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Study of ion cluster reorientation process of geopolymerisation reaction using semi-empirical AM1 calculations

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8 January 2016Zhang Yunsheng, Jia Yantao, Sun Weia Li Zongjin

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Solid-state NMR study of geopolymer prepared by sol–gel chemistry

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8 January 2016Yi-Ling Tsai, John V. Hanna, Yuan-Ling Lee, Mark E. Smith, Jerry C.C. Chan

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