Impact of nanotechnology on high performance cement and concrete

Abstract

The nanoparticles are promising materials for the construction components in terms of compressive strength, density, porosity and novel applications. High performance concrete (HPC), functionalized concretes and coating materials can be prepared using various nanostructured Carbon cement additives, polymeric additives, ionic cement additives. CNT and graphene functionalization are the most promising routes to create cement nanocomposites. The strength of the cement for construction buildings can be improved with nanoparticle additives. The nanoparticles or nanoparticle mixture exhibit the best performance in terms of compressive strength, capillary absorption coefficient, and pore radius of cement mortars. It is evaluated that nanotechnology has a very important impact on high performance cement and concrete.