Resolving nanoscopic structuring and interfacial THz dynamics in setting cements
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Song, Fu V.Yang, Bin
Di Tommaso, Devis
Donnan, Robert S.
Chass, Gregory A.
Yada, Rickey Y.
Farrar, David H.
Tian, Kun V.
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Queen Mary University of London; University of Chester; The University of British Columbia; McMaster University; Sapienza University of RomePublication Date
2022-05-16
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The setting dynamics of two commercial cements have been tracked over >24 hours of setting with non-destructive THz spectroscopy and neutron scattering. Two established glass ionomer cements (GICs) were measured, both exhibiting similar and commercially agreeable non-linear settings associated with changes in interfacial particle dynamics through variations in their collective low-energy vibrations. Structural evolutions in the ∼1–30 nm range were correlated with changes in small angle neutron scattering (SANS) profiles over setting. Accompanying models of the interfacial structures and the amorphous glass components of the cements helped make the dynamic and structural trends comprehensible. The combined observations helped elucidate key temporal features in the setting of the cements, whilst suggesting the functional role played by the THz vibrations, in particular at dynamically coordinated interfacial Al-atom pivots. The insights obtained could help evolve nano-scopic strategies to optimise cements and their eventual properties.Citation
Song, F. V., Yang, B., Di Tommaso, D., Donnan, R. S., Chass, G. A., Yada, R. Y., Farrar, D. H., & Tian, K. V. (2022). Resolving nanoscopic structuring and interfacial THz dynamics in setting cements. Materials Advances, 3(12), 4982-4990. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA01002FPublisher
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Materials AdvancesAdditional Links
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ma/d1ma01002fType
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2633-5409ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1039/D1MA01002F
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