Our lab's second paper

The ARTIST Lab published the second research article on Cement and Concrete Research entitled Aluminum incorporation lowers the intrinsic mechanical properties of single-chain calcium silicate hydrate. Our first-year research assistant, Jiawei Wang, led the contribution to the experimental study in his first half year of training.

This study employs high-pressure X-ray diffraction to explore the intrinsic mechanical properties of nanocrystalline single-chain calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (Ca/Si molar ratio 1.6), resembling chemical compositions of the key binding phase in blended Portland cement systems. Increasing aluminum incorporation softens all unit cell axes of the phase.

Thanks to the University of Michigan, this paper is open-access. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.108026