• Al uptake in calcium silicate hydrate and the effect of alkali hydroxide 

      Yan, Yiru; Ma, Bin; Miron, G. Dan; Kulik, D.A.; Scrivener, Karen; Lothenbach, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The effect of Al and of pH on the structure of calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H), the most important hydration product in Portland and blended cement, was studied at Ca/Si ~1.0. The presence of Al led to higher amounts of ...
    • A draft genome sequence of the elusive giant squid, Architeuthis dux 

      Da Fonseca, Rute R.; Couto, Alvarina; Machado, Andre M; Brejova, Brona; Albertin, Carolin B; Silva, Filipe; Gardner, Paul; Baril, Tobias; Hayward, Alex; Campos, Alexandre; Ribeiro, Ângela M; Barrio-Hernandez, Inigo; Hoving, Henk-Jan; Tafur-Jimenez, Ricardo; Chu, Chong; Frazão, Barbara; Petersen, Bent; Peñaloza, Fernando; Musacchia, Francesco; Alexander, Graham C; Osório, Hugo; Winkelmann, Inger; Simakov, Oleg; Rasmussen, Simon; Rahman, M. Ziaur; Pisani, Davide; Vinther, Jakob; Jarvis, Erich D.; Zhang, Guojie; Strugnell, Jan M.; Castro, L. Filipe C; Fedrigo, Olivier; Patricio, Mateus; Li, Qiye; Rocha, Sara; Antunes, Agostinho; Wu, Yufeng; Ma, Bin; Sanges, Remo; Vinar, Tomas; Blagoev, Blagoy; Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas; Nielsen, Rasmus; Gilbert, Marcus Thomas Pius (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background The giant squid (Architeuthis dux; Steenstrup, 1857) is an enigmatic giant mollusc with a circumglobal distribution in the deep ocean, except in the high Arctic and Antarctic waters. The elusiveness of the ...
    • Influence of aluminum sulfate on properties and hydration of magnesium potassium phosphate cements 

      Xu, Biwan; Winnefeld, Frank; Ma, Bin; Rentsch, Daniel; Lothenbach, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aluminum sulfate shows a positive effect on preventing efflorescence of magnesium potassium phosphate (MKP) cements. Its influence on the MKP cement properties and hydration is explored in this study. Compared to a reference ...
    • Synthesis, characterization, and thermodynamic study of selected K-based zeolites 

      Ma, Bin; Lothenbach, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Potassium-rich zeolites often occur in cementitious systems, as K+ is widespread in various cementitious materials, such as Portland, blended and alkali-activated cements. The knowledge of their stability and of thermodynamic ...
    • Synthesis, characterization, and thermodynamic study of selected Na-based zeolites 

      Ma, Bin; Lothenbach, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Zeolites are crystalline aluminosilicates with three-dimensional framework structures that can form in alkali-activated cements, Roman cements, and the interaction zone of cements and clays. However, their stability domains ...
    • Thermodynamic study of cement/rock interactions using experimentally generated solubility data of zeolites 

      Ma, Bin; Lothenbach, Barbara (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Alteration of widespread interfaces between cements and clays in geological time scales is essential to the safety assessment of radioactive waste repositories but not well understood partly due to the low reliability of ...