Responsive superplasticizers for active rheology control of cementitious materials Universiteit Gent
Actual concrete mixtures and casting processes do not enable on-demand real-time adjustment of the rheology of the fresh concrete, forcing operators to passively rely on the intrinsic evolution of the material properties during processing. Newly-developed functional polymers responsive to external electromagnetic trigger signals can be used as chemical admixtures in fresh cementitious materials to enable active rheology control (ARC) and active ...