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http://news.rutgers.edu/news/rutgers-develops-eco-friendly-concrete/20170212[font face=Serif][font size=5]Rutgers Develops Eco-Friendly Concrete[/font]
[font size=4]Rutgers Richard Riman invented energy-efficient technology that could help limit climate change[/font]
Monday, February 13, 2017
By Todd B. Bates
[font size=3]In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighter, cheaper and greener for our planet, thanks to an invention by Rutgers Richard E. Riman.
Nine years ago, Riman, a distinguished professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, invented an energy-efficient technology that harnesses largely low-temperature, water-based reactions. As a result, he and his team can make things in water that previously were made at temperatures well above those required to thermally decompose plastics.
So far, the revolutionary technology has been used to make more than 30 different materials, including concrete that stores carbon dioxide, the prime greenhouse gas linked to climate change. Other materials include multiple families of composites that incorporate a wide range of metals, polymers and ceramics whose behavior can be processed to resemble wood, bone, seashells and even steel.
A promising option is creating materials for lightweight automobiles, said Riman, who holds dozens of patents and was recently named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The materials could be used for engine, interior and exterior applications. Other materials could perform advanced electronic, optical and magnetic functions that replace mechanical ones.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jace.14468[font size=4]Rutgers Richard Riman invented energy-efficient technology that could help limit climate change[/font]
Monday, February 13, 2017
By Todd B. Bates
[font size=3]In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighter, cheaper and greener for our planet, thanks to an invention by Rutgers Richard E. Riman.
Nine years ago, Riman, a distinguished professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering, invented an energy-efficient technology that harnesses largely low-temperature, water-based reactions. As a result, he and his team can make things in water that previously were made at temperatures well above those required to thermally decompose plastics.
So far, the revolutionary technology has been used to make more than 30 different materials, including concrete that stores carbon dioxide, the prime greenhouse gas linked to climate change. Other materials include multiple families of composites that incorporate a wide range of metals, polymers and ceramics whose behavior can be processed to resemble wood, bone, seashells and even steel.
A promising option is creating materials for lightweight automobiles, said Riman, who holds dozens of patents and was recently named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The materials could be used for engine, interior and exterior applications. Other materials could perform advanced electronic, optical and magnetic functions that replace mechanical ones.
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Rutgers Develops Eco-Friendly Concrete (Original Post)
OKIsItJustMe
Feb 2017
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eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)1. Thanks! This is an area in which I've long wanted to see more progress.
Remember seeing an article in Sci. Am. decades on new processes for new ceramic materials -- not my area of expertise, but one where it's easy to see much room for further research.
SamKnause
(13,043 posts)2. Hempcrete