Strategic Materials and Computational Design, Volume 31, Issue 10

Preface ix

Introduction xi

GEOPOLYMERS AND OTHER INORGANIC POLYMERS

Geomaterial Foam to Reinforce Wood 3
E. Prud'homme, P. Michaud, C. Peyratout, A. Smith, S. Rossignol, E. Joussein, and N. Sauvât

Effect of Curing Conditions on the Porosity Characteristics of Metakaolin-Fly Ash Geopolymers 11
Tammy L. Metroke, Michael V. Henley, and Michael I. Hammons

New Insights on Geopolymerisation using Molybdate, Raman, and Infrared Spectroscopy 17
C. H. Rüscher, E. Mielcarek, J. Wongpa, F. Jirasit, and W. Lutz

Transformation of Polysialate Matrixes from Al-Rich and Si-Rich Metakaolins: Polycondensation and Physico-Chemical Properties 35
Elie Kamseu and Cristina Leonelli

Effect of High Tensile Strength Polypropylene Chopped Fiber Reinforcements on the Mechanical Properties of Sodium Based Geopolymer Composites 47
Daniel R. Lowry and Waltraud M. Kriven

Properties of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Geopolymer Composites 51
E. Rill, D. R. Lowry, and W. M. Kriven

Novel Applications of Metal-Geopolymers 69
Oleg Bortnovsky, Petr Bezucha, Petr Sazama, Jiri Dëdecek, Zdena Tvarùzkovâ, and Zdenék Sobalik

Making Foamed Concretes from Fly Ash Based on Geopolymer Method 83
Nhi Tuan Pham and Hoang Huy Le

Preparation of Electrically Conductive Materials Based on Geopolymers with Graphite 91
Z. Cerny, I. Jakubec, P. Bezdicka, L. Sulc, J. Machacek, J. Bludskâ, and P. Roubicek

Effect of Synthesis Parameters and Post-Cure Temperature on the Mechanical Properties of Geopolymers Containing Slag 101
Tammy L. Metroke, Brian Evans, Jeff Eichler, Michael I. Hammons, and Michael V. Henley

COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN, MODELING, SIMULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION

Electronic Structure and Band-Gaps of Eu-Doped LaSi3N5 Ternary Nitrides 109
L. Benco, Z. Lences, and P. Sajgalik

First Principle Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Oxygen Plasma Etching of Organosilicate Low Dielectric Materials 119
Jincheng Du and Mrunal Chaudhari

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Cation Diffusion in Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia 127
Brian Good

Dynamic Neutron Diffraction Study of Thermal Stability and Self-Recovery in Aluminium Titanate 139
I. M. Low and Z. Oo

NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES

Titanium and Aluminium Based Compounds as a Precursor for SHSofTi2AIN 153
L. Chlubny, J. Lis, and M. M. Bucko

Investigations on the Oxidation Behavior of Max-Phase Based Ti2AIC Coatings on 7-TiAI 161
Maik Fröhlich

Study of High-Temperature Thermal Stability of Max Phases in Vacuum 171
I. M. Low, W. K. Pang, S. J. Kennedy, and R. I. Smith

Detection of Amorphous Silica in Oxidized Maxthal Ti3SiC2 at 500-1000°C 181
W. K. Pang, I. M. Low, J. V. Hanna, and J. P. Palmquist

Author Index 191