TY - CONF A1 - Ramirez Caro, Alejandra A1 - Pauli, Jutta A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Resch-Genger, Ute T1 - Study of the superplasticizer-cement hydration interaction by optical spectroscopy T2 - GDCh-Monograph N2 - Nowadays, superplasticizers (SPs) are widely used to increase fluidity and reduce water content in concrete; thus, allowing better workability for final applications. The present study will focus on the hydration effect using comb shape polycarboxylates (PCEs), which are known to allow a very low water/cement ratio (w/c of 0.20) or less.Optical methods have been successfully used for the analysis and monitoring of the interactions between a broad variety of nanoscale and molecular systems like nanoparticles of various chemical composition and different types of organic ligands or biomolecules.This encouraged us to assess the potential of these methods, and particularly fluorescence, for the investigation of the interactions that occur at the interface between hydrate surfaces of cement particles and PCE at a very early stage of concrete formation and to differentiate between the impact of PCE’s molecular structures on such interactions. PB - Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. CY - Frankfurth am Main T2 - 2nd International Conference on the Chemistry of Construction Materials CY - Munich, Germany DA - 10.10.2016 KW - Cement KW - Dye KW - Superplasticizers KW - Fluorescence PY - 2016 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38881 AN - OPUS4-38881 SN - 978-3-936028-96-6 VL - 50 SP - 260 EP - 263 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany