Research lines
1. Eco-cements; industrially-relevant materials (pigments, ceramics, etc.). The final main goal is to decrease the environmental footprint:
1.1 To help to reduce the CO2 footprint of cements and other important industrial inorganic materials. We are actively investigating in Limestone Calcined Clay Cements (LC3) with Spanish/Local raw materials.
1.2. To contribute to have more sustainable concrete/mortar cement productions, for instance using less cement and less or not fresh water.
2. Use of large facilities (synchrotrons and neutrons) for the quantitative characterization of materials
3. Synchrotron and laboratory powder diffraction. Rietveld method. Pair Distribution Function.
4. High pressure synchrotron diffraction.
5. Coherent diffraction imaging; ptychographic X-ray computed nanotomography; X-ray tomographic imaging.
6. Multiscale characterization (nano-, meso- and micro- structures) to help to develop a coherent picture.
7. Multimodal analysis to ensure accurate, reproducible scientific information and not just high-quality data.
8. Fast high-resolution relevant 4D nanoimaging of cement hydration. Mainly by near field ptychotomography.
9. Combined laboratory X-ray #powder diffraction and #micro computed tomography to quantify the time evolution of phases within complex chemical reactions involving crystalline and amorphous components.