Pursuing excellence in low carbon cement and concrete technology
The overall vision of the Advanced and Innovative Materials (AIM) Group is to establish a Londonbased International Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon Cement and Concrete Technology.
1 September 2017
The research activity is mainly focused on low-carbon cementitious materials.
These include: alkali-activated cementitious materials (AAM) – for example alkali-activated slag and fly ash – calcium sulfoaluminate cement (CSA), calcium aluminate cement (CAC), magnesium oxide-based cements (MgO) and Portland cement-based composites. In addition, some unique and tailored research capacity and facilities have been developed which have strengthened our leadership in certain areas of low-carbon cement and concrete. Typical examples include microwavebased curing, Raman spectroscopy-based monitoring, and carbonation-based accelerated curing.
In September 2017 the AIM Group hosted the 37th Annual Cement and Concrete Science Conference at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. The Conference was organised jointly by AIM and Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining’s Cementitious Materials Group