Fundamental research for sustainability
Nanocem Fifth Open Meeting, Leeds/United Kingdom (28.04.2009)
Every year, the current status and future perspectives of the Nanocem industrial-academic research network on cement and concrete are presented in an open meeting. This year, Ian Richardson, University of Leeds, welcomed almost 70 participants to the Nanocem Open Meeting at the Village Hotel in Leeds/GB (Fig. 1). In his opening speech he highlighted the long tradition in building materials research in Leeds going back to John Smeaton and Joseph Aspdin, both originating from Leeds.
Karen Scrivener, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne/Switzerland, focused in her presentation on “Cement...
