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. 2022 Sep 21;12(41):26733–26743. doi: 10.1039/d2ra05069b

The enhancement of nanofillers on the mechanical properties of cement composites.

Nanofillers Optimal dosagea (wt%) Enhancement of the mechanical properties in 28 d (%) References
Compressive strength Flexural strength
Nano silica (nano-SiO2) 2 10.1 11.0 Shi et al.55
Nano-alumina (nano-Al2O3) 1 18.46 6.27 Ge et al.56
Nano-calcium carbonate (nano-CaCO3) 2 3.23 4.68 Cosentino et al.57
Nano-titanium oxide (nano-TiO2) 0.75 19.33 15.1 Salman et al.58
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) 0.05 6.4 10.1 Du et al.59
Graphene oxide (GO) 0.03 5.16 21.86 Liu et al.8
Hydroxylated-graphene (HO-G) 0.03 21.19 7.89 Yuan et al.30
Hybrid GO/HO-G 0.03b 40.2 17.5 This study
a

Based on the weight percentage of cement weight.

b

The mass ratio of GO to HO-G was 5 : 5 (0.015 wt% GO + 0.015 wt% HO-G).