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Ana Fernández-Jiménez

Ana Fernández-Jiménez

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Materials Science

D-Index
74
Citations
34667
World Ranking
3543
National Ranking
56

Overview

Ana Fernández-Jiménez is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and specializes in research within the fields of engineering and materials science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including civil and structural engineering, building and construction, materials chemistry, information systems, and biomaterials.

Their research primarily focuses on concrete and cement materials, with significant attention to recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production. Additional topics of interest include magnesium oxide properties and applications, innovative concrete reinforcement materials, clay minerals and soil interactions, building materials and conservation, and recycled aggregate concrete performance.

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include A. Palomo, Nuno Cristelo, I. García-Lodeiro, Jhonathan Rivera, and Olga Maltseva.

Ana Fernández-Jiménez has published extensively in several journals, with a notable presence in Construction and Building Materials, where nine publications have appeared. Other frequent venues include Molecules and SSRN Electronic Journal, each with five publications, HUMAN REVIEW International Humanities Review / Revista Internacional de Humanidades with four, and Sustainability with three.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Portland Versus Alkaline Cement: Continuity or Clean Break: "A Key Decision for Global Sustainability," 2021, Frontiers in Chemistry
  • Calcium sulfoaluminate clinker hydration at different alkali concentrations, 2020, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Application of the response surface method to optimize alkali activated cements based on low-reactivity ladle furnace slag, 2020, Construction and Building Materials
  • Effect of alkalinity on early-age hydration in calcium sulfoaluminate clinker, 2022, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Potential reactivity assessment of mechanically activated kaolin as alternative cement precursor, 2022, Applied Clay Science

Best Publications

  • Geopolymer technology: the current state of the art

    P. Duxson;Ana Fernández-Jiménez;John L. Provis;G. C. Lukey

  • New cements for the 21st century: The pursuit of an alternative to Portland cement

    Caijun Shi;A. Fernández Jiménez;Angel Palomo

  • Compatibility studies between N-A-S-H and C-A-S-H gels. Study in the ternary diagram Na2O–CaO–Al2O3–SiO2–H2O

    Inés García-Lodeiro;Ángel Palomo;Ana Fernández-Jiménez;D. E. Macphee

  • Composition and Microstructure of Alkali Activated Fly Ash Binder: Effect of the Activator

    Ana Fernández-Jiménez;Ángel Palomo

  • Microstructure Development of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash Cement: A Descriptive Model

    A. Fernández-Jiménez;A. Palomo;M. Criado

  • Characterisation of fly ashes. Potential reactivity as alkaline cements

    A Fernández-Jiménez;A Palomo

  • Effect of Alkalis on Fresh C-S-H Gels. FTIR Analysis

    I. García Lodeiro;D.E. Macphee;A. Palomo;A. Fernández-Jiménez

  • Alkali activation of fly ash: Effect of the SiO2/Na2O ratio Part I: FTIR study

    María Criado;Ana Fernández-Jiménez;Ángel Palomo

  • Alkali-activated slag mortars: Mechanical strength behaviour

    A. Fernández-Jiménez;J.G. Palomo;F. Puertas

  • Mid-infrared spectroscopic studies of alkali-activated fly ash structure

    Ana Fernández-Jiménez;Ángel Palomo

  • The role played by the reactive alumina content in the alkaline activation of fly ashes

    A. Fernández-Jiménez;A. Palomo;I. Sobrados;J. Sanz

  • Alkali activation of fly ashes. Part 1: Effect of curing conditions on the carbonation of the reaction products

    María Criado;Ángel Palomo;Ana Fernández-Jiménez

  • Durability of alkali-activated fly ash cementitious materials

    Ana Fernández-Jiménez;Inés García-Lodeiro;Ángel Palomo

  • Alkaline Activation of Fly Ashes: NMR Study of the Reaction Products

    Ángel Palomo;Santiago Alonso;Ana Fernandez-Jiménez;Isabel Sobrados

  • An XRD Study of the Effect of the SiO2/Na2O Ratio on the Alkali Activation of Fly Ash

    María Criado;Ana Fernández-Jiménez;A. G. de la Torre;M. A. G. Aranda

  • Engineering Properties of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash Concrete

    Ana M. Fernandez-Jimenez;Angel Palomo;Cecilio Lopez-Hombrados

  • FTIR study of the sol–gel synthesis of cementitious gels: C–S–H and N–A–S–H

    Ines García-Lodeiro;A. Fernández-Jiménez;M. Teresa Blanco;Angel Palomo

  • Mineralogical and microstructural characterisation of alkali-activated fly ash/slag pastes

    F. Puertas;A. Fernández-Jiménez

  • A review on alkaline activation: new analytical perspectives

    A. Palomo;P. Krivenko;I. Garcia-Lodeiro;E. Kavalerova

  • Structure of Calcium Silicate Hydrates Formed in Alkaline-Activated Slag: Influence of the Type of Alkaline Activator

    Ana Fernández-Jiménez;Francisca Puertas;Isabel Sobrados;Jesús Sanz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ángel Palomo
Ángel Palomo Spanish National Research Council
Francisca Puertas
Francisca Puertas Spanish National Research Council
John L. Provis
John L. Provis Paul Scherrer Institute
Miguel A. G. Aranda
Miguel A. G. Aranda University of Malaga
Caijun Shi
Caijun Shi Hunan University
Susan A. Bernal
Susan A. Bernal University of Bath
Frank Winnefeld
Frank Winnefeld Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Cristina Leonelli
Cristina Leonelli University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Elie Kamseu
Elie Kamseu University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Jørgen Skibsted
Jørgen Skibsted Aarhus University

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