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Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research activity spans multiple fields within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on civil and structural engineering and materials chemistry.

Their work covers key topics such as concrete and cement materials research, recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production, and innovative concrete reinforcement materials. Additional areas of interest include magnesium oxide properties and applications, advanced ceramic materials synthesis, nuclear materials and radiation effects, as well as TiO2 photocatalysis and solar cells.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Mohammad I.M. Alzeer, Kittipong Kunchariyakun, Suthatip Sinyoung, Amirabbas Nourbakhsh, and Mahroo Falah.

Publication venues where Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie has contributed include:

  • Catalysts
  • Ceramics International
  • Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials
  • Minerals
  • Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie include:

  • Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Materials Based on Inorganic Polymers (Geopolymers): A Review, 2020, Catalysts
  • Functionalization of nano-MgCr2O4 additives by silanol groups: a new approach to the development of magnesia-chrome refractories, 2021, Ceramics International
  • Photocatalytic Nanocomposite Materials Based on Inorganic Polymers (Geopolymers): A Review, 2020, Preprints.org
  • Comparative study on the preparation of belite cement from nano-silicas extracted from different agricultural wastes with calcium carbide residue, 2022, Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials
  • Characterization of Alkali Activated Materials Prepared from Continuous Attrition and Ball Milled Fly Ashes, 2023, Minerals

Best Publications

  • Multinuclear solid-state NMR of inorganic materials

    Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie;Mark E. Smith

  • Thermal behaviour of inorganic geopolymers and composites derived from sodium polysialate

    Valeria F.F. Barbosa;Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie

  • The composition range of aluminosilicate geopolymers

    Ross A. Fletcher;Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie;Catherine L. Nicholson;Shiro Shimada

  • Synthesis and thermal behaviour of potassium sialate geopolymers

    Valeria F.F. Barbosa;Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie

  • Preparation and characterisation of fly ash based geopolymer mortars

    J. Temuujin;A. van Riessen;K.J.D. MacKenzie

  • Effect of Silica Additive on the Anatase-to-Rutile Phase Transition

    Kiyoshi Okada;Nobuo Yamamoto;Yoshikazu Kameshima;Atsuo Yasumori

  • Outstanding Problems in the Kaolinite-Mullite Reaction Sequence Investigated by 29Si and 27Al Solid-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: I, Metakaolinite

    K. J. D. MacKENZIE;I. W. M. Brown;R. H. Meinhold;M. E. Bowden

  • Synthesis and thermal properties of inorganic polymers (geopolymers) for structural and refractory applications from volcanic ash

    Patrick N. Lemougna;Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie;U.F. Chinje Melo

  • Outstanding Problems in the Kaolinite‐Mullite Reaction Sequence Investigated by 29Si and 27Al Solid‐state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: 11, High‐Temperature Transformations of Metakaolinite

    I. W. M. Brown;K. J. D. MacKENZIE;M. E. Bowden;R. H. Meinhold

  • Characterisation of acid activated montmorillonite clay from Tuulant (Mongolia)

    J. Temuujin;Ts. Jadambaa;G. Burmaa;Sh. Erdenechimeg

  • Preparation of microporous silica from metakaolinite by selective leaching method

    Kiyoshi Okada;Akira Shimai;Takahiro Takei;Shigeo Hayashi

  • 27 Al and 25Mg solid-state magic-angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance study of hydrotalcite and its thermal decomposition sequence

    Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie;Richard H. Meinhold;Barbara L. Sherriff;Zhi Xu

  • Microstructure of sodium polysialate siloxo geopolymer

    Martin Schmücker;Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie

  • Thermal decomposition of mechanically activated gibbsite

    K.J.D. MacKenzie;J. Temuujin;K. Okada

  • Geopolymer synthesis using silica fume and sodium aluminate

    D. R. M. Brew;K. J. D. MacKenzie

  • Preparation of porous silica from vermiculite by selective leaching

    Jadambaa Temuujin;Kiyoshi Okada;Kenneth J.D MacKenzie

  • Water retention properties of porous geopolymers for use in cooling applications

    Kiyoshi Okada;Asami Ooyama;Toshihiro Isobe;Yoshikazu Kameshima

  • The role of iron in the formation of inorganic polymers (geopolymers) from volcanic ash: a 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study

    Patrick N. Lemougna;Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie;Guy N. L. Jameson;H. Rahier

  • Structure and mechanical properties of aluminosilicate geopolymer composites with Portland cement and its constituent minerals

    Jonathan Tailby;Kenneth J.D. MacKenzie

  • Role of Water in the Mechanochemical Reactions of MgO–SiO2Systems

    J. Temuujin;K. Okada;K.J.D. MacKenzie

  • Crystalline phase formation in metakaolinite geopolymers activated with NaOH and sodium silicate

    Bo Zhang;Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie;Ian W. M. Brown

  • Thermal Reactions of Pyrophyllite Studied by High‐Resolution Solid‐state 27Al and 29Si Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    K. J. D. MacKENZIE;I. W. M. Brown;R. H. Meinhold;M. E. Bowden

Frequent Co-Authors

Kiyoshi Okada
Kiyoshi Okada Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mark E. Smith
Mark E. Smith University of Southampton
John V. Hanna
John V. Hanna University of Warwick
Akira Nakajima
Akira Nakajima Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshikazu Kameshima
Yoshikazu Kameshima Okayama University
Sridhar Komarneni
Sridhar Komarneni Pennsylvania State University
Michel W. Barsoum
Michel W. Barsoum Drexel University
Toshihiro Kogure
Toshihiro Kogure University of Tokyo
Guy N. L. Jameson
Guy N. L. Jameson University of Melbourne

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