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Citations
8147
World Ranking
3460
National Ranking
185

Overview

Will P. Gates is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work encompasses various subfields including Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several focused topics, including:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization

Will P. Gates has published numerous scientific papers, with recent examples including:

  • "Organo-Modification of Montmorillonite" (2020), Clays and Clay Minerals
  • "Enhancing fresh properties and strength of concrete with a pre-dispersed carbon nanotube liquid admixture" (2020), Construction and Building Materials
  • "On the mechanisms for improved strengths of carbon nanofiber-enriched mortars" (2020), Cement and Concrete Research
  • "Functional Montmorillonite/Polymer Coatings" (2022), Clays and Clay Minerals
  • "Interactions of Per- and Polyfluoralkyl Substances (PFAS) with Landfill Liners" (2020), Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Abdelmalek Bouazza, Alastair J.N. MacLeod, Frank Collins, András Fehérvári, and Laurie Aldridge.

Will P. Gates has published extensively in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Geotextiles and Geomembranes
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Clays and Clay Minerals
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • Soil Bulk Density Estimation Methods: A Review

    Ahmed Abed Gatea Al-Shammary;Ahmed Abed Gatea Al-Shammary;Abbas Z. Kouzani;Akif Kaynak;Sui Yang Khoo

  • GEOLOGY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TWO HYDROTHERMAL NONTRONITES FROM WEATHERED METAMORPHIC ROCKS AT THE ULEY GRAPHITE MINE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    John L. Keeling;Mark D. Raven;Will P. Gates

  • Clays and Clay Minerals for Pollution Control

    G D Yuan;B K G Theng;G J Churchman;Will Gates

  • IR Spectra of Clay Minerals

    J. Madejová;W.P. Gates;S. Petit

  • SITE OCCUPANCIES BY IRON IN NONTRONITES

    Will P Gates;Phil G Slade;A Manceau;B Lanson

  • Chapter 11.1 clays and clay minerals for pollution control

    G.J. Churchman;W.P. Gates;B.K.G. Theng;G. Yuan

  • Oxidation-reduction mechanism of iron in dioctahedral smectites: I. Crystal chemistry of oxidized reference nontronites

    A Manceau;B Lanson;VA Drits;D Chateigner

  • Mineralogy of a bentonite from Miles, Queensland, Australia and characterisation of its acid activation products

    Will Gates;Jenny S Anderson;Mark D Raven;G J Churchman

  • Hydraulic conductivity of biopolymer-treated silty sand

    Abdelmalek Bouazza;Will Peter Gates;Pathegama Gamage Ranjith

  • Oxidation-reduction mechanism of iron in dioctahedral smectites: II. Crystal chemistry of reduced Garfield nontronite

    A Manceau;VA Drits;B Lanson;D Chateigner

  • Polarized EXAFS, distance-valence least-squares modeling (DVLS), and quantitative texture analysis approaches to the structural refinement of Garfield nontronite

    A Manceau;D Chateigner;Will P Gates

  • Surface Structural Model for Ferrihydrite

    A. Manceau;W. P. Gates

  • Effect of particle size distribution on the bio-cementation of coarse aggregates

    Aamir Mahsen Mahawish;Abdelmalek Bouazza;Will P. Gates

  • Iron reduction and changes in cation exchange capacity in intermittently waterlogged soil

    Fabienne Favre;D. Tessier;Mustapha Abdelmoula;J.-M. Génin

  • Bentonite clay keeps pollutants at bay.

    Will P. Gates;Abdelmalek Bouazza;G. Jock Churchman

  • NMR, XRD, IR and synchrotron NEXAFS spectroscopic studies of OPC and OPC/slag cement paste hydrates

    Alessandra Mendes;Will P. Gates;Jay G. Sanjayan;Frank Collins

  • Dissolution of hectorite in inorganic acids

    P Komadel;J Madejová;M Janek;Will Gates

  • Hydraulic conductivity of two geosynthetic clay liners permeated with a hyperalkaline solution

    C. H. Benson;A. H. Ören;Will P. Gates

  • The swelling of HDTMA smectites as influenced by their preparation and layer charges

    Phil G. Slade;Will P. Gates

  • The impact of mining solutions/liquors on geosynthetics

    W Hornsey;John Scheirs;Will Gates;Abdelmalek Bouazza

  • PREPARATION AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF REDUCED-CHARGE MONTMORILLONITE WITH VARIOUS LI CONTENTS

    J. Madejova;J. Bujdak;W. P. Gates;P. Komadel

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdelmalek Bouazza
Abdelmalek Bouazza Monash University
Joseph W. Stucki
Joseph W. Stucki University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Alain Manceau
Alain Manceau École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Daniel Chateigner
Daniel Chateigner Université de Caen Normandie
Abbas Z. Kouzani
Abbas Z. Kouzani Deakin University
Bruno Lanson
Bruno Lanson Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Sabine Petit
Sabine Petit University of Poitiers
R. Kerry Rowe
R. Kerry Rowe Queen's University
Paul M. Bertsch
Paul M. Bertsch University of Queensland
Ian Snape
Ian Snape Frontline Mind

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