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We congratulate Andreas Vohburger on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis. In his dissertation, Andreas investigated the effect of chemical additives on the reaction rate of cementitious phases. His research focused particularly on the dissolution kinetics of tricalcium silicate, as well as…

We welcome our new master student: Reto Reiter! We are sure he will do great!

The paper can be found in the "RSC Advances": https://doi.org/10.1039/D5RA09826B

The paper can be found in the "Journal of the American Ceramic Society": https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jace.70480

Philipp Urlbauer works together with the Gädt group during his master thesis. We are sure he will do great!

To capture the kinetics of the initial cement reaction directly after mixing, it is essential to mix the cement paste inside the calorimeter. We have tested 3 different mixer design and show that the initial heat is almost exclusively caused by the ettringite formation in the first few minutes. The…

Congratulations Olivia for winning the “Defend your thesis, not your dance moves!” competition at TUMBlue 2025. https://gc.gs.tum.de/tum-blue/

Carolin Lauerburg and Nico Liebl have joined the Gädt group for their master's theses. We wish them successful work!

The paper can be found in the Journal "Cement and Concrete Research: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.107964

The paper can be found in the Journal "Chemistry – A European Journal": https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202500207

We congratulate Andreas Vohburger on the successful defense of his doctoral thesis!

We welcome our new master student, Reto Reiter!

New publication: "Isothermal heat flow calorimetry for one-step determination of polymerization heat and rate of poly(acrylic acid) at varying pH"

New publication: "Mechanistic insights into the anion-driven suppression of the initial cement reaction of tricalcium aluminate"

We welcome our new master student, Philipp Urlbauer!

New publication: "In-situ isothermal calorimetry of cement pastes — Unraveling mixer effects, viscous heat dissipation, and heat of hydration"

Olivia won the “Defend your thesis, not your dance moves!” competition at TUMBlue 2025!

We warmly welcome our new master's students, Carolin Lauerburg and Nico Liebl!

New publication: "Citric, tartaric, and succinic acid effects on C3S dissolution and the nucleation kinetics of C-S-H and portlandite"

New publication: "Influence of Polymeric Dispersants on the Dissolution Rate of Tricalcium Silicate and the Nucleation of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate and Portlandite"