Geopolymers

Geopolymers presents a complex and interdisciplinary study in the fields of physics, chemistry, materials science, and civil engineering on oxide materials based on mineral wastes, known as geopolymers.Considering the ideal requirements for developing eco-friendly materials for industrial applications, this book describes how to design and develop different types of geopolymers that use mineral wastes or natural aluminosilicates as raw materials. It contains advanced knowledge and information regarding geopolymer manufacturing, development, characterization, and applications in soil stabilization, civil engineering, or ceramics.This book is relevant for undergraduate and graduate students conducting fundamental and applied research in the fields of materials engineering, ceramics engineering, and water processing.

Petrica Vizureanu, Ph.D., is a professor and researcher at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania. He has over 30 years of experience. In 1999, he earned his doctorate in Materials Science and Engineering. Since 2010, he has been a Ph.D. Supervisor in Materials Engineering. He has written over 200 publications with 190 articles indexed in ISI Web of Science. He has experience in the field of composite materials, ceramic materials, insulating materials, and optimization of materials characteristics.Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah is a professor at Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP). His areas of expertise are concrete processing and testing, geopolymer concrete, green concrete, composite, ceramic, and polymeric concrete. Between 2005 and April 2021, he was appointed to several positions, including College Principal, Deputy Dean (Students Affair), Dean (Centre of Diploma Studies, Director (Research Management Centre), and Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) from 2020 until May 2021. He was awarded Top Research Malaysia (TRMS) in 2013 and received several awards from international and national organizations based on his geopolymer research. He has research funding and collaboration with King AbdulAziz City Science & Technoloy (KACST), Saudi Arabia; European Commission; University of Plymouth, UK; Liverpool John Moores University, UK; and additional universities from Greece, Poland, Romania, and Indonesia. His has written over 650 journal publications based on Scopus Database (with 37 h-index) and over 35 books with 40 patents of his research product. He has been appointed as a Research Advisor to State University of Makassar Indonesia and Associate Researcher in Technical University of Iasi (TUIASI) & Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM), Bulgaria.Rafiza Abdul Razak is a research fellow at the Centre of Excellence Geopolymer & Green Technology (CEGeoGTech), University of Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP). She is also an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, UniMAP. She has given numerous invited/keynote talks at international conferences including webinar organized by RAEng Frontiers Champion in 2021, that focus on recycled aggregate. She has published 80 papers, including an impact journal, conference and proceeding papers, book chapters, and as main author and co-author with h-index of 19, many of them are related to the field of geopolymer. She also has a granted patent in this field. She was awarded as young scientist UniMAP for two years in row (2017 and 2018) due to achievement of high publications and research awards below 40 years old. She was awarded a winner for "Double Gold Award" and "Special Recognition Award 2019" in Global Women Innovators Network Awards (GWIIN) in London, UK.Dumitru Doru Burduhos Nergiș, Ph.D., Eng. is a materials engineering researcher with many years of experience in the field of geopolymers and