Rodrigo Santos

PhD student (CIMPOR grant)

Master Degree in Materials Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico,Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.

Telephone: 21 8418137, Ext: 2137 Room: 5.37 (3rd floor, Civil Engeering Building)

Email-adress: rlsantos@cimpor.pt

Scientific fields

Current research topics include:

• New eco-friendly hydraulic binders with lower Ca content

Patents and Scientific Publications in International Journals

• Dendritic belite based hydraulic binders and methods for their manufacturing; Authors: R. Bayão Horta, Rodrigo L. Santos, J. Pereira, P. Rocha, S. Lebreiro, J. N. Canongia Lopes, R. Colaço. IST DDR 130319, January 2015. PCT/PT2015/000005
• Amorphous low-calcium content silicate hydraulic binders and methods for their manufacturing; Authors: R. Bayão Horta, Rodrigo L. Santos, J. Pereira, P. Rocha, S. Lebreiro, J. N. Canongia Lopes, R. Colaço. IST DDR 130319, January 2015. PCT/PT2015/000006
• Crystallization of niobium germanosilicate glasses; Rodrigo Santos, Luís F. Santos, Rui M. Almeida, Joachim Deubener, Lothar Wondraczek, Journal of Solid State Chemistry 183 (2010), 128-135.
• Optical and spectroscopic properties of Er-doped niobium germanosilicate glasses and glass ceramics; Rodrigo Santos, Luís F. Santos, Rui M. Almeida, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 356 (2010), 2677-2682.
• Vidros Cerâmicos Nanocristalinos Transparentes; Rodrigo Santos, João Bastos, Luís F. Santos, Rui M. Almeida, Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais 21, nº1/2 (2009).
• Microstructural control and hydration of novel micro-dendritic clinkers with CaO-SiO2=1.4; Rodrigo L. Santos, R. Bayão Horta, J. Pereira, T. G. Nunes, P. Rocha, J. N. Canongia Lopes, R. Colaço, Cement and Concrete Research 76 (2015), 212-221.
• From Lime to Silica and Alumina: Systematic Modeling of Cement Clinkers using a General Force-Field, Adilson A. Freitas, Rodrigo L. Santos, R. Colaço, R. Bayao Horta, J. N. Canongia Lopes, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 17 (2015), 18477-18494.