Laura Mascheretti

Ms. Laura Mascheretti


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 May 2024 in Materials
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Paola Gallo StampinoPaola Gallo Stampino
Paola Gallo Stampino
LCLetizia Ceccarelli
Letizia Ceccarelli
MCMarco Caruso
Marco Caruso
LMLaura Mascheretti
Laura Mascheretti
Giovanni DotelliGiovanni Dotelli
Giovanni Dotelli
SSSergio Sabbadini
Sergio Sabbadini
A central debate is the improvement in the mechanical and water resistance of sustainable earthen architecture without additives or stabilizers. This innovative work aims to test the effects of a graphene-based additive, optimized for the improvement in concrete properties, on the strength and water resistance of raw-earth plasters without any stabilizer other than sand. Given the heterogeneous nature of raw earth, three different soils were tested by adding three increasing graphene-based additive contents (0.01, 0.05 and 0.1 wt% of the earth–sand proportion). The link between soil intrinsic properties, i.e., geotechnical and mineralogical properties, and their interaction with the additive were investigated through geotechnical characterization, as well as mineralogical characterization, by XRD and ATR-FTIR analyses. The experimental tests carried out focused on the adhesion properties of the twelve different plasters on standard hollow bricks and on their interaction with water through capillary rise tests and erosion resistance tests. Conclusion from the experimental tests suggests that the graphene-based additive in earth plasters, by increasing the cohesion of the mixture, improves their adhesion performance.