NACNet: New Applications for Cement-type materials Network - Cementing the Future

提出了一个新的跨部门网络，目的是在建筑部门之外发现水泥和相关材料（CTMs）的新颖、高价值应用。它将促进跨学科研究合作，监测和传播物理、生物医学、社会和工程科学方面的相关进展，并与工业伙伴合作开发新产品。产出将包括最新的报告、战略讨论文件和可行性研究。该网络将通过一系列研讨会、专题讨论会、合作者访问和暑期学校来运作。利益相关者将来自CTM的科学家和工程师、前沿科学学科和创新的工业合作伙伴，同时将与科学/工程机构、媒体组织和公众建立积极的联系。在资助期内，该网络将由Phil Purnell博士管理，随着网络的自我维持，日常管理的责任将转移给专门的博士后工作人员。在该文件中，介绍了水泥型材料，并审查了其在建筑部门以外的萌芽“功能”用途，例如核废料的固定化及其各种医疗用途。一些推测的应用，如弹道防护和可持续制冷，随着实现其潜力所需的跨学科科学的发展而进步。然后解释该网络的目标、产出、机制、利益相关者和管理，并详细说明其与受益人的关系。

A new cross-sector network is proposed with the aim of discovering novel, high-value applications for cements and related materials (CTMs) outside the construction sector. It will promote interdisciplinary research collaborations, monitor and disseminate relevant advances in physical, biomedical, social and engineering sciences and work with industrial partners to develop new products. Outputs will include state-of-the-art reports, strategic discussion documents, and feasibility studies. The network will operate via a series of workshops, symposia, collaborator visits and summer schools. Stakeholders will be drawn from CTM scientists and engineers, cutting edge scientific disciplines and innovative industrial partners, while proactive links will be established with scientific/engineering institutions, media organisations and the general public. The network will be managed by Dr Phil Purnell during the funding period, with responsibility for day-to-day management transferring to dedicated post-doctoral staff as the network becomes self-sustaining. In the document, cement-type materials are introduced and their embryonic 'functional' uses outside the construction sector are reviewed, such as immobilisation of nuclear waste and their varied medical uses. Some speculative applications, such as ballistic protection and sustainable refrigeration, are advanced along with the interdisciplinary science required to realise their potential. The aims, outputs, mechanisms, stakeholders and management of the network are then explained and the relevance to beneficiaries detailed.