Graphene oxide (GO) was prepared by oxidation

and the intercalation composite of GO/P(AA-AM) was prepared by intercalation polymerization of GO with acrylic acid(AA) and acrylamide (AM). The testing results indicated that GO nanosheets in the GO/P(AA-AM) had smaller size and uniform dispersion. Meanwhile

it is found that GO nanosheets can regulate the cement hydration products to form regular needle-like

rod-like

or polyhedron-like crystal

also ordered microstructure and macrostructure. The cracks and harmful pores in the cement composites have obviously decreased. The compressive and flexural strength have significant increase compared with the control samples. The regulation mechanism of GO nanosheets on cement hydration crystals and the microstructure of cement composites were proposed. It thinks that GO nanosheets with active chemical groups have the promoting and template effects on forming regular shapes of cement hydration crystals. The initial regular crystals play a template role for later formed crystals

and finally form large-volume and regular shape crystals and ordered microstructure and macrostructure by crystals growing.