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Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 371927, 8 pages doi:10.1155/2012/371927 Research Article Challenges and Benefits of Utilizing Carbon Nanofilaments in Cementitious Materials Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh, Zachary Grasley, Bryan Tyson, and Rashid Abu Al-Rub Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas AM University, CE/TTI 503-C, 3136 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3136, USA Correspondence should be addressed to Zachary Grasley, zgrasley@ Received 14 January 2012; Accepted 18 April 2012 Academic Editor: Tong Lin Copyright © 2012 Ardavan Yazdanbakhsh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Carbon nanofibers/tubes (CNF/Ts) are very strong and stiff and as a result, are expected to be capable of enhancing the mechanical properties of cementitious materials significantly. Yet there are practical issues concerning the utilization of CNF/Ts in cementitious materials. This study summarizes some of the past efforts made by different investigators for utilizing carbon nanofilaments in cementitious materials and also reports recent experimental research performed by the authors on the mechanical properties of CNF-reinforced hardened cement paste. The major difficulties concerning the utilization of CNF/Ts in cementitious materials are introduced and discussed. Most of these difficulties are related to the poor dispersibility of CNF/Ts. However, the findings from the research presented in this work indicate that, despite these difficulties, carbon nanofilaments can significantly improve the mechanical properties of cementitious materials. The results show that CNFs, eve