Nano-Enabled Approaches for Sustainable Development of the Construction Industry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 3298
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microbial cell fermentation, self-healing concretes; sustainable development of concrete structures; self-healing of recycled aggregates; environmental remediation; microbial self-repair of concrete cracks
Interests: manufactured nano-objects; self-healing concrete; carbon footprints; nanobiotechnology; recycled aggregates; nanobiochemistry
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Interests: advanced cement-based materials, including microbial self-healing concrete, nano-modified cementitious materials, protection of reinforced concrete from corrosion, design and application of high performance concrete
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Concrete annual consumption reaches up to 30 billion tonnes, outpaces any other material, and worldwide demand is ever-growing. With such extensive consumption, aggressive research efforts are required to maximize concrete's sustainability and limit the environmental burden. Nanotechnology has recently emerged as a transformative technology that offers inexpensive, safe, efficient, and sustainable options for developing concrete structures by increasing the tensile strength and workability of self-healing concretes. Recent involvement of manufactured nano-objects (MNOs) in self-healing concrete is probably an important breakthrough in the construction industry that has greatly improved the strength of cement-based materials. However, self-healing potential on deep surface and methods to evaluate calcium carbonate precipitation in self-healing specimen remains poorly understood. There is an urgent need to develop next-generation nano-bio-induced self-healing concrete structures. Aiming to explore this window further and enhance the safe application of MNOs in the construction industry, we invite submissions of novel and original papers and reviews to this SI covering (but not limited to) the following topics:
- Nanobiotechnology approaches for the production of nano-bio concrete.
- Impact of MNOs on strength and workability of concrete structures.
- Mechanistic insights into MNOs interactions with self-healing agents such as bacteria etc.
- Methods related to the estimation of self-healing potential of concrete.
- Elucidate the strength and weaknesses related to the field applicability of nano-bio concrete.
- Potential toxicological impacts and public health issues from emerging nano-bio concretes.
- Insights into the regulation and governance of nano-bio concrete.
- Other related topics.
Prof. Dr. Xu Deng
Dr. Muhammad Arslan Ahmad
Dr. Jing Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- manufactured nano-objects
- nanobiotechnology
- self-healing concrete
- environmental footprints
- construction
- sustainable approaches
- novel nano-bio concrete
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