Toward self-healing concrete infrastructure: review of experiments and simulations across scales

MT Nguyen, CA Fernandez, MM Haider… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Cement and concrete are vital materials used to construct durable habitats and infrastructure
that withstand natural and human-caused disasters. Still, concrete cracking imposes …

[HTML][HTML] Immobilization of (bio-) healing agents for self-healing concrete technology: Does it really ensure long-term performance?

J Fronczyk, M Janek, M Szeląg, A Pyzik… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
For more than two decades, with steadily increasing intensity, the focus of scientific
research, mainly on the laboratory scale but also in the field conditions, has been the …

The effect of biomolecules on enzyme-induced calcium carbonate precipitation in cementitious materials

E Baffoe, A Ghahremaninezhad - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examined the effect of different proteins on the enzyme-induced calcium
carbonate (EICP) processes in a cement environment. The ability of EICP to bind loosely …

On the interaction between proteins and cracked cementitious surface

E Baffoe, A Ghahremaninezhad - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
While there has been an increasing interest in the area of biocementation for crack healing
in cementitious materials, the role of biomolecules as an important constituent in …

Innovations in pavement design and engineering: A 2023 sustainability review

J Styer, L Tunstall, A Landis, J Grenfell - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Transportation infrastructure is essential to a nation's everyday life and economic activity.
Accordingly, pavement design and engineering are imperative to ensure safe, comfortable …

A full-depth self-healing strategy for cracks in cement-based materials under marine environment

Q Zhan, X Zhang, H Zhao, Y Su - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
The depth of crack self-healing is crucial in advancing self-healing technology in cement-
based materials. An additional challenge arises in marine environments with the infiltration …

Bioconcrete based on sulfate-reducing bacteria granules: cultivation, mechanical properties, and self-healing performance

K Chetty, U Garbe, Z Wang, S Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Using waste-activated sludge as a source for non-axenic sulfate-reducing bacterial (SRB)
granules, this study developed an innovative bioconcrete with 1% and 2% SRB granules …

Design and regulation of engineered bacteria for environmental release

Y Chemla, CJ Sweeney, CA Wozniak, CA Voigt - Nature Microbiology, 2025 - nature.com
Emerging products of biotechnology involve the release of living genetically modified
microbes (GMMs) into the environment. However, regulatory challenges limit their use. So …

A mini review of enzyme-induced calcite precipitation (EICP) technique for eco-friendly bio-cement production

TG Kidanemariam, KA Gebru… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
This paper has presented a mini review of previously published articles dealing with bio-
cement production using enzyme-induced calcite precipitation (EICP) technique. EICP is a …

Weakly cemented similar materials for in-situ desanding research on solid fluidization exploitation of natural gas hydrate

Y Huang, J Du, J Zheng, J Zhao, Y Zhang, B Su… - … for Energy and the …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the process of natural gas hydrate (NGH) trial production by means of solid fluidization
exploitation (SFE) and depressurization, the trial production was interrupted due to severe …