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Justo-Reinoso, Ismael
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- 2023Assessing the potential application of bacteria-based self-healing cementitious materials for enhancing durability of wastewater treatment infrastructurecitations
- 2022Air-entraining admixtures as a protection method for bacterial spores in self-healing cementitious compositescitations
- 2021Compositions for controlling microbially induced concrete corrosion
- 2021Influence of copper-impregnated basic oxygen furnace slag on the fresh- and hardened-state properties of antimicrobial mortarscitations
- 2020Dispersion and effects of metal impregnated granular activated carbon particles on the hydration of antimicrobial mortarscitations
- 2019Use of Sustainable Antimicrobial Aggregates for the In-Situ Inhibition of Biogenic Corrosion on Concrete Sewer Pipes.citations
- 2019Fine aggregate substitution with acidified granular activated carbon influences fresh-state and mechanical properties of ordinary Portland cement mortarscitations
- 2018Fine aggregate substitution by granular activated carbon can improve physical and mechanical properties of cement mortarscitations
- 2018Microstructural Responses of Cementitious Materials to Substitutions with Fine Antimicrobial Aggregates
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Air-entraining admixtures as a protection method for bacterial spores in self-healing cementitious composites
Abstract
<p>Costs associated with the encapsulation process of bacterial spores continue to be a limiting factor for the commercialisation of self-healing cementitious materials. The feasibility of using air-entraining admixtures (AEAs) as an economical and straightforward encapsulation method for bacterial spores was evaluated to heal cracks (∼0.50 mm) that were formed at an early (28 days) or later age (9 months). Three AEAs, commonly used in concrete industry, were compared to a successfully proven protection method (i.e., via aerated concrete granules (ACGs)). In this regard, only one of the three AEAs investigated improved the healing performance when compared to an equivalent mix using bacterial spores encapsulated in ACGs. Healing ratios obtained with this successful AEA were 59.6% and 46.2% higher than the results observed for the ACGs-containing mix when the cracking age was 28 days and 9 months, respectively. Moreover, water penetration resistance was increased by 18.1% or presented very similar values (∼84%) after 56 days of healing for early or later-formed cracks, respectively. Moreover, a simple cost analysis was conducted to confirm the significant economic benefits of using AEAs to protect directly added bacterial spores. In this regard, the cost of using AEAs is about 13 times lower than for ACGs. Therefore, this study provides for the first time, evidence of the feasibility of using AEAs to protect bacterial spores, opening the doors to the development of bespoke AEAs to design cost-efficient self-healing cementitious materials.</p>