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First UK field application and performance of microcapsule-based self-healing concrete
Al-Tabbaa, A.; Litina, C.; Giannaros, P.; Kanellopoulos, Antonios; Souza, Livia (2019-05-30)Maintaining the health and reliability of our infrastructure is of strategic importance. The current state of the UK infrastructure, and the associated huge costs of inspection, maintenance, repair and eventual replacement, ... -
Polymeric microcapsules with switchable mechanical properties for self-healing concrete : Synthesis, characterisation and proof of concept
Kanellopoulos, A.; Giannaros, P.; Palmer, D. W.; Kerr, Maeve A.; Al-Tabbaa, A. (2017-03-14)Microcapsules, with sodium silicate solution as core, were produced using complex coacervation in a double, oil-in-water-in oil, emulsion system. The shell material was a gelatin-acacia gum crosslinked coacervate and the ...