The increasing concern for safety and sustainability of structures is calling for the
development of smart self‐healing materials and preventive repair methods. The …

Introduction The vast increase in CO2 and waste generation in recent decades has been a
major obstacle to sustainable development and sustainability. In construction industry, the …

The use of recycled powder (RP) as a green raw material to prepare alkali-activated
materials provides a promising approach for the sustainable utilization of construction waste …

Heuristically known at least since the first half of XIX century, the self-healing capacity of
cement-based materials has been receiving keen attention from the civil engineering …

Concrete is a material that is widely used in the construction market due to its availability
and cost, although it is prone to fracture formation. Therefore, there has been a surge in …

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 …

The application of micro-/nano-capsules in construction industries has been rising over the
past decade. Polyurea with tunable chemical and morphological structure are of interesting …

Concrete is a widely used material in the construction industry due to its affordability and
availability; however, it is also sensitive to crack formation typically under tension stresses …

Despite cement's superior performance and inexpensive cost compared to other industrial
materials, crack development remains a persistent problem in concrete. Given the …

Materials for Life (M4L) was a 3 year, EPSRC funded, research project carried out by the
Universities of Cardiff, Bath and Cambridge to investigate the development of self-healing …