Selection of Nutrient Used in Biogenic Healing Agent for Cementitious Materials

Biogenic self-healing cementitious materials target on the closure of micro-cracks with precipitated inorganic minerals originating from bacterial metabolic activity. Dormant bacterial spores and organic mineral compounds often constitute a biogenic healing agent. The current paper focuses on the in...

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Main Authors: Eirini Tziviloglou, Virginie Wiktor, Henk M. Jonkers, Erik Schlangen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Materials
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2017.00015/full