Durability and Self-Healing Properties of Concrete Materials Under Realistic Conditions
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 1126
Special Issue Editors
Interests: development of advanced materials for the construction sector (self-healing and self-sensing concretes, as well as alkali-activated materials); physical, microstructural, and mechanical characterization of materials; materials aging and decay
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Interests: mechanics of materials and structures; cement-based materials; alkali-activated materials; self-healing concrete; self-sensing concrete; durability; non-destructive testing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Self-healing is an ability known for enhancing the long-term durability of concrete structures by enabling crack repair, thereby reducing maintenance demands over service life and mitigating environmental impacts. Numerous self-healing technologies have been developed over the last two decades and applied to a broad range of cementitious materials, with their performance predominantly evaluated under controlled laboratory conditions. Although such idealized testing environments, often tailored to specific self-healing mechanisms, are effective in demonstrating healing potential, they do not adequately capture the complexity of real exposure conditions. For these reasons, there is a critical need to rigorously assess the robustness, reliability, and effectiveness of self-healing systems under realistic simulated environments and in full-scale practical applications prior to their adoption by the market. Therefore, this Special Issue aims to collect research articles and review papers merging self-healing properties and the durability of concrete structures assessed under realistic conditions.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Self-healing mortar;
- Self-healing concrete;
- Concrete structure durability;
- Realistic simulated conditions;
- Real environmental conditions.
Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Tulliani
Dr. Paola Antonaci
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- self-healing concrete
- self-healing mortar
- durability
- accelerated tests
- realistic environments
- real exposure conditions
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