Self-Healing Materials and Their Applications

A special issue of Nanomanufacturing (ISSN 2673-687X).

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Self-Healing Structural Materials Laboratory, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 195 251 St. Petersburg, Russia
Interests: glass; self-healing; nanotechnology; corrosion

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Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Nanomanufacturing covers recent developments in the field of self-healing materials and establishes a platform for collecting and exchanging research results to expand and improve the field. The Special Issue will include manuscripts on the following areas: cementitious, polymeric, ceramic, metal, and composite materials. In addition, there will be a discussion on historical issues such as Roman concrete, including research efforts in the field. Coatings with self-healing ability for applications in the transport industry will be discussed, including developments in self-detection, as well as intelligent nano-containers. Advances in modeling self-healing phenomena will highlight the efforts undertaken to understand self-healing processes. Scaling and commercialization applications will also be included in this issue to showcase the developments in the industry. Moreover, new developments in self-healing chemistry (e.g., supramolecular polymer chemistry) and innovations (e. g., self-healing of batteries) are outlined within the issue, which will conclude by remarking on the prospects of the technology discussed.

Prof. Dr. George Kordas
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Keywords

  • self-healing
  • cementitious
  • polymers
  • ceramic
  • metals
  • composite materials
  • containers
  • modeling
  • biomimetics
  • supramolecular
  • applications

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Self-Healing Cement: A Review
by George Kordas
Nanomanufacturing 2023, 3(3), 326-346; https://doi.org/10.3390/nanomanufacturing3030021 - 1 Aug 2023
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The self-healing of cementitious materials can be achieved by precipitation of calcium carbonate through the enzymatic hydrolysis of urea. When a crack appears in cement, the damage can be repaired by allowing bacteria to encounter the water seeping through the crack. This forms [...] Read more.
The self-healing of cementitious materials can be achieved by precipitation of calcium carbonate through the enzymatic hydrolysis of urea. When a crack appears in cement, the damage can be repaired by allowing bacteria to encounter the water seeping through the crack. This forms a calcium carbonate, which heals the cracks. This occurs because microorganisms begin metabolizing and precipitating the mineral, healing the damage caused by the crack. Then, bacteria are incorporated into various containers, which release microorganisms by crushing, leading to the precipitation of calcium carbonate. In addition, this paper references the superabsorbent polymers (SAP) used for self-healing and hybrid organic-inorganic core–shell SAPs, a recently developed, state-of-the-art self-healing technology for cementitious materials. Full article
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