Self-healing is recognized as a promising technique for increasing the durability of concrete
structures by healing cracks, thereby reducing the need for maintenance activities over the …

During the last decade, self-healing of concrete has attracted so much attention in the
research community as a promising tool toward more durable and sustainable …

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 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 …

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

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 …

Triggered by newly formed defects (such as cracks) in the host materials, self-healing
systems have the ability to effect healing automatically and thereby delay or prevent …

This article introduces the concept of self-healing concrete for sustainable infrastructure
through reduction of maintenance and repair in the use phase. To realize this goal, self …

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 …

Cementitious materials are the most frequently used building materials globally, with a wide
range of applications and increasing demand. The concrete possesses a few limitations …