Biopolymers and Biotech Admixtures for Eco-Efficient Construction Materials
Woodhead Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-08-100214-8 (ISBN)
Biopolymers are materials that are developed from natural resources. They reduce dependence on fossil fuels and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. There is a worldwide demand to replace petroleum-based materials with renewable resources.
Currently bio-admixtures represent just a small fraction of the chemical admixtures market (around 20%) but with environmental awareness for constituents in construction materials generally growing (the Construction Products Regulation is being enforced in Europe since 2013), the trend towards bio-admixtures is expected to continue.
This book provides an updated state-of-the-art review on biopolymers and their influence and use as admixtures in the development of eco-efficient construction materials.
Fernando Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC, University of Minho. He holds the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has been consistently recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist in the global rankings by Stanford University. With over 300 publications to his name, he has carried out in-depth peer reviews of more than one thousand scientific papers and assessed nearly one hundred research grant proposals across 15 countries. He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals and has been involved in editorial decisions for several hundred manuscripts. In addition, he has edited 33 international books, many of which are available in the libraries of prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Dr. Volodymyr Ivanov has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience on Environmental, Industrial, and Construction Microbiology and Biotechnology in the universities of Europe, Asia, and USA. He has authored 200 papers, patents, book chapters and 8 monographs. His textbook “Environmental Microbiology for Engineers, Francis & Taylor, 1st (2010) and 2nd (2015) editions, has been adopted for graduate and post-graduate courses in many universities. His research experience includes the supervision and participation in numerous projects on biotechnologies with biofilms and biogranules, microbial transformations of iron, biocementation, bioclogging, bioremediation of soil, and microbiological monitoring of water quality. Niranjan Karak is Professor of Polymer Science and Technology and Head of the Chemical Sciences Department at Tezpur University, India. He has published over 87 research papers, two books and two chapters in two edited books, and also regularly acts as a reviewer for many international polymer journals. Henk Jonkers is a leading researcher and expert on self-healing bio-concrete and the sustainability Chair Leader of the Materials and Environment section in the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
1. Introduction to biopolymers and biotech admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
Section One. Production of biopolymers for eco-efficient construction materials
2. Basic concepts on biopolymers and biotechnological admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
3. Biotechnological production of biopolymers and admixtures for eco-efficient construction materials
4. Life cycle assessment of biopolymers
Section Two. Biopolymers and biotech admixtures in cement and mortars
5. Biotech admixtures for enhancing portland cement hydration
6. Black liquor waste as a cement admixture or cement and concrete admixtures
7. High-performance superplasticizer based on chitosan
8. Microorganism-based bioplasticizer for cementitious materials
9. Fly ash-based geopolymer with kappa-carrageenan biopolymer
Section Three. Biopolymers and biotech admixtures in concrete
10. Biopolymers with superplasticizer properties for concrete
11. Biopolymers with viscosity-enhancing properties for concrete
12. Biotech solutions for concrete repair with enhanced durability
Section Four. Other biopolymer applications
13. Rigid biofoam composites as eco-efficient construction materials
14. Biopolymers for wood preservation
15. Biopolymers for paints and surface coatings
16. Bio-based adhesives
17. Biopolymers as biofilters and biobarriers
18. Biopolymers for superhydrophobic photocatalytic coatings
| Erscheinungsdatum | 26.01.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 640 g |
| Themenwelt | Technik ► Bauwesen |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-08-100214-9 / 0081002149 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-100214-8 / 9780081002148 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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