Nanotechnology for Civil Infrastructure

Nanotechnology for Civil Infrastructure: Innovation and Eco-efficiency of Nanostructured Cement-Based Materials explores recent innovations in civil infrastructure materials developed through nanotechnology. The book covers cementitious materials containing nanomaterials, covering their design, characterization and applications. The book also covers the possibilities to optimize properties such as rheological properties, mechanical strength, durability and resistance to aggressive environments and loads, and eco-efficiency. Final sections explore the integration of nanomaterials in cement mixtures that lead to nanocomposites with novel properties, such as self-healing, self-sensing, and self-cleaning, and featured applications in civil infrastructure.

Autorentext
Kamal H. Khayat is the Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering and interim Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at Missouri S&T. He has authored nearly 500 papers in the field of cement-based materials. He serves on several technical committees including the Board of Direction and Technical Advisory Committee of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and editorial boards of leading technical journals. Weina Meng is an Assistant Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She has published 40 papers on top journals in the field of nano materials in cementitious composites and served in multiple committees of the American Concrete Institute (ACI), such as ACI 236 Materials Science, 239 Ultra-high-performance Concrete, and 241 Nanotechnology of Concrete.

Inhalt

1. Introduction
   
   2. Modification of nanomaterials for nano-structured cement-based materials
   3. Cement-based nano-engineered materials for ecoefficiency
   4. Design, mechanism, and performance of cement-based materials with zero-dimensional nanomaterials
   5. Design, mechanism, and performance of cement-based materials with 1D nanomaterials
   6. Design, performance, and mechanism of cement-based materials with 2D nanomaterials
   7. Use of nanomaterials in geopolymers
   8. Nano-TiO2-engineered cementitious materials with self-cleaning properties