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SUBMITTER: Menon RR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375922 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20190214 1
Concrete is susceptible to cracking owing to drying shrinkage, freeze-thaw cycles, delayed ettringite formation, reinforcement corrosion, creep and fatigue, etc. Continuous inspection and maintenance of concrete infrastructure require onerous labor and high costs. If the damaging cracks can heal by themselves without any human interference or intervention, that could be of great attraction. In this study, a novel self-healing approach is investigated, in which fungi are applied to heal cracks in ...[more]