Biopolymers and Biotech Admixtures for Eco-Efficient Construction Materials. Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering

Table of Contents

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

Authors

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal Principal Investigator, C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal. F.Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho. He holds the Counsellor title of the Portuguese Engineers Association. Authored almost 350 publications some that were cited by Highly Cited authors (SCI h-index>60) and in high impact factor journals like Nature Reviews Mat. (IF=52), Nature Energy (IF=47), Progress in Mater. Science (I.F=24), Physics Reports (IF=20) and Nature Climate Change (I.F=19). Citations received in ISI WoS journals-2819 (h-index=29), citations received in Scopus journals- 3580 (h-index=31). Citations prediction for the year 2029 (around 5.500 citations on WoS, 7.500 on Scopus (already has 7000 MR, h=45) and 16.000 citations on scholar google). Member of the editorial board of 9 international journals, 4 referenced on the Web of Science and three referenced on Scopus. Grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 14 countries, UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, UA.Emirates, Poland and also the EU Commission. Invited reviewer for 133 international journals for which he reviewed so far almost 900 papers. Lead Editor of 19 international books (9 being on the Master Book List of Web of Science). Volodymyr Ivanov Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 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 Tezpur University, India. 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 Department of Structural Engineering, Section of Materials & Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, NL. 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.