Recent Advances in Smart Materials for the Built Environment / / edited by Cesare Sangiorgi, Filippo Ubertini and Anna Laura Pisello.

• TeilnehmendeR: Sangiorgi, Cesare,; Ubertini, Filippo,; Pisello, Anna Laura,
• Place / Publishing House: Basel : : MDPI,, 2018.; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 212 pages) :; illustrations

The built environment of the future will implement innovative solutions for energy efficiency, self-monitoring infrastructures, and self-healing strategies, just to mention the most promising smart material technologies that will most likely assume a pivotal importance in the future. This book is a result of a very multidisciplinary effort aimed at driving the scientific progress of the constructions of the future. The works included in this book concern new materials and coatings for cultural heritage preservation, environmentally sustainable concretes and paving material components, self-healing, and durability strategies.

Table of Contents

About the Special Issue Editors. vii. Preface to "Recent Advances in Smart Materials for the Built Environment" ix.Branko Savija Smart Crack Control in Concrete through Use of Phase Change Materials (PCMs): A Review Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 654, doi:10.3390/ma11050654. 1. Claudia Fabiani, Anna Laura Pisello, Antonella D'Alessandro, Filippo Ubertini, Luisa F. Cabeza and Franco Cotana Effect of PCM on the Hydration Process of Cement-Based Mixtures: A Novel Thermo-Mechanical Investigation Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, , doi:10.3390/ma11060871. 2. Anabel Palacios, Alvaro De Gracia, Laia Haurie, Luisa F. Cabeza, A. Ines Fernandez and Camila Barreneche Study of the Thermal Properties and the Fire Performance of Flame Retardant-Organic PCM in Bulk Form Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 117, doi:10.3390/ma11010117. 49. Xiangming Zhou, Gediminas Kastiukas, Claudio Lantieri, Piergiorgio Tataranni, Rosolino Vaiana and Cesare Sangiorgi Mechanical and Thermal Performance of Macro-Encapsulated Phase Change Materials for Pavement Application Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 1398, doi:10.3390/ma11081398. 61. Piergiorgio Tataranni, Giulia Maria Besemer, Villiam Bortolotti and Cesare Sangiorgi Preliminary Research on the Physical and Mechanical Properties of Alternative Lightweight Aggregates Produced by Alkali-Activation of Waste Powders Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 1255, doi:10.3390/ma11071255. 79. Marta Vila-Cortavitarte, Daniel Jato-Espino, Daniel Castro-Fresno and Miguel A. Calzada-Perez Self-Healing Capacity of Asphalt Mixtures Including By-Products Both as Aggregates and Heating InductorsReprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 800, doi:10.3390/ma11050800. 96. Dessi A. Koleva An Innovative Approach to Control Steel Reinforcement Corrosion by Self-Healing Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 309, doi:10.3390/ma11020309. 110. Leyang Lv, Erik Schlangen and Feng XingSelf-Sealing Cementitious Materials by Using Water-Swelling Rubber Particles Reprinted from: Materials 2017, 10, 979, doi:10.3390/ma10080979. 136. Marcin Gorski, Rafał Krzywon and Magdalena Borodenko Development of Self-Sensing Textile Strengthening System Based on High-StrengthCarbon Fiber Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 2062, doi:10.3390/ma11102062. 150.v Serena Andreotti, Elisa Franzoni and Paola Fabbri Poly(hydroxyalkanoate)s-Based Hydrophobic Coatings for the Protection of Stone in Cultural Heritage Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 165, doi:10.3390/ma11010165. 160. Anna Al Sabouni-Zawadzka and Wojciech Gilewski Smart Metamaterial Based on the Simplex Tensegrity Pattern Reprinted from: Materials 2018, 11, 673, doi:10.3390/ma11050673. 186.