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Haradhan Kolya and Chun-Won Kang
Face masks have become an essential commodity during the COVID-19 pandemic, and their use rises daily. Excessive face mask use will likely continue to combat the virus and bacterial impacts in the long term. Afterward, used face masks are hazardous to th...
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Rehab R. S. Ali, Ibrahim N. Nassar, Ahmed Ghallab, Esmat F. Ali, Ahmad I. Alqubaie, Mostafa M. Rady and Ahmed A. M. Awad
Water deficit is one of the major limiting factors of seed crop germination and productivity. Consequently, superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) are among several technologies that enhance water use efficiency, leading to worthy seed germination. The objective...
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Didier Snoeck
Cement-based materials are the most widely used construction materials in the world for infrastructure works. Unfortunately, they come with a high environmental burden due to carbon dioxide emissions and the need for regular maintenance and repairs. With...
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Jindrich Melichar, Nikol ?i?ková, Jirí Bro?ovský, Lenka Mészárosová and Radek Hermann
The use of superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in construction is a relatively new trend, and not a completely explored area. However, SAP itself has been on the market for over 80 years. SAPs have a cross-linked three-dimensional structure, thanks to which th...
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Jeongyeon Choi and Heekyung Jeon
This study focused on the manufacturing of functional superabsorbent sponges using natural polymers. An alginate/CMC-embedded dextran hybrid dual-layer formulation was prepared using the freeze-drying method. The physical properties of the formulation we...
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Zhenming Li, Xingliang Yao, Yun Chen, Tianshi Lu and Guang Ye
Alkali-activated slag and fly ash (AASF) materials are emerging as promising alternatives to conventional Portland cement. Despite the superior mechanical properties of AASF materials, they are known to show large autogenous shrinkage, which hinders the ...
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Marin Micutz, Rodica Mihaela Lungu, Viorel Circu, Monica Ilis and Teodora Staicu
Hydrogels containing both carboxyl and hydroxyl functional groups have been prepared by ?-irradiation of either aqueous solutions of acrylic acid (AA) and mixtures of AA and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) in different ratios, or aqueous solutions of ...
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Bart Craeye, Geert Cockaerts and Patricia Kara De Maeijer
The scope of the paper is to report an investigation on durability of infrastructure concrete for roads and bridges by creating a size and shape-designed pore systems in concrete in order to improve it, especially in terms of freeze?thaw resistance. By m...
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