Surface Biotreatment of Building Materials
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 1690
Special Issue Editors
Interests: earth-based building materials; earth building technologies; waste-based construction materials; artificial pozzolans; low embodied energy binders; building limes; architectural heritage conservation; vernacular construction rehabilitation
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Interests: recycled aggregates; construction and demolition waste; recycled concrete; construction materials; bioinspired approaches; bacterial calcium carbonate precipitation; polyhydroxyalkanoates as surface biotreatment; bioformulation of concrete and mortar
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The surfaces of building materials are subject to weathering, dirt, and abrasion by common use. To amplify the service life of exposed building materials, coatings and surface treatments compatible to the substrate can be applied. Surface coatings and treatments with bio-based products have long been a possibility but have recaptured the attention of researchers and industry in recent years, mainly due to environmental and health-related concerns. Bio-based materials that can be applied directly or used to formulate bioproducts can be remarkably diverse. Natural oils, such as linseed oil, waxes, and other bio-based materials, can be applied directly to treat building material surfaces. Animal fats, plant mucilage, and others can be incorporated in lime putties to improve multifunctionality when used for limewash or to formulate rendering mortars. Recent theoretical and experimental developments have benefited from vernacular practices and resulted in innovative products with multifunctional performance. Such is the case of bioproducts developed from bacteria, enzymes, or biopolymers. Production, availability in terms of packaging and transport to the working site, application technologies, health application concerns for workers and society, testing, compatibility with the substrates, durability under on-site conditions, economical and environmental assessment, and numerical simulations validated by data are all aspects that need further research and dissemination.
Although not closed to other related concepts, this Special Issue will serve as a forum for articles on the following concepts:
- State-of-the-art vernacular and innovative bioproducts and biotreatments applied on building material surfaces;
- Bioproduct production and biotreatment application techniques, considering societal, economic and environmental concerns;
- Specific test methods to assess bioproduct and biotreatment efficiency, surface compatibility, and durability in laboratory and on-site conditions;
- Experimental results of simple to multifunctional biotreatments, exposed to conditions ranging from common to extreme;
- Numerical simulations to predict bio-based coating product properties, performance, durability, and reliability in service environments;
- Environmental assessment of innovative bioproducts for building surfaces, namely in comparison to inorganic ones.
Dr. Paulina Faria
Dr. Julia García-González
Dr. Telma Ribeiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- building surface coating
- bio-based building material
- bioproduct
- compatibility
- ecoefficiency
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