MICROCAPSULES AND CONCRETE CONTAINING THE SAME

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14771963

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Microcapsules, for inclusion in concrete, adapted to reduce the area of a defect by at least 45% in said concrete once a quantity of said microcapsules has ruptured, said micro-capsules each comprising: a polymeric shell encapsulating a liquid core, wherein the polymeric shell comprises a substantially impermeable polymer layer and the liquid core comprises carbonatogenic bacterial spores, and optionally bacterial nutrients, dispersed in a liquid medium. Also disclosed is a concrete composition comprising a quantity of such microcapsules, and a method of reducing the area of a defect in concrete.

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UNIVERSITEIT GENTSINT-PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 GENT 9000
DEVAN CHEMICALS NV9600 RONSE-RENAIX

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
DE, BELIE Nele Brakel, BE 2 9
DURKA, Maxime Ronse, BE 3 10
SOENS, Hugo Kaster, BE 3 9
WANG, Jianyun Gent, BE 9 23

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