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H2020Doctoral network2015–2018

NanoHeal · Nano-tailoring organo-mineral materials - Controlling strength and healing with organic molecules in mineral interfaces

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2015-01-01 → 2018-12-31
EU contribution
€4,103,573
Participants
7
Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN

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Results in brief

Nano-tailoring organo-mineral materials -Controlling strength and healing with organic molecules in mineral interfaces

Natural or artificial, cement materials are of key importance to the society. They play a key role in every aspect of our lives, housing, buildings, transport, etc. Therefore, understanding the strength of man made and natural cement material is a problem of great relevance to the European Society, with huge implications to our environment, monuments and buildings. NanoHeal addresses these scientific, industrial and societal challenges by focusing on the investigation of the strength of cemented aggregate materials like concrete and sedimentary rocks with the following aims: • to develop innovative probes and models for nanoscale processes that open novel perspectives in design and control of organo-mineral materials. • to measure and improve the strength and durability of 1) new man-made cemented materials like “green concrete”, speciality cements in construction and oil and gas recovery, and biocompatible implants and 2) natural sedimentary rocks inside reservoirs and as construction materials • to educate young interdisciplinary researchers at the intersectoral interface between fundamental science and European industry.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Cement production for the construction industry contributes up to 5% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Developing more environmentally friendly concrete requires the assessment of strength for a diverse range of new cement materials. Similar issues arise during the development of biocompatible cements for medical applications. Properties of naturally cemented materials of organic origin are of key importance in the oil industry, with carbonate reservoirs prone to creep, particularly during the injection of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery or permanent storage. However, despite the importance of cement materials to our infrastructure, health and environment, we still lack the fundamental basis for understanding the strength of cemented aggregates. Granular pastes and sediments transform to strong solids through reactions at nano-confined mineral interfaces, where nucleation and growth at the adjacent solid surfaces are affected in a manner not yet understood. There is a need for improved concepts, theories and models. NanoHeal targets this issue by bringing six industrial and six academic groups together in a European Training Network (ETN), in an emerging interdisciplinary field spanning from basic sciences to the corresponding engineering disciplines. NanoHeal will deliver an outstanding environment for training and career development of young researchers. The aims of NanoHeal are to: • develop innovative probes and models for nanoscale processes that open novel perspectives in design and control of organo-mineral materials.• measure and improve the strength and durability of 1) new man-made cemented materials like “green concrete”, speciality cements in construction and oil and gas recovery, and biocompatible implants and 2) natural sedimentary rocks inside reservoirs and as construction materials• educate young interdisciplinary researchers at the interface between fundamental science and European industry.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITETET I OSLO · OsloCoordinatorNorway
  • FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITAET ERLANGEN-NUERNBERG · ErlangenGermany
  • IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET · KOBENHAVNDenmark
  • NORCE RESEARCH AS · BERGENNorway
  • TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · HaifaIsrael
  • UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD · Villeurbanne CedexFrance

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union