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Electrical installations running through masonry walls: developing waste generation indicators for environmental performance analysis

Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais, 2022
Waste generation is one of the most relevant environmental aspects of the construction industry. About 47 million tons of construction and demolition waste are collected annually by Brazilian municipalities.
Luna Ollin Steffen, Charles Jaster de Oliveira, Annelise Nairne Schamne, André Nagalli   +3 more
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Magnesium‐Based Transient Bioelectronics, Bio‐Optics and Bio‐Scaffolds

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This paper reviews the state of the art and recent advances in magnesium‐based thin‐film, foils, and scaffolds for applications in transient bio‐optics, bioelectronics and tissue engineering. The design principles, fabrication methods, material properties, and integration strategies are discussed in detail.
Massimo Mariello, Yves Leterrier
wiley   +1 more source

BIM-driven digital twin for demolition waste management of existing residential buildings

Scientific Reports
With the accelerated development of urbanisation, the construction industry has significantly contributed to environmental degradation due to its substantial energy consumption and construction and demolition (C&D) waste generation.
Sakdirat Kaewunruen, Yi-Hsuan Lin, Yuxin Guo   +2 more
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Sustainable waste management in the construction industry

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities
The sustainability of the construction industry largely depends on effective waste management practices throughout both construction and demolition processes.
Hafsa Shajidha, Md Maruf Mortula
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Chemically Fueled Systems Chemistry Across Length Scales

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Chemically fueled reaction cycles regulate processes through single and multiple catalytic sites on the molecular and assembly scale. This gives rise to unique kinetically controlled properties/functions like spatio‐temporal catalysis, oscillations, optical properties, and perform work.
Brigitte A. K. Kriebisch, Job Boekhoven
wiley   +1 more source

Polymer Substrates for Flexible Sensors: Advances and Contributions to Smart Agriculture

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review comprehensively summarizes recent advances in polymer‐based flexible sensors for smart agriculture, focusing on polymer substrate design, interface engineering, and applications in soil, plant, animal, aquaculture, and post‐harvest monitoring.
Yihui Li, Zhangzheng Xiao, Zheng Yan, Adnan Raza Altaf, Qun Song, Dingding Yao, Afshan Sohail, Yixin Wang, Wenxiu Ma, Shanjun Li, Yaohui Chen, Peiwen Liu, Kai Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leachate of Demolition Waste

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
Demolition waste contains not only non-hazardous and uncontaminated material but also consists a small fraction of residual hazardous materials that need to be separated, processed or disposed of.
Devia Yatnanta Padma, Suryo Eko Andi
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Reconfigurable Au Nanoparticle Monolayers on Regenerated Cellulose Hydrogels: Highly Sensitive SERS Detection of Polystyrene Micro/Nanoplastics With Interpretable Deep Learning

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A regenerated cellulose (RC) hydrogel‐based SERS substrate integrating a Marangoni‐transferred gold nanoparticle self‐assembled monolayer (Au‐SAM) is fabricated. Reswelling‐induced hotspot formation enhances polystyrene micro/nanoplastics (PS MNPs) detection in complex matrices, providing reproducible, high‐throughput SERS signals across diverse ...
Youngho Jeon, Yu‐Jin Jeon, Suji Lee, Jeseong Kim, Dae‐Hyun Jung, Jungmok You   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles offer unique properties like high surface area, tunable pores, and functionalization. They excel in drug delivery, tissue engineering, and stimuli‐responsive therapies, enabling targeted and controlled treatments. With roles in cancer therapy and diagnostics, their clinical translation requires addressing challenges in ...
Miguel Manzano, María Vallet‐Regí
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Aspects of Demolition: Challenges and Prospects—A Case Study in the Municipality of Caivano (Campania, Italy)

Buildings
The end-of-life phase of a building, which includes demolition and waste disposal, represents a crucial aspect of sustainable construction. In Europe, construction and demolition (C&D) waste accounts for approximately 40% of the total waste generated in ...
Daniela Menna, Fabrizio Battisti, Chiara Chioccarelli, Fabiana Forte, Giorgio Frunzio   +4 more
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