relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/16941/ title: Self-Healing Nano-Concrete for Futuristic Infrastructures: A Review creator: Shaheen, N. creator: Khushnood, R.A. creator: Musarat, M.A. creator: Alaloul, W.S. description: Spontaneous self-healing is an imperative requisite for sustaining the structural life of cementitious composites substituting the fissures and pores by restricting the ingress of hazardous chemicals. The intrinsic self-healing ability of cementitious composites is inadequate that enforcing the submissions of extrinsic self-healing for imparting resilience, durability and survivability. Profoundly, robust extrinsic self-healing action can be accomplished by arresting the cracks at the nano-level via inhibiting their progression at micro- and macro-levels. The exceptional chemical and physical configuration of nanomaterials facilitates their potential application as self-healing agent for inducing inherent self-healing characteristics inside the cementitious composites at nano-level. These self-healing nano-modificient includes expansive agents, nano-polymers, secondary raw materials, nano-metallic and nano-chemical insertions. However, the applications of these nano-modificent agents are explored in the refining of structural, mechanical and electromechanical properties of concrete, extensively. Owing to development of biological self-healing concrete, a scientific shift has been observed in attaining self-healing at nano-level. In this review, the existing application of nano-modificent agents for imparting self-healing characteristics inside the cementitious systems is discussed in addition to future challenges and prospects. © 2022, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals. publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH date: 2022 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Shaheen, N. and Khushnood, R.A. and Musarat, M.A. and Alaloul, W.S. (2022) Self-Healing Nano-Concrete for Futuristic Infrastructures: A Review. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 47 (4). pp. 5365-5375. ISSN 2193567X relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85123914779&doi=10.1007%2fs13369-022-06562-6&partnerID=40&md5=b9bbbea0f3a38ede0ff93eda675b1786 relation: 10.1007/s13369-022-06562-6 identifier: 10.1007/s13369-022-06562-6