• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2021년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.221-222
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• 2021

Bacterial self-healing concrete is known to improve the durability of concrete by preventing the propagation of microcracks. In the literature, bacteria prevent the corrosion of rebar by inhibiting water transfer through crack, but also can promote the corrosion by acting as an ion acceptor in the rust generation mechanism. Therefore in this study, the electrochemical analysis of bio-filmed rebar was conducted to explore the effects of the self-healing bacteria on the bare rebar without cement composite. As a result of the experiment contradicting trends for Ecorr and Icorr occurred and additional experiment will be conducted in various environments to collect data on the mechanism of corrosion of rebar by bacteria.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2022년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.245-246
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• 2022

Recently, research on the self-healing of concrete using bacteria has been actively conducted. The self-healing method using bacteria has a low self-healing rate and the surrounding environment of the fracture site is very important. A previous study to solve this problem involves the manufacture of capsules using 3D printing. Fracture position control was an important topic in 3D printing-based capsules. In this study, to compensate for the shortcomings of existing studies, a capsule capable of selective destruction location control was produced using PDMS-based molds that are not restricted by the environment. Resin capsules were prepared for each part using several molds and a bonding surface was arranged. In order to verify this on the bonding surface, fracture strength and wave unit values were analyzed through a three-way compression experiment. It can be seen that as the curing time increases, the deviation between samples decreases. In addition, through experiments, it was confirmed that the junction surface and wave unit values coincide in all three directions. It can be used for self-healing research using various solutions.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 메틸 셀룰로오스를 기반으로 제작한 박테리아 펠렛을 모르타르에 혼입하였으며, 펠렛 혼입에 따른 모르타르 내부 생존률과 강도, 정수위 투수실험에 의한 균열 치유율을 조사하였다. 펠렛은 복합 배양한 박테리아 포자 분말과 메틸셀룰로오스, PVA 영양소 2종과 물로 이루어져 있으며, 유압 프레스를 통해 압출되어 지름 2mm~길이 3~4mm의 형상을 갖는다. 셀룰로오스 펠렛은 중성 pH에서 팽창하여 박테리아와 영양소를 방출하고, 염기성 환경에서 반응하지 않는 성질을 띄어 시멘트 모르타르 내부 박테리아의 장기 생존률이 증대하는 효과가 있다. 또한 펠렛 혼입 모르타르는 정수위 투수실험을 통한 균열 자기치유 성능이 대조군 모르타르에 비해 현저히 상승하였다. 셀룰로오스 기반 펠렛은 새로운 종류의 박테리아 담체 시스템으로 추후 펠렛 개량 및 최적화로 자기치유 콘크리트 개발에 도움을 줄 것이다.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2018

When manufacturing self-healing concrete using bacteria, nutrients are added to increase the activity of the bacteria. Although many researches have focused on the effects of nutrients containing bacterial healing agent on concrete, few have studied the effects of sole nutrient on self-healing of cement composites. Bacterial nutrients, like commercial chemical admixtures, affect hydration characteristics such as flow, setting, hydration heat, mechanical strength of cement composites and also affect the self healing of cement composites by hydration of unhydrated particles. In this study, effect of the four nutrient commonly used in the existing literature on the hydration characteristics of cement composites by its addition was investigated. Flow, setting time, hydration heat, compressive strength have studied for each nutrients added by 1.5% and 3% of cement weight. Experimental results shows that urea and calcium-nitrate can be used up to 3% without significant detrimental effect on cement composites. Addition of calcium-lactate up to 1.5% show better compressive strength than control, but addition of 3% show almost non-hydration. Yeast extract shows detrimental effects on the composites regardless of the amount added.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2021년도 봄 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.203-204
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• 2021

Bacteria used in self-healing concrete, which arrest the crack, helps increasing the durability is well known. However, the survival and activity of the bacteria are precisely unknown. In this research, to know the bacteria's survival curve on the surface of the cement composite, bacteria's survival curve has been measured by CFU at different curing days. The survival curve of 3 days and 7 days curing does not show the significant differences in their survival tendency. However, the slope of death phase of 7 days curing was steeper than the 3 days of curing. This research was focused on the death phase but for further research, set of interval time will be reduced and observe the lag phase and exponential phase.

• 한국건설순환자원학회논문집
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.569-576
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• 2022

본 연구에서는 유·무기계 자기치유재료를 기반으로 박테리아 펠렛과 고상캡슐을 각각 혼입하여 사용한 하이브리드 자기치유 콘크리트의 치유성능을 조사하였다. 치유성능 평가방법으로 정수위 투수시험을 적용하였으며, 평가지표로 치유율과 등가균열폭에 의해 산출된 치유된 균열폭을 활용하였다. 정수위 투수시험 결과 초기 균열폭이 0.3 mm일 때 MC-BP와 MC-SC의 치유율은 MC와 비교하여 2.1~3.0 %pt 높았으며, 하이브리드 콘크리트의 치유된 균열폭은 0.017~0.018 mm 증가하였다. 결론적으로, 두 가지 치유소재를 함께 사용하더라도 자기치유 성능은 크게 향상되지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.169-179
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• 2012

미생물에 의한 탄산칼슘침전은 생물 화학적으로 풍화, 침식된 시멘트 건축구조물 표면의 미학적 복원 및 수분침투 방지를 목적으로 응용되었다. 이 기술의 두드러진 장점이 보고된 후 유럽과 미국을 중심으로 미생물을 이용한 건축공학적 응용가능성에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어져 왔다. 견고하고 원재료와의 호환성이 뛰어난 이 기술은 다양한 탄산칼슘형성세균의 선별 또는 배양 및 적용방법의 개발로 그 관심이 촉발되었다. 본 총설의 목적은 친환경적 건축소재에 대한 관심이 높아지고 그 필요성이 대두되고 있는 현 시점에서 미생물 탄산칼슘형성 매카니즘과 그 관련 기술들을 검토해 보고자 한다. 본론에선 시멘트 건축물 표면코팅 효과에 대한 방법론적 연구사례들을 조사하였고, 시멘트 구조물의 내구성 증진을 위한 미생물의 첨가에 대한 연구사례들도 함께 살펴보았다. 부가적으로 향후 미생물의 다기능성을 이용한 자기수복 스마트 콘크리트 개발에 대한 개념을 살펴보고 그 미래를 전망하였다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.404-416
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• 2020

Bacteria that are resistant to high temperatures and alkaline environments are essential for the biological repair of damaged concrete. Alkaliphilic and halotolerant Bacillus sp. AK13 was isolated from the rhizosphere of Miscanthus sacchariflorus. Unlike other tested Bacillus species, the AK13 strain grows at pH 13 and withstands 11% (w/v) NaCl. Growth of the AK13 strain at elevated pH without urea promoted calcium carbonate (CaCO₃) formation. Irregular vaterite-like CaCO₃ minerals that were tightly attached to cells were observed using field-emission scanning electron microscopy. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry, confocal laser scanning microscopy, and X-ray diffraction analyses confirmed the presence of CaCO₃ around the cell. Isotope ration mass spectrometry analysis confirmed that the majority of CO₃^2- ions in the CaCO₃ were produced by cellular respiration rather than being derived from atmospheric carbon dioxide. The minerals produced from calcium acetate-added growth medium formed smaller crystals than those formed in calcium lactate-added medium. Strain AK13 appears to heal cracks on mortar specimens when applied as a pelletized spore powder. Alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. AK13 is a promising candidate for self-healing agents in concrete.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권12호
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• pp.1982-1992
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• 2019

The alkaliphilic, calcium carbonate precipitating Bacillus sp. strain AK13 can be utilized in concrete for self-repairing. A statistical experimental design was used to develop an economical medium for its mass cultivation and sporulation. Two types of screening experiment were first conducted to identify substrates that promote the growth of the AK13 strain: the first followed a one-factor-at-a-time factorial design and the second a two-level full factorial design. Based on these screening experiments, barley malt powder and mixed grain powder were identified as the substrates that most effectively promoted the growth of the AK13 strain from a range of 21 agricultural products and by-products. A quadratic statistical model was then constructed using a central composite design and the concentration of the two substrates was optimized. The estimated growth and sporulation of Bacillus sp. strain AK13 in the proposed medium were 3.08 ± 0.38 × 10⁸ and 1.25 ± 0.12 × 10⁸ CFU/ml, respectively, which meant that the proposed low-cost medium was approximately 45 times more effective than the commercial medium in terms of the number of cultivatable bacteria per unit price. The spores were then powdered via a spray-drying process to produce a spore powder with a spore count of 2.0 ± 0.7 × 10⁹ CFU/g. The AK13 spore powder was mixed with cement paste, yeast extract, calcium lactate, and water. The yeast extract and calcium lactate generated the highest CFU/ml for AK13 at a 0.4:0.4 ratio compared to 0.4:0.25 (the original ratio of the B4 medium) and 0.4:0.8. Twenty-eight days after the spores were mixed into the mortar, the number of vegetative cells and spores of the AK13 strain had reached 10⁶ CFU/g within the mortar. Cracks in the mortar under 0.29 mm were healed in 14 days. Calcium carbonate precipitation was observed on the crack surface. The mortar containing the spore powder was thus concluded to be effective in terms of healing micro-cracks.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.540-548
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• 2016

Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (CCP) is a long-standing but re-emerging environmental engineering process for production of self-healing concrete, bioremediation, and long-term storage of CO₂. CCP-capable bacteria, two Bacillus strains (JH3 and JH7) and one Sporosarcina strain (HYO08), were isolated from two samples of concrete and characterized phylogenetically. Calcium carbonate crystals precipitated by the three strains were morphologically distinct according to field emission scanning electron microscopy. Energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry mapping confirmed biomineralization via extracellular calcium carbonate production. The three strains differed in their physiological characteristics: growth at alkali pH and high NaCl concentrations, and urease activity. Sporosarcina sp. HYO08 and Bacillus sp. JH7 were more alkali- and halotolerant, respectively. Analysis of the community from the same concrete samples using barcoded pyrosequencing revealed that the relative abundance of Bacillus and Sporosarcina species was low, which indicated low culturability of other dominant bacteria. This study suggests that calcium carbonate crystals with different properties can be produced by various CCP-capable strains, and other novel isolates await discovery.