5 new materials for the construction industry in the future

The development of new types of building materials can open up the future of the global construction industry. Here are 5 kinds of interesting building materials can be used for the construction industry in the future.

 GRAPHENE

Graphene is not a new material, in fact it has been used in the construction. In theory, it’s a excellent building material, since it is extremely light, while the hard than steel and carbon fiber. There are many possibilities, in the future it can be combined with traditional building materials to create a solid structure, more impressive.

However, production of graphene is very difficult so the builders had little chance to use this material in the project. As of now, the national laboratory of the US Oak Ridge just developed a new method for producing graphene, which is a technique using chemical vapor deposition.

Ivan Vlassiouk, the project leader said, this discovery considerably expand the potential applications and the market for graphene. The next step of the project to reduce production costs and expand the applicability of this material to be used widely.

CARBON FIBER BALSA

Balsa wood is known to be an extremely lightweight material but very hard. However, it is difficult to produce it, and therefore higher prices. However, a team of researchers at Harvard University have created a kind of composite materials (composites from two or more different materials) with unmatched light weight strength that is hard to replace it.

The end result a product with the ability to completely replace the balsa wood. Not only cheaper, but it also eliminates the problem that conventional wood structures with irregular particles and difficult to use in the precise texture.

GREEN CONCRETE

Develop new building materials not only make them more intense or lighter but also make them more environmentally friendly. A research team from University Teknologi MARA to Malaysia can create a type of building materials to achieve this, with their invention of what they call “green concrete”.

They use conventional aggregate for concrete mixed with suitable waste and recycled materials to create a friendly materials with the environment, while ensuring quality as conventional concrete. Some materials used include fly ash, concrete aggregate and aluminum can recycling fibers.

SYNTHETIC SPIDER SILK

Spider silk is one of the most impressive material natural world, with extremely high reliability. Researchers have long wanted to create a synthetic version like silk, but how to create a material with similar properties remained a mystery until now.

A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used 3D printing techniques to create fake spider to learn more about their structure. They believe this is the next step towards a synthetic version.

 

IMPROVED WOOD

Research from the University of Warwick and Cambridge made new discoveries about the molecular structure of wood. This could open up new applications for manufacturers of building materials to create an improved version of wood. One of the common building material in the world.

Professor Paul Dupree said Cambridge University, an important step in understanding the molecular architecture of the cell walls of plants will affect the development of renewable plant materials, energy, and for the construction.

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