Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@conference {3009, title = {Photocatalytic and Smart Asphalt Mixtures: a brief overview}, journal = {IV International Conference on Applications in Optics and Photonics}, year = {2019}, month = {2019-05-31 00:00:00}, address = {Lisbon}, abstract = {Nowadays, there is an increasing concern about the use of less harmful techniques to the environment, and about road safety in Transportation Engineering. Heterogeneous photocatalysis based on the application of semiconductors materials onto asphalt mixtures is a promising technology because it can mitigate air pollution and road accidents. The functionalized asphalt mixtures with photocatalytic capability can degrade pollutants, such as damaging gases and oil/greases over their surface from specific reactions triggered by sunlight photons, providing significant environmental and social benefits. In this communication, a brief review of photocatalysis applied in asphalt mixtures will be presented.
}, keywords = {Asphalt mixtures, multifunctional materials, optical analysis, Photocatalysis, smart materials}, author = {Rocha Segundo, I. and Freitas, E.F. and Landi Jr., S. and Costa, M. F. M. and Carneiro, J. A. O.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt