Despite concrete being the most prominent building material of the twentieth century, the cultural heritage relevance of concrete buildings and the importance of their preservation is not widely recognized. The European Union project InnovaConcrete’s purpose is to develop nanotechnology-based treatments for concrete preservation and to increase citizen awareness around the importance of concrete-based heritage.
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The work described in this manuscript has been performed under InnovaConcrete EC project, supported by funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Grant Agreement No. 760858. The authors acknowledge the work carried out by the 29 partners of the InnovaConcrete consortium.
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Mosquera, M.J., Zarzuela, R. & Luna, M. Advanced smart materials for preserving concrete heritage buildings. Nat Rev Mater 8, 74–76 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-022-00531-z
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