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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2017
Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Ximin He, Tempe, AZ (US);
Edward Kavazanjian, Tempe, AZ (US);
Nasser Hamdan, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Zhi Zhao, Mesa, AZ (US);
Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Abstract
A soil stabilization method of forming an admixture of at least one hydrogel precursor and urease enzyme, and contacting at least a portion of the admixture with soil, and forming a hydrogel network in-situ within at least a portion of the soil, wherein at least a portion of the hydrogel network includes in-situ precipitated calcium carbonate. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the hydrogel network is formed in-situ by polymerizing the at least one hydrogel precursor in the presence of the urease enzyme.