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Detection of moisture ingress is important in the structural monitoring of concrete. This paper presents a novel sensing technique using a smart antenna for the non-destructive evaluation of moisture content and deterioration inspection in concrete blocks. Two different standard concrete samples (United Kingdom and Malaysia) were investigated in this research. An electromagnetic (EM) sensor was designed and embedded inside the concrete to detect the moisture content within the structure. In addition, CST microwave studio was used to validate the theoretical model of the EM sensor against the test data. The results demonstrated that the EM sensor at 2.45 GHz is capable of detecting the moisture content in the concrete with linear regression of R2 = 0.9752. Furthermore, identification of different mix ratios of concrete were successfully demonstrated in this paper. In conclusion, the EM sensor is capable of detecting moisture content non-destructively and could be a potential technique for maintenance and quality control of the building performance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19030547","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,29]],"date-time":"2019-01-29T03:40:55Z","timestamp":1548733255000},"page":"547","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":77,"title":["Embedded Smart Antenna for Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&amp;E) of Moisture Content and Deterioration in Concrete"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3326-6289","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kah","family":"Teng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Built Environment &amp; Sustainable Technology (BEST) Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5526-7536","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patryk","family":"Kot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Built Environment &amp; Sustainable Technology (BEST) Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5526-632X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Magomed","family":"Muradov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sensor City Liverpool Limited, Liverpool L3 5LJ, UK"}]},{"given":"Andy","family":"Shaw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Built Environment &amp; Sustainable Technology (BEST) Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK"}]},{"given":"Khalid","family":"Hashim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Built Environment &amp; Sustainable Technology (BEST) Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK"}]},{"given":"Michaela","family":"Gkantou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Built Environment &amp; Sustainable Technology (BEST) Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK"}]},{"given":"Ahmed","family":"Al-Shamma\u2019a","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Built Environment &amp; Sustainable Technology (BEST) Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering &amp; Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"324","DOI":"10.1177\/1475921716653278","article-title":"Applications of structural health monitoring technology in Asia","volume":"16","author":"Annamdas","year":"2017","journal-title":"Struct. 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