Recent Advances in Sustainable and Multi-Functional Construction Materials
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 50
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geopolymers; multifunctional construction materials; computational modeling: coupled transport of heat, moisture, and electric charge
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: design/characterization of sustainable building materials: alkali-activated materials (geopolymers); waste utilization in materials design; design/characterization of multifunctional (smart) materials with optimized electrical characteristics; evaluation of new functional properties (self-heating, self-sensing, energy harvesting)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Scientific efforts in civil engineering material science are currently significantly focused on two research areas. The first is the sustainability of the designs of reliable materials that comprise the appropriate selection of input materials with decreased carbon footprints, meaningful utilization of waste materials within the production process, and compliance of the material design with the principles of the circular economy. The second area is the design of advanced materials with new application potentials for modern constructions, such as materials with optimized rheology for 3D-printed constructions or multifunctional materials designed to be doped with various admixtures—electrically conductive and piezoelectric materials (ECM, PM), phase-change materials (PCM), superabsorbent polymers (SAP), or zinc and titanium oxides—ensuring new functions such as self-heating, self-sensing, energy harvesting, indoor climate regulation, self-healing, or photocatalytic/antimicrobial performance.
The Special Issue aims to showcase the latest research and development in sustainable and multifunctional construction materials. We welcome submissions that address the challenges and opportunities related to the design, production, use, and end-of-life management of sustainable construction materials and technologies.
Topics for this Special Issue mainly cover (but are not strictly limited to) the following areas:
- Development and use of SCMs in cementitious materials.
- Development of low-carbon and carbon-free alternative binders and use in cementless materials (alkali-activated materials, geopolymers).
- Design of multifunctional (cementitious/cementless) materials, optimization of material properties using special additives/admixtures, and identification of the percolation threshold for a new material function/property.
- Development of sustainable materials for 3D printing applications and the optimization of material rheology.
- Life-cycle assessment of sustainable/multifunctional construction materials.
- Recycling and reuse of construction materials.
- Sustainable technologies used in construction processes.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Robert Černý
Dr. Fiala Lukáš
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste utilization
- recycled materials
- sustainable material design
- multifunctional materials
- alkali activation
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