Pavement Materials: Status, Development and Future
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 October 2026 | Viewed by 119
Special Issue Editors
Interests: road material engineering; asphalts; rheology; road maintenance
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Interests: green buildings and transport constructions roads; construction engineering; civil engineering materials; building materials; civil engineering; highway engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainable development of transport infrastructure is closely linked to innovations in road pavements and the materials used. This Special Issue invites authors to submit original research papers that reflect the current state and developmental trends of pavement materials, with a particular focus on their future in the context of sustainability and climate adaptation. It emphasizes sustainable solutions such as the use of recycled and alternative materials, bio-inspired zero-waste solutions, biopolymer modifications, nanotechnology, and innovative environmentally synergistic applications utilizing industrial waste (such as cigarette wastes or paving from recycled plastics). It covers trends including climate-adaptive materials capable of capturing CO2, shape-memory polymers responding to temperature changes, low-temperature production technologies that reduce emissions, and AI/ML models for predicting the long-term performance of layers and pavements constructed from them. These innovations support the circular economy, minimize resource consumption, and enhance adaptation to climate change. The future of pavement materials points toward fully integrated, self-sufficient, and climate-adaptive systems that surpass today’s sustainable solutions. We expect contributions with experimental data, numerical simulations, or field applications. The goal of this Special Issue is to provide a platform for sharing interdisciplinary knowledge from materials, road, and environmental engineering, which will promote the sustainability, efficiency, and resilience of transportation infrastructure in the 21st century, including reductions in noise, dust, and surrounding temperatures.
Dr. Eva Remišová
Prof. Dr. Martin Decký
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pavements
- asphalts
- recycled materials
- advanced materials
- sustainability
- durability
- life-cycle assessment
- industry waste
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