New Trends in Cement Composite Materials
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: corrosion; concrete; coatings; electrochemichal characterization techniques
Interests: corrosion; coatings; SEM characterization; materials engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Concrete, understood as a cement composite formed by filler, binder, and water, has been a fundamental building material throughout human history. Today, the field of cementitious composites is undergoing a period of rapid development. Global research efforts focus on novel additives, admixtures, and hybrid formulations that redefine the behavior of fresh and hardened concrete, while parallel lines of work explore the replacement of natural aggregates with industrial by-products to preserve resources and reduce waste. Properly engineered, these new composites retain the proven advantages of conventional concrete while offering added value in functionality, sustainability, and performance.
This Special Issue invites high-quality contributions addressing emerging directions in cement composite materials. Topics of interest include functional and multi-performance systems (self-sensing, conductive, or thermally active matrices), low-carbon and circular composites based on calcined clays, alkaline activation or waste valorization, and advanced processing routes such as 3D printing, extrusion, or microstructure tailoring. We also welcome studies on durability-driven design, predictive modeling, bio-inspired strategies, microbial self-healing, and UHPC (Ultra-High-Performance Concrete)/UHPFRC (Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Concrete) hybrids for demanding structural applications.
We encourage the submission of original research papers that expand our understanding of next-generation cement composites and their role in addressing environmental and technological challenges.
Dr. David Álvarez
Prof. Dr. Raul Figueroa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cementitious composites
- sustainable concrete
- waste valorization
- self-sensing materials
- bio-inspired cement systems
- 3D printed concrete
- functional additives
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