Asphalt Interface Engineering and Advanced Functional Coatings for Sustainable Pavements
A Special Issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2026 | Viewed by 2035
Editors
Interests: magnesium-based cementitious materials; solid waste resource utilization; functional modification of building materials; pavement materials and mechanical behavior
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Interests: functional modification of building materials; functional conversion and utilization of solid wastes; finite element calculation of infrastructure structures; damage mechanics
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Interests: asphalt interface engineering; functional and protective coatings for pavements; self-healing asphalt materials; induction heating and conductive fillers; interlayer bonding and durability; data-driven modeling of pavement materials; sustainable pavement materials
Interests: ocean engineering; disaster prevention and mitigation engineering; solid–liquid interface dynamic coupling; development of marine structure coatings
Interests: green and low-carbon road engineering materials; research on multiscale performance of pavement materials; lifecycle economic and environmental benefit analysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Asphalt pavements serve as the backbone of global transportation infrastructure, widely applied in highways, municipal roads, and airport runways due to their excellent ride comfort and construction efficiency. However, during long-term service, they are constantly subjected to complex environmental stresses (e.g., UV radiation, thermal oxidation, freeze–thaw cycles) and repeated traffic loads, which easily trigger interfacial failures and surface deterioration. Notably, the performance and durability of asphalt pavements are largely determined by the behaviors of critical interfaces (such as asphalt–aggregate, asphalt–coating interfaces) and the effectiveness of surface protection measures; poor interfacial adhesion often leads to distresses like stripping and cracking, while inadequate surface protection accelerates asphalt aging and corrosion, significantly shortening service life and increasing maintenance costs. To meet the global demand for sustainable, high-performance transportation infrastructure, interface engineering (e.g., aggregate surface modification, compatibilizer addition to regulate interfacial compatibility and adhesion) and advanced functional coatings (e.g., antiaging, anticorrosion, antislip types) have emerged as core solutions. Aligned with Coatings’s focus on interface science and functional coatings, this Special Issue provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers and engineers from road materials, interface chemistry, civil engineering, and related fields to present their innovative findings on asphalt interface engineering and coating technologies. It covers full-chain studies from the exploration of interfacial mechanisms and innovation of regulation technologies to the development of functional coatings and engineering application verification, aiming to promote technological innovation and advance the development of sustainable, long-lasting asphalt pavements.
In particular, the topics of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Asphalt interfacial mechanism and characterization;
- Asphalt interfacial regulation technologies;
- Advanced functional coatings for asphalt pavements;
- Durability of asphalt interfaces and coatings.
Dr. Peng Yin
Prof. Dr. Baofeng Pan
Guest Editors
Dr. Xiangqian Ye
Dr. Zeyang Zhou
Dr. Xiujie Quan
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- asphalt interface engineering
- functional coatings
- interfacial regulation
- pavement durability
- sustainable pavements
- surface modification
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