Gel Chemistry and Engineering in Cementitious Materials
A Special Issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861) belonging to the section "Gel Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2027 | Viewed by 42
Editors
2. School of Resources and Safety Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Interests: gel structure; mineral materials; low-carbon slag-based cementious materials; mine backfill; solidification/stabilisation technology; glass ceramics and foamed ceramics
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Interests: low-carbon utilization of mining and metallurgical solid waste; green extraction; gel structure
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cementitious materials are vital to modern engineering, with wide applications in construction, environmental remediation and sustainable infrastructure. Their performance is strongly governed by the formation, structure and evolution of gels, especially calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) and related binding phases. Understanding and controlling gel chemistry is therefore key to improving mechanical performance, durability and sustainability. This Special Issue, Gel Chemistry and Engineering in Cementitious Materials, highlights recent advances in gel formation, structure and function in cement-based systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Hydration mechanisms and gel structure evolution during cementitious reactions
- Multiscale characterization of gel structures
- Relationships between gel evolution and macroscopic properties
- Effects of CO2 mineralization on gel chemistry
- Development of novel cementitious materials such as geopolymers and alkali-activated materials
- Incorporation of gel-forming or gel-modifying materials (e.g., nano-silica) in cementitious systems
Dr. Siqi Zhang
Dr. Xinglan Cui
Dr. Yingliang Zhao
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gel chemistry
- gel structure
- cementitious materials
- multiscale characterization
- CO2 mineralization
- geopolymers
- alkali-activated materials
- hydration reactions
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