Advanced Materials Research in Construction Engineering
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Construction and Building Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: self-healing technology; hybrid capsules; smart city infrastructure; self-consolidating concrete; Biological Panel; Ultrasonic testing; cementitious; Rheology; Lightweight concrete
Interests: smart construction materials, high-performance concrete, and eco-friendly building materials, smart city technologies, ESG materials, construction technology leveraging AIoT, self-healing technology; hybrid capsules, Biological Panel
Special Issue Information
The construction industry is facing challenges such as environmental changes, advanced infrastructure demands, and securing sustainability, and one of the key technologies to solve these problems is "Advanced Materials Research in Construction Engineering."
Advanced materials Research in Construction Engineering have the potential to overcome the limitations of existing materials and simultaneously improve the performance, durability, constructability, environmental friendliness, and economic efficiency of structures.
To achieve these goals, technology is needed that can self-diagnose and repair cracks and damages that occur in concrete structures, and for carbon neutrality, technology that can replace cement, a major material in construction sites, in large quantities is needed. Cement emits about 0.7 to 0.8 tons of carbon dioxide when producing 1 ton, and technology that can drastically reduce this is needed.
And resource recycling technology such as waste concrete and waste plastic as construction materials is important in terms of resource circulation and environmental protection.
The aim of the Special Issue is to provide an opportunity for representatives of the academic sector and industry to publish results related to the development and investigations of Advanced Materials Research in Construction Engineering that offer promising solutions to future Advanced Materials Research.
We are pleased to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue.
Dr. Yong Jic Kim
Dr. Sung Rok Oh
Prof. Dr. Yun Wang Choi
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- advanced materials
- self-healing technology
- self-consolidating concrete
- biological panel
- cementitious
- rheology
- lightweight concrete
- pavement
- eco-friendly Construction materials
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