Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Geomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue, we aspire to focus on recent research in the field of geomaterials (rocks, minerals, soils, concrete, etc.), a class of materials of great importance, both from scientific and technological points of view. Geomaterials have exhibited a long-standing interest to the scientific community due to their diverse fields of applications, from the construction industry to environmental remediation and implications for processes in Earth’s interior. Their study is based on theoretical and experimental methods from solid state physics and materials science in general, under different scales of investigation (nano- to macro-scale).

The electrical and mechanical behavior of geomaterials is quite complex due to the number of parameters affecting them, such as mineralogical composition, porosity, saturation with fluids and their interaction with the matrix, and the different thermodynamic conditions of temperature and pressure. It is noteworthy that special experimental facilities have been developed to study them under extreme conditions of temperature and pressure.

The potential topics of the Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

• Complex electrical-dielectric properties;
• Conduction mechanisms;
• Nano- and micromechanical properties;
• Elastic properties and deformation characteristics;
• The correlation between electrical and mechanical properties;
• Advanced monitoring techniques;
• The modelling of geomaterials.

Review articles on the recent advances in the electrical and/or mechanical properties of geomaterials and related measuring techniques are also welcome.

Prof. Vassilis Saltas
Guest Editor

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