Smart and Innovative Building Materials for Civil and Military Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The development of dual use solutions, for civil and military applications, is one of the main drivers for research on innovative and smart materials. In fact, with the increase of terrorist and pandemic phenomena over the last few decades, most of the solutions under development are thought to fit the requirements of both areas. Blast protection, CBRN protection, phase change materials, self-cleaning and self-healing materials, shape memory alloys, magneto- and electrorheological materials, piezoelectric materials, and thermochromic and electrocromic materials are just some examples of the topics being covered in this Special Issue. Additionally, it is intended that coverage also be focused on incremental innovations of traditional materials, such as ceramics, glass, timber, concrete, and polymers, aiming at new building materials with improved performance, durability, and sustainability. Nano-reinforced, ultra-lightweight, self-healing, ultrahigh-performance, low-carbon, translucent, and multifunctional cement/asphalt/polymer concrete (able to continually monitor, regulate, adapt, and repair itself) are some major examples of ongoing research on bounded-based materials that are within the scope of this Special Issue.

Prof. Raul Manuel Esteves de Sousa Fangueiro
Prof. José Alexandre de Brito Aleixo Bogas
Prof. António Gomes Correia
Guest Editors

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