Research Progress on Nanomaterials in Cementitious Composite
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanocomposite Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cement and concrete materials; nanomaterials; alternative cementitious materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanomaterials have emerged as transformative additives in cementitious systems, offering unprecedented opportunities to engineer microstructure, enhance mechanical performance, and impart multifunctional properties. These advances offer promising pathways to design high-performance, multifunctional, and more sustainable cementitious composites. At the same time, the incorporation of nanomaterials introduces new scientific and technological challenges in AI-assisted mixture design, long-term stability/durability, environmental impact, and large-scale industrial application to ensure safe, scalable, intelligent, and truly sustainable applications.
This Special Issue focuses on recent advances and reviews in the design, characterization, modeling, and application of nanomaterials in cementitious composites. It aims to deepen mechanistic understanding from nano- to structural scales, promote multifunctional and sustainable solutions, and support the transition from laboratory concepts to field implementation.
Detailed topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Synthesis, functionalization, and dispersion strategies of nanomaterials in cementitious composites;
- Rheology, workability, and fresh-state behavior of nano-modified cement pastes and concretes;
- Nanomaterial effects on cement hydration kinetics and microstructural evolution;
- Nano-engineered mechanical properties: strength, toughness, and crack resistance;
- Durability enhancement: permeability, chloride resistance, and carbonation mitigation;
- Multifunctional cementitious composites: self-sensing, self-healing, and photocatalytic properties;
- Graphene, carbon nanotubes, and other carbon-based nanomaterials in concrete;
- Nano-modified supplementary cementitious materials and alternative binders;
- Life-cycle assessment and environmental impact of nano-enabled cementitious composites;
- Industrial scalability, standardization, and field application of nanomaterial-enhanced concrete;
- AI-assisted material selection, mixture design, property prediction of nanomaterial-modified cementitious composites.
Dr. Tengfei Fu
Prof. Dr. Aofei Guo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanomaterials
- cementitious composites
- multifunctional properties
- enhancing mechanism
- intelligent applications
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