Articles

Damage assessment of thermal-humidity-mechanical coupling field of early-age concrete based on adaptive physics informed neural network

S. Wang; Y. Chen; J. Liu; F. Lin; L. Xu 

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 2026. Vol. 175. DOI : 10.1016/j.engappai.2026.114415.

DEPO: Dual-Efficiency Preference Optimization for LLM Agents

S. Chen; M. Zhao; L. Xu; Y. Zhao; B. Zhu et al. 

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2026. Vol. 40, num. 36, p. 30279 – 30287. DOI : 10.1609/aaai.v40i36.40279.

Inkjet Printing Towards Dense Spinel Protective Coatings for Solid Oxide Cell (SOC) Applications

S. Daviran; J. Van herle; P. Bowen 

Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 2026. Vol. 109, num. 3. DOI : 10.1111/jace.70654.

A transfer-learning framework to alleviate data scarcity in cross-slope wind pressure modeling

Y. Fan; J. Liu; Y. Tao; Y. Sun; Z. Li et al. 

Results in Engineering. 2026. Vol. 29. DOI : 10.1016/j.rineng.2026.109376.

Parallel framework for intelligent prediction of multi-site fugitive dust: Combined with DustLSTM-Trans and FedProx-Dyn

F. Lin; L. Xu; C. Lyu; Y. Chen; Z. Ma et al. 

Advanced Engineering Informatics. 2026. Vol. 70, p. 104155. DOI : 10.1016/j.aei.2025.104155.

Low-carbon concrete has the potential to meet global urban housing needs by 2050

H. Hafez; A. T. M. Marsh; M. Flegar; L. Peng; K. L. Scrivener 

Communications Sustainability. 2026. Vol. 1, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s44458-025-00027-1.

Highly dispersed and low-cost N-doped carbon dots enhancing the hydration kinetics of tricalcium silicate: A multiscale investigation

H. He; X. Wang; Y. Wang; J. Hong; S. E et al. 

Carbon. 2026. Vol. 247, p. 121083. DOI : 10.1016/j.carbon.2025.121083.

Thermal-activated recycled cement as a dual-role binder in limestone calcined clay cement (LC3): Hydration mechanism, performance, and sustainability implications

L. Xu; M. Li; X. Hu; B. Ran; K. Li et al. 

Construction and Building Materials. 2026. Vol. 512. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.145359.

Electric-field effect on ITZ refinement and HD C-(A)-S-H gel formation via electro-thermal field decoupling in cement composites

X. Zhang; L. Xu; Z. Zhang; Y. Liu; Y. Huang et al. 

Journal of Building Engineering. 2026. Vol. 120. DOI : 10.1016/j.jobe.2026.115374.

Multi-scale insights into carbonation-induced changes in recycled cement paste and its carbon capture potential

L. Xu; B. Ran; X. Hu; J. Sun; D. Fan et al. 

Journal of Building Engineering. 2026. Vol. 117, p. 114849. DOI : 10.1016/j.jobe.2025.114849.

Thermodynamic stability and reactivity of amorphised tricalcium silicate

A. T. M. Marsh; T. R. S. Nobre; M. Etchevers; A. Pisch; K. Scrivener 

Chemical Communications. 2026. DOI : 10.1039/d5cc05691h.

Timely deployment of best-in-class technologies to enable development and decarbonise construction

C. F. Dunant; H. Hafez; A. T. M. Marsh; S. Miller; M. Röck et al. 

Nature Communications. 2025. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-67489-8.

Relationships between milling input energy and chemical reactivity for mechanochemical activation of clays

A. Marsh; S. Krishnan; S. Rahmon; S. A. Bernal; X. Ke 

RSC Mechanochemistry. 2025. DOI : 10.1039/d5mr00088b.

Ohmic heating-induced microstructure refinement and multi-environment durability enhancement in seawater sea sand concrete under severely cold environment

W. Tian; J. Tang; H. Wang; X. Zhou; M. Li et al. 

Case Studies in Construction Materials. 2025. Vol. 23, p. e05580. DOI : 10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e05580.

Exploration of computational formulations for wind-induced interference effects on high-rise buildings via Kolmogorov–Arnold networks

K. Wang; T. Shen; J. Liu; S. Wang; X. Bao et al. 

Developments in the Built Environment. 2025. Vol. 24, p. 100770. DOI : 10.1016/j.dibe.2025.100770.

An explainable ensemble learning framework for flexible pavement roughness prediction under multi-climate stressors

Q. Xu; C. Zhang; S. Geng; S. Wang; J. Li et al. 

Case Studies in Construction Materials. 2025. Vol. 23, p. e05402. DOI : 10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e05402.

Hydration and strength development of low-clinker (<50 %) factor limestone calcined clay cements (LC3): A comparative study with natural pozzolans

F. Zunino; K. Scrivener 

Construction and Building Materials. 2025. Vol. 499, p. 144075. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.144075.

Power ultrasound-driven silane-modified cement paste: Insights into microstructural evolution, hydrophobic and mechanical performance

G. Xiong; Y. Zhao; Z. Fang; Y. Li; Y. Ren et al. 

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 2025. Vol. 122, p. 107591. DOI : 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2025.107591.

Synergistic effect of waste concrete powder and traditional SCMs in preparing clinker-free cement: Hydration and microstructure evolution

R. Jia; B. Ran; T. Lv; Y. Yu; X. Hu et al. 

Construction and Building Materials. 2025. Vol. 491, p. 142798. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142798.

Impact of pore solution composition and superplasticizers on the interparticle forces and rheology of metakaolin suspensions

S. Real; P. Bowen; R. Moreno; L. González-Panicello; F. Puertas et al. 

Cement and Concrete Research. 2025. Vol. 195, p. 107901. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.107901.