Articles

Impact of calcined clays additions on phase assemblage and mechanical strength of autoclaved low-clinker fiber cement matrices

C. M. R. Dias; B. Naji; A. T. Marsh; L. Piveteau; B. Lothenbach et al. 

Cement and Concrete Research. 2026. Vol. 209, p. 108379. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconres.2026.108379.

Matching metaheuristics to machine learning for concrete drying shrinkage prediction toward cost-effective mix design

D. Liang; X. Xue; J. Liu; Y. Cui; Z. Sun et al. 

Developments in the Built Environment. 2026. Vol. 27, p. 100964. DOI : 10.1016/j.dibe.2026.100964.

FRP-RCB ShearPred: An open-source platform for shear capacity prediction of stirrup-free FRP-reinforced concrete beams integrating design codes and ensemble machine learning

D. Liang; J. Cao; J. Liu; Y. Cui; Y. Zhang et al. 

SoftwareX. 2026. Vol. 35, p. 102811. DOI : 10.1016/j.softx.2026.102811.

Long-term natural carbonation of blended cements

S. Rathnakumar; F. Zunino; K. Scrivener 

Cement and Concrete Research. 2026. Vol. 207. DOI : 10.1016/j.cemconres.2026.108279.

Optimizing aggregate content and size distribution in low-carbon 3D-printed concrete via DEM simulation

W. Cui; J. Shi; X. Zhang; C. Su; L. Xu et al. 

Results in Engineering. 2026. Vol. 31, p. 111156. DOI : 10.1016/j.rineng.2026.111156.

Enhanced solidification/stabilization of Pb and Cd in contaminated farmland soils using graphene quantum dots: A multi-scale study

Y. Gao; Z. Gao; Q. Zheng; J. Lv; C. He et al. 

Environmental Technology and Innovation. 2026. Vol. 43, p. 105025. DOI : 10.1016/j.eti.2026.105025.

Metaheuristic-based parameter calibration of empirical concrete drying shrinkage models: Systematic evaluation and improved formulation

D. Liang; J. Liu; Y. Cui; Z. Sun; R. He et al. 

Materials Today Communications. 2026. Vol. 56, p. 116120. DOI : 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2026.116120.

Incremental update framework for multi-source low-carbon concrete prediction based on conditional tabular generative adversarial network, adaptive weighting, and experience replay

Y. Chen; S. Wang; J. Liu; Y. Fan; L. Xu 

Developments in the Built Environment. 2026. Vol. 27. DOI : 10.1016/j.dibe.2026.101008.

Low-carbon and low-toxicity cement-based solidification/stabilization of MSW incineration fly ash by carbon nanodots

B. Wang; K. Cui; Q. Zheng; J. Hu; X. Li et al. 

Case Studies in Construction Materials. 2026. Vol. 24, p. e06062. DOI : 10.1016/j.cscm.2026.e06062.

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.

Tailored graphene quantum dots for heavy metal stabilization in MSW incineration fly ash: A potential scalable engineering pathway

Y. Gao; Z. Gao; J. Hu; X. Li; Q. Zheng et al. 

Materials & Design. 2026. Vol. 267. DOI : 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.116271.

Tracking the early hydration reaction of cementitious calcium silicate hydrate via DNP-enhanced solid-state NMR

X. R. Cowen; T. A. Georges; J. B. Holmes; S. E. Bayram; A. Testino et al. 

Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS). 2026.  p. jacs.6c06738. DOI : 10.1021/jacs.6c06738.

Durable Fuel Cell Cathode Enabled by Pt Embedded Nanoscale Carbon Network via a Scalable Process

S. Venkatesan; J. Mitzel; T. Morawietz; E. Boehm-Courjault; D. P. Estes et al. 

Carbon Energy. 2026. DOI : 10.1002/cey2.70300.

C-S-H/PCE nanocomposites modified limestone calcined coal gangue cement: Early-age properties and life cycle assessment

X. Bai; Y. Gao; J. Ma; L. Xu; J. Sun et al. 

Construction and Building Materials. 2026. Vol. 522, p. 146204. DOI : 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2026.146204.

An emerging upcycling strategy for sustainable building materials: Unveiling the unique self-hydration mechanism of hot-stuffed steel slag

S. Zhuang; R. Cao; Y. Guo; Z. Zhou; R. Jia et al. 

Developments in the Built Environment. 2026. Vol. 26, p. 100959. DOI : 10.1016/j.dibe.2026.100959.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.