Sustainable Cementitious and Hybrid Materials: Design, Processing, and Performance

The built environment is undergoing a rapid transition toward sustainability. This shift is driven by the need to reduce environmental impact while maintaining structural performance, durability, and constructability. Cementitious materials remain central to this transition, which continues to motivate intensive research into sustainable binders, hybrid material systems, and advanced processing techniques. Recent advances in material chemistry, rheology control, durability engineering, and additive manufacturing have expanded the design space of cement-based materials. In parallel, data-driven and computational approaches are increasingly used to explore complex structure property relationships. Despite this progress, significant challenges remain in integrating sustainable material design with reliable performance across construction methods and service environments.This Research Topic aims to showcase recent advances in sustainable cementitious and hybrid materials, with a strong emphasis on the links between material design, processing, and performance in the built environment. We seek contributions that improve understanding of how binder chemistry, mixture design, and processing routes influence fresh-state behavior, mechanical performance, and long-term durability.Particular interest is given to studies that address constructability under realistic conditions, including emerging construction technologies such as additive manufacturing. Contributions that use data-driven methods, machine learning, or multi-physics modeling to support material optimization and performance prediction are strongly encouraged.By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from civil engineering, materials science, and construction engineering, this Research Topic intends to provide actionable insights that support the deployment of sustainable materials in real-world infrastructure and building applications.Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:o Sustainable and alternative binderso Hybrid cementitious composites and multi-binder systemso Fresh-state rheology, workability, and buildabilityo Durability, degradation mechanisms, and transport propertieso Compatibility with reinforcement and structural requirementso Processing routes, including additive manufacturing and advanced curing strategieso Experimental characterization integrated with modeling or data-driven approacheso Multi-physics simulation, machine learning, and performance prediction for material optimization Topic editors: Seongho Han, Jingjie Wei Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/77325/sustainable-cementitious-and-hybrid-materials-design-processing-and-performance