Geopolymers as a Sustainable Chemical Platform: From Building Materials to Advanced Functional Applications
Martina Maria Calvino, Lorenzo Lisuzzo, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto, Giuseppe Lazzara · 2026
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Martina Maria Calvino and colleagues reframe geopolymers, the alkali-activated materials long promoted as green cement, as a platform with far wider uses in their 2026 review. The materials form through dissolving and re-condensing mineral precursors, and the review argues their value lies in how far that chemistry can be tuned across scales.
The authors grade the green claims plainly. Making the activator and curing the product use energy that blurs simple green labels. Life cycle studies do not always flatter the material. Attention then turns to engineered versions: nanofillers, hybrid systems, and halloysite clay structures that began as surface treatments on fly ash and grew into self-assembled films. Such systems serve as barriers, sorbents, and carbon capture media. Design rules for the field close the review, built on the activation step and on structure set by design.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Martina Maria Calvino, Lorenzo Lisuzzo, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto, Giuseppe Lazzara |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50355 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |