Year 2026 (3)

1. Xu Wu, Qinfei Li, Lin Wang, Shuangrong Liu, Heng Chen, Pengkun Hou, Jiayuan Ye, Yan Pei, Xin Zhao, Yuhang Xie, Tengfei Zhang, Bo Yang*, Exploring the Correlation Between Microstructure and Compressive Strength in Portland Cement-Based Materials: A Deep Learning-Based Comparison of μCT and SEM-BSE Microstructure Images, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Volume 38, Issue 2, 2026, 04025547.

2. Yangyang Wang, Jie Hu, Haoliang Huang, Tongsheng Zhang, Haohao Wang, Aiguo Wang, Tao Li, Pengkun Hou, Jiangxiong Wei, Qijun Yu, Effect of metal-organic framework corrosion inhibitors on the micro/global properties of fresh and hardened cement paste, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 506, 2026, 145046.

3. Xinxiu Si, Qinfei Li, Ning Xie, Peng Zhao, Pengkun Hou, Heng Chen, Yang Wang, Piqi Zhao, Xin Cheng, Effect of biomass ashes on the strength, durability and microstructure of cement mortars, Advances in Cement Research, Volume 38, Issue 1, 2026, 30-42.

   Year 2025 (28)

4. Zhongcheng Li, Yongbo Huang, Zhen Li, Jian Ding, Xiangtao Huang, Henan Yin, Xin Gao, Piqi Zhao, Pengkun Hou, Performance of thin-layer repairing materials of magnesium phosphate cement modified by magnesium hydroxide under negative temperature, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 502, 2025, 144378.

5. Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep, Zihao Li, Linlin Jiang, Shifeng Huang, Changhong Yang, Pengkun Hou*, Development of high-strength and lightweight insulating calcium sulfoaluminate cement-blended mortars incorporating alkali treated expanded vermiculite, Ceramics International, Volume 51, Issue 30, Part C, 2025, 65823-65843.

6. Jiang Zhu, Hong Pan, Bo Geng, Haobin Sun, Zhongfei Miao, Yongbo Huang, Jingjun Li, Peng Du, Xin Shu, Peng Zhao, Pengkun Hou, Effect of superplasticizer adsorption and particle packing on shear thickening of cement pastes made with microfines of manufactured sand, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 500, 2025, 144204.

7. Xinxiu Si, Pengyu Zhang, Zheng Wang, Qinfei Li, Pengkun Hou, Heng Chen, Lin Wang, Piqi Zhao, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng. "Optimizing the autogenous shrinkage and mechanical properties of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) using wheat straw ash." Construction and Building Materials Volume 495, 2025, 143542.

8. Guangyan Feng, Linlin Zhou, Pengkun Hou, Deju Zhu, Mitigating deterioration of GFRP bars by reducing alkalinity of SSC in seawater environment, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 494, 2025, 143375.

9. DL Vofo Ngnintedem, Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep, A. Oumarou Amadou, H. Kouamo Tchakouté, Ruoyu Wang, Fengzhen Yang, Sylvain Tome, C. Henning Rüscher, Pengkun Hou, Effects of Incorporating Ferric Ions from Hematite into Metakaolin on Microscopic Pore Structures and Compressive Strength of Geopolymers, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2025, 1-24.

10. Shuang Liang, Xiangming Zhou, and Pengkun Hou. "Synergetic regulation of hydration and carbonation of reactive MgO cement by amino acids." Cement and Concrete Research Volume 196, 2025, 107949.

11. Pengkun Hou, Zhen Li, Jueshi Qian, Magnesia-based cementitious materials, Advances in Cement Research, Volume 37, Issue 7, 2025, 384-384.

12. Qinfei Li, Binbin Gu, Pengkun Hou, Heng Chen, Peng Zhao, Lin Wang, Xin Cheng, Research Progress on Application of Ultrafine Mineral Admixtures in Cement and Concrete, Journal of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume 53, Issue 8, 2025, 2374-2387.

13. Liang Yu, Yongbo Huang, Shuchao Lv, Zhen Li, Jiang Zhu, Jinbang Wang, Peng Du, Shoude Wang, Piqi Zhao, Pengkun Hou. "Influence of retarders on the properties of C4A3 $-C5S2 $-C2S-C4AF cement." Construction and Building Materials Volume 483, 2025, 141725..

14. Tongzhou Cai, Kim Hung Mo, Heng Chen, Pengkun Hou*, Effect of nanosilica and silica fume on supersulfated cement properties and hydration, Journal of Asian Concrete Federation, Volume 11, Issue 2, 2025, 69-80.

15. Xin Cheng, Heng Chen, Ranran Liu, Chaohui Geng, Zhongxu Song, Binbin Liu, Hongliang Tian, Haoliang Huang, Pengkun Hou, Qinfei Li. "Influence of C3S/C2S ratio of Portland cement on the performance of super sulfated cement." Materials Reports: Solidwaste and Ecomaterials, 2025.

16. Dan Zhao, Yang Ma, Jinguang Zhao, Heng Chen, Qinfei Li, João Castro Gomes, Hervé Kouamo Tchakouté, Xin Cheng, Pengkun Hou*, Effect of thermal activation on the physicochemical property evolution of red mud and its application in low-carbon binder preparation, Journal of Building Engineering, Volume 104, 2025,112376

17. Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep, Fengzhen Yang, Zihao Li, Shifeng Huang, Changhong Yang, Pengkun Hou, Xin Cheng, Evaluating fire resistance of calcium sulfoaluminate cement-based lightweight mortar: A comparative analysis of raw and expanded vermiculite, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 476, 2025, 141207.

18. Dieuhou, Cédric Mbiakop, Gaëlle Ngnie, Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep, Barbara Rodrigue Eloundou Mbole, Hervé Kouamo Tchakouté, Zihao Li, Claus Henning Rüscher, Charles Peguy Nanseu-Njiki, and Pengkun Hou. "Influence of adding silica sand powder on the macroscopic properties and microscopic pore structures of waste-fired clay brick-based geopolymers." Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Volume 25, Issue 4, 2025, 172.

19. Heng Chen, Zhongxu Song, Binbin Liu, Guilong Sun, Pengkun Hou*, Qinfei Li, Yang Wang, Pengyu Zhang, Xin Cheng. Improving the carbonation resistance of supersulfated cement by nano SiO2 and silica fume, Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 158, 2025, 105984

20. Yang Ma, Dan Zhao, Jinguang Zhao, Guangyan Feng, Qinfei Li, Heng Chen, Yangyang Wang, Pengkun Hou*, Xin Cheng, Effects of thermal activated coal gangue of different reactivity on the properties of blended and supersulfated cements, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 463,2025,140149

21. Chaohui Geng, Binbin Liu, Guilong Sun, Heng Chen, Pengkun Hou, Qinfei Li, Ruiqi Jiao, Houren An, Xin Cheng, New insight into the role of alkaline activator in the hydration of supersulfated cement and the regulation effect of calcium formate, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 463,2025,140108

22. Chongyu Huang, Pengkun Hou*, Heng Chen, Ruifang Guan, Xin Cheng, Effects of calcium formate on the water absorption of carbonated mortar surface treated with tetraethyl orthosilicate, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 460, 2025, 139832

23. Jiang Zhu, Haobin Sun, Jiashuo Wang, Chengrong Zhang, Xin Shu, Zhen Li, Yongbo Huang, Pengkun Hou, Piqi Zhao, Xin Cheng, Unifying viscosity of cement-based materials made with manufactured sand, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 458,2025,139677

24. Yangyang Wang, Jie Hu, Haoliang Huang, Pengkun Hou*, Aiguo Wang, Qijun Yu,Inhibition effect of monofluorophosphate-loaded ZIF-8 metal-organic framework nano corrosion inhibitors in reinforced mortar, Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 157,2025,105887

25. Chen Liang, Mingxu Chen, Dongbing Jiang, Pengkun Hou, Deqiang Zhao, Shoude Wang, Ziyuan Yu, Piqi Zhao, Lingchao Lu,Synthesis of MNS@PDMS emulsion for enhancing hydrophobicity in cementitious materials with limited strength loss, Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 157,2025,105875

26. Yio, M. H. N., Yi Ng, Pengkun Hou, Tsz Chun Chan, and H. S. Wong. "Belite–ye’elimite–ferrite cements produced from London Clay." Advances in Cement Research Volume 37, Issue 2, 2025, 67-77.

27. Hongling Fan, Ruoxue Huang, Guixin Huang, Yongbo Huang, Pengkun Hou, Piqi Zhao, Shoude Wang, and Xin Cheng. "EFFECT OF THE LOW CALCINATION TEMPERATURE AND MgO CONTENT ON THE FORMATION AND EXPANSION CHARACTERISTICS OF C4A3$." Ceramics–Silikáty Volume 69, Issue 2, 2025, 288-297.

28. Shuchao Lv, Yongbo Huang, Yongjie Bian, Jiulong Li, Pengkun Hou, Peng Du, Piqi Zhao, and Shoude Wang. "THE RESISTANCE OF A PVA POWDER MODIFIED SULFOALUMINATE CEMENT CONCRETE TO THE CHLORIDE ION PERMEABILITY." Ceramics–Silikáty Volume 69, Issue 2, 2025, 275-287.

29. Xin Zhao, Lin Wang, Qinfei Li, Heng Chen, Shuangrong Liu, Pengkun Hou, Jiayuan Ye, Yan Pei, Xu Wu, Jianfeng Yuan, Haozhong Gao, Bo Yang,3D microstructural generation from 2D images of cement paste using generative adversarial networks, Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 187,2025,107726

30. Huanhuan Wang, Shuang Liang, Xiangming Zhou, Pengkun Hou*, Xin Cheng,Regulating hydration and microstructure development of reactive MgO cement by citric acids, Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 155,2025,105832

    Year 2024 (20)

31. Binbin Gu, Qinfei Li, Chao Li, Peng Zhao, Pengkun Hou, Heng Chen, Yang Wang, Piqi Zhao, Xin Cheng, Optimization design of ultra-fine supplementary cementitious materials ultra-high performance concrete mix proportion based on orthogonal experiment, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 453,2024,139018

32. Jiang Zhu, Yichuan Zhou, Chao Li, Jian Jia, Hongtu Li, Qingjun Cai, Pengkun Hou, Piqi Zhao, Xin Shu, Zhen Li, Yongbo Huang, Xin Cheng,A qualitative approach to describe the viscosity of flowable concrete made with manufactured sand containing different microfines, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 451,2024,138858

33. Jinfeng Sun, Yiqing Chen, Pengkun Hou, Jian Ma, Hao Zhou, Feasibility study on the preparation of ternary blended cements with low-kaolinite calcined coal gangue and limestone, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 449,2024,138478

34. Xiangyu Xin, Guangbin Duan, Yongbo Huang, Jiulong Li, Chao Li, Pengkun Hou, Study on the hydration of slag-belite calcium sulfoaluminate-Portland cement composite cementitious system, Construction and Building Materials,Volume 433,2024,136713

35. Ruoyu Wang, Beibei Li, Heng Chen, Qinfei Li, Yongbo Huang, Piqi Zhao, Hervé Kouamo Tchakouté, Pengou Mapesu, Pengkun Hou*, Xin Cheng. Improving the frost-resistance performance of supersulfated cement by reducing the crystalline-to-gel ratio through the addition of nano-SiO2. Construction and Building Materials, Volume 424, 19 April 2024, 135872

36. Yuling Wu, Dongbing Jiang, Quanwei Li, Qian Sun, Xiaojian Mao, Pengkun Hou, Yongbo Huang, Piqi Zhao,Polymer-modified cement-based coating containing organic-inorganic silicons modified polyacrylate emulsion: Performance and mechanisms, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 421,2024,135607

37. Jinguang Zhao, Jie Shi, Yining Li, Pengkun Hou*, Shuang Liang, Heng Chen, Yongbo Huang, Samuel Adu-Amankwah, Xiangming Zhou, Xin Cheng. Phase and microstructure evolution of the hydration products of magnesium phosphate cements under sulfuric acid environments. Construction and Building Materials, Volume 418, 8 March 2024, 135465

38. Diandian Zhao, Jonah M. Williams, Pengkun Hou, Aaron J. Moment, Shiho Kawashima,Stabilizing mechanisms of metastable vaterite in cement systems, Cement and Concrete Research, Volume 178,2024,107441

39. Jiang Zhu, Yichuan Zhou, Lina Zhang, Pengkun Hou, Congcong Jiang, Zhen Li, Xin Cheng, Jiaping Liu, Yongbo Huang, Xin Shu,Relating early-age hydration and flow loss of mortar prepared with manufactured sand, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 411,2024,134586

40. Mingqing Liu, Xiangming Zhou, Pengkun Hou, Ran Hai, Yuzhou Sun, Shuang Liang, Zhonghao Niu, Effects of colloidal nanoSiO2 on the hydration and hardening properties of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3), Construction and Building Materials, Volume 411,2024,134371

41. Huanhuan Wang , Tongzhou Cai , Shuang Liang , Pengkun Hou*. Improving the Hydration and Carbonation of Reactive MgO Cement with Amino Acids and the Influencing Mechanisms. J Therm Anal Calorim 149, 5995–6006 (2024)

42. Geng Chaohui, Chen Heng, Qu Yupeng, Hou Pengkun, Li Qinfei, Cheng Xin , The effect of calcium formate on the performance of supersulfated cement[J].Ceramics-Silikáty 68, (2) 216 - 224 (2024)

43. Zhao, Jinguang, Gao, Wei, Li, Qinfei, Chen, Heng, Kouamo Tchakouté, Hervé, Mapesu Pengou, Kouadjo Jean Jacques, Houa, Pengkun. Effect of NaCl solution on phase structure development of magnesium phosphate cement hydration products[J]. Ceramics-Silikáty, 2024, 68(2): 181 - 194.

44. Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep, Ning Ding, Fengzhen Yang, Shoude Wang, Shifeng Huang, Zhenghe Li, Chungang Li, Pengkun Hou, Changhong Yang, Hervé Kouamo Tchakouté, Impact of treated sewage water on early strength development of calcium sulfoaluminate cement paste: A comparative study,Results in Engineering,Volume 24,2024,103322

45. Boutianala, Michèle, Martin Pengou, Guy Bertrand Piegang Ngassa, Pengkun Hou, Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep, Herve Kouamo Tchakoute, Charle Péguy Narseu-Njiki, and Emmanuel Ngameni. 2024. “Synthesis of a Hematite-Geopolymer Composite: Optimization of Formulation Parameters and Application to the Detection of Pb²⁺ Ions in Aqueous Solution.” ELECTROANALYSIS 36, no. 11: e202300420

46. MHN Yio, Y Ng, P Hou, TC Chan, HS Wong, Belite–ye’elimite–ferrite cements produced from London Clay, Advances in Cement Research,Volume 37, Issue 2,2025,Pages 67-77

47. Franklin Kenne Tazune , Hervé Kouamo Tchakouté , Claus Henning Rüscher , Jean Jacques Kouadjo Tchekwagep , Pengkun Hou, Effects of Fe2O3/SiO2 Molar Ratios in the Fe-Silica on the Compressive Strengths and Microstructural Properties of Geopolymer Materials Derived from Waste Fired Clay Brick and Metakaolin. J Inorg Organomet Polym 34, 1725–1737 (2024)

48. Xin, X.; Duan, G.; Zhu, J.; Hou, P.; Zhao, P.; Du, P.; Wang, S.; Huang, Y. Study on the Properties of Belite Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement–Ordinary Portland Cement Composite Cementitious System. Buildings 2024, 14, 890

49. Hou Tiejun, Li Xiang, Zhang Chenchen, Jia Xingwen, Hou Pengkun. Study on the Bonding Strength and Influencing Factors of Magnesium Phosphate Cement Mortar and Concrete in Severe Cold Environment[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2024, 43(06): 2064-2072

50. Wang Huanhuan, Cai Tongzhou, Hou Pengkun*. Influence of Curing Methods on the Hydration and Hardening Properties of Reactive Magnesia Cement[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2024, 43(06): 1983-1991.

    Year 2023 (16)

51. D Zhao, JM Williams, Z Li, AHA Park, A Radlińska, P Hou, S Kawashima. Hydration of cement pastes with calcium carbonate polymorphs. Cement and Concrete Research 173, 107270

52. H Zong, Y Wang, G Wang, Q Li, F Li, Q Li, P Hou. The role of ultra-fine supplementary cementitious materials in the durability and microstructure of airport pavement concrete. Construction and Building Materials 392, 131954

53. Ning Du, Ruifang Guan*, Pengkun Hou*. New fluorescent pH indicators for characterizing cement carbonation, Construction and Building Materials, 2023, 388, 131662

54. Q Li, Z Zhang, Q Li, K Wang, D Jiang, P Hou, Y Huang, P Zhao. Insights on the role of particulate filler on the polymer-modified cement-based coating and its application. Journal of Building Engineering, 107395

55. S Adu-Amankwah, M Zajac, P Hou, L Black. Impact of hydration stoppage on quantification of the GGBS content in ternary limestone cements using the PONKCS method. Materials and Structures 56 (6), 113

56. J Yuan, R Teng, F Wu, Y Huang, S Wang, P Zhao, P Hou. Hydration characteristics of iron-rich phosphoaluminate cement: effect of accelerating admixtures on the setting time and compressive strength. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 148 (12), 5283-5295

57. AE Douba, P Hou, S Kawashima. Hydration and mechanical properties of high content nano-coated cements with nano-silica, clay and calcium carbonate. Cement and Concrete Research 168, 107132

58. Heng Chen, Pengkun Hou*, Xiangming Zhou, et al. Toward performance improvement of supersulfated cement by nano silica: Asynchronous regulation on the hydration kinetics of silicate and aluminate. Cement and Concrete Research 167 (2023) 107117

59. Dong, D.; Wang, Y.; Huang, Y.; Han, H.; Zhu, J.; Zhang, X.; Li, J.; Zhao, P.; Hou, P.; Lu, L. Effect of surfactants on the viscosity and hydration of magnesium ammonium phosphate cement. Journal of Building Engineering, 2023, 65, 105743.

60. C Liang, P Zhao, H Zou, Q Song, P Hou, Y Huang, S Wang, L Lu. Introducing fiber to enhance the mechanical properties and durability of polymer-modified cement-based coating. Construction and Building Materials 372, 130842

61. H Sui, P Hou, Y Liu, K Sagoe-Crentsil, F Basquiroto de Souza, W Duan. Limestone calcined clay cement: mechanical properties, crystallography, and microstructure development. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials 12 (4), 427-440

62. N Du, G Zhang, P Hou, H Zhang, R Guan. Ratiometric fluorescent probe based on non-conjugated polymer dots for pH measurements in ordinary Portland cement-based materials. Microchimica Acta 190 (4), 119

63. S Lu, P Zhao, C Liang, L Liu, Z Qin, S Wang, P Hou, L Lu. Utilization of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in polymer cement-based coating to improve marine environment service performance. Construction and Building Materials 367, 130359.

64. Cai, T.; Hou, P.*; Chen, H.; Zhao, P.; Du, P.; Wang, S.; Zhou, X.; Wang, X.; Cheng, X. Effects of nanosilica on supersulfated cements of different clinker-activation degree. Construction and Building Materials, 2023, 365, 130118

65. S Liang, X Zhou, P Hou. Impact of amino acids as performance-controlling additives on the hydration of reactive MgO. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2423 (1), 012029

66. Dong D.; Huang Y.; Pei Y.; Zhang X.; Cui N.; Zhao P.; Hou P.; Lu L. Effect of spherical silica fume and fly ash on the rheological property, fluidity, setting time, compressive strength, water resistance and drying shrinkage of magnesium ammonium phosphate cement. Journal of Building Engineering, 2023,

    Year 2022 (6)

67. Fawad Muhammad, Pengkun Hou*, Xin Cheng, Zheng Wang, Zhanbin Liu, Surendra P. Shah. Improvement of the durability of cement-based material through surface modification with nano-engineered releasing agents. Construction and Building Materials, Volume 347, 12 September 2022, 128480

68. Jie Shi, Jinguang Zhao, Heng Chen, Pengkun Hou*, Shiho Kawashima*, Jihui Qin, Xiangming Zhou*, Jueshi Qian*, Xin Cheng*. Sulfuric acid-resistance performances of magnesium phosphate cements: Macro-properties, mineralogy and microstructure evolutions. Cement and Concrete Research 157 (2022) 106830.

69. Beibei Li, Pengkun Hou*, Heng Chen, Piqi Zhao, Peng Du, Shoude Wang, Xin Cheng. GGBS hydration acceleration evidence in supersulfated cement by nanoSiO₂. Cement and Concrete Composites, Volume 132, September 2022, 104609.

70. Pengkun Hou*, Xinming Wang, Xiangming Zhou*, Xin Cheng, Surendra P. Shah. Regulations on the hydration, morphology, and sulfate-attack resistivity of C₃A with micro/nano-silica particles. Construction and Building Materials 324(2022) 126388

71. Zhaoheng Guo, Pengkun Hou, Zhenhai Xu, Jianming Gao, YasongZhao. Sulfate attack resistance of tricalcium silicate modified with nano-silica and supplementary cementitious materials. Construction and Building Materials, Volume 321, 28 February 2022, 126332

72. Fawad Muhammad, Pengkun Hou*, Zheng Wang, Xiangming Zhou, XinCheng. The counterbalance of the adverse side effects of releasing agent on the properties of cementitious materials with nano-particles. Cement and Concrete Composites, 125, 2022, 104300

    Year 2021 (8)

73. Y Cai, D Xuan, P Hou, J Shi, CS Poon. Effect of seawater as mixing water on the hydration behaviour of tricalcium aluminate. Cement and Concrete Research. 2021, 149, 106565

74. Q Li, Y Zhao, H Chen, P Zhao, P Hou, X Cheng, N Xie. Effect of waste corn stalk ash on the early-age strength development of fly ash/cement composite. Construction and Building Materials. 2021, 303, 124463

75. Y Zhao, N Cui, S Zhao, Y Zhu, P Hou, L Feng, N Xie. Aggressive Environment Resistance of Concrete Products Modified With Nano Alumina and Nano Silica. Frontiers in Materials. 2021, 8, 223

76. X Liu, P Hou*, H Chen. Effects of nanosilica on the hydration and hardening properties of slag cement. Construction and Building Materials. 2021, 282, 122705

77. H Wang, P Hou*, Q Li, S Adu-Amankwah, H Chen, N Xie, P Zhao, Yongbo Huang, Shoude Wang, Xin Cheng. Synergistic effects of supplementary cementitious materials in limestone and calcined clay-replaced slag cement. Construction and Building Materials. 2021, 282, 122648

78. H Yang, Q Li, Z Wang, H Wu, Y Wu, P Hou, X Cheng. Effect of Graphene on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Si3N4/SiC Ceramics. ES Materials & Manufacturing. 2021, 12, 29-34

79. X Xu, H Bi, Y Yu, X Fu, S Wang, Y Liu, P Hou, X Cheng. Low leaching characteristics and encapsulation mechanism of Cs+ and Sr2+ from SAC matrix with radioactive IER. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 2021, 544, 152701

80. Pengkun Hou*, Tafadzwa Ronald Muzenda, Qinfei Li, Heng Chen, Shiho Kawashima, Tongbo Sui, Haiyan Yong, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng. Mechanisms dominating thixotropy in limestone calcined clay cement (LC3). Cement and Concrete Research. 2021, 140, 106316

    Year 2020 (7 )

81. P Hou*, J Shi, S Prabakar, X Cheng, K Wang, X Zhou, SP Shah. Effects of mixing sequences of nanosilica on the hydration and hardening properties of cement-based materials. Construction and Building Materials. 2020, 263, 120226

82. H Chen, Z Guo, P Hou*, X Fu, Y Qu, Q Li, X Cheng, X Zhu. The influence of surface treatment on the transport properties of hardened calcium sulfoaluminate cement-based materials. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2020, 114, 103784

83. P Hou*, X Wang, P Zhao, K Wang, S Kawashima, Q Li, N Xie, X Cheng. Physicochemical effects of nanosilica on C3A/C3S hydration. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 2020, 103 (11), 6505-6518

84. H Chen, P Feng, S Ye, Q Li, P Hou, X Cheng. The influence of inorganic admixtures on early cement hydration from the point of view of thermodynamics. Construction and Building Materials 259. 2020, 119777

85. J Shi, J Wang, TR Muzenda, Y Qu, P Hou*, X Cheng, M Liu. Effects of nanosilica on the hydration and hardening properties of blended cement-based materials under heat curing. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2020, 141 (4), 1317-1330

86. Xinming Wang, Pengkun Hou*, Jinghua Yu, Xiangming Zhou, Xin Cheng. The effects of silica fume on C₃A hydration. Construction and Building Materials, 2020, 250: 118766.

87. Tafadzwa Ronald Muzenda, Pengkun Hou*, Shiho Kawashima*, Tongbo Sui, Xin Cheng*. The role of limestone and calcined clay on the rheological properties of LC3. Cement and Concrete Composites, 107 (2020) 103516

    Year 2019 (4)

88. Pengkun Hou*, Zhaoheng Guo, Qinfei Li, Xiaofang Zhang, Jiaxin Liu, Shuyao Yang, Xin Cheng*, Rajesh Kumar, B. Srinivasaraonaik, L.P. Singh. Comparison study on the sulfate attack resistivity of cement-based materials modified with nanoSiO₂ and normal SCMs: Pore structure and phase composition. Construction and Building Materials 228 (2019) 116764

89. Li Qinfei, Wang Han, Pengkun Hou*, Chen Heng,Wang Yang, Cheng Xin. The microstructure and mechanical properties of cementitious materials comprised of limestone, calcined clay and clinker, Ceramics-Silikáty, 2019, doi: 10.13168/cs.2019.0031

90. Zhaoheng Guo, Yang Wang, Pengkun Hou*, Yulin Shao, Xiaoyang Zuo, Qinfei Li, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng. Comparison study on the sulfate attack resistivity of cement-based materials modified with nanoSiO₂ and conventional SCMs: Mechanical strength and volume stability. Construction and Building Materials 211 (2019) 556-570.

    Year 2018 (7)

91. Pengkun Hou*, Ran Li, Qinfei Li, Na Lu, Kejin Wang, Mingle Liu, Xin Cheng, Surendra Shah. Novel superhydrophobic cement-based materials achieved by construction of hierarchical surface structure with FAS/SiO₂ hybrid nanocomposites. ES Materials and Manufacturing, 2018, 1, 57-66. DOI: 10.30919/esmm5f125.

92. Zhaoheng Guo, Pengkun Hou*, Shifeng Huang, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng, L.P. Singh, Strokova Valeriya, Nelyubova Viktoriya. Surface treatment of concrete with tetraethyl orthosilicate, Na₂SiO₃ and silane: comparison of their effects on durability. Ceramics-Silikáty 62 (4), 332-341 (2018).

93. Dan Wang, Pengkun Hou, Ping Yang, Xin Cheng. BiOBr@SiO₂ flower-like nanospheres chemically-bonded on cement-based materials for photocatalysis. Applied Surface Science, 2018, 430: 539-548.

94. Dan Wang, Pengkun Hou, Lina Zhang, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng. Photocatalytic activities and chemically-bonded mechanism of SiO₂@TiO₂ nanocomposites coated cement-based materials. Materials Research Bulletin, 2018, 102: 262-268.

95. ShujuanXu, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng, Shifeng Huang, Lichao Feng, Pengkun Hou, Yunzhe Zhu. Environmental resistance of cement concrete modified with low dosage nano particles. Construction and Building Materials. 2018, 164: 535-553.

96. Pengkun Hou*, Ran Li, Haoting Li, Ning Xie, Xin Cheng, L.P. Singh. The synergistic effect of hydrophobicity and pozzolanic reactivity of the PMHS/nanosilica hybrid composites on the water absorption of cement mortar. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, (2018) 134:1775–1784.

97. Ran Li, Pengkun Hou*, Ning Xie, Zhengmao Ye, Xin Cheng, Surendra shah. Design of SiO₂/PMHS hybrid nanocomposite for surface treatment of cementbased materials. Cement and Concrete Composites 87 (2018) 89-97.

    Year 2017 (8)

98. Hou Pengkun; Cai Yamei; Cheng Xin*; Zhang Xiuzhi; Zhou Zonghui; Ye Zhengmao, Zhang Lina; Li Wengui; Shah Surendra P. Effects of the hydration reactivity of ultrafine magnesium oxide on cement-based materials. Magazine of Concrete Research. 2017, 69(22): 1135-1145.

99. Cai Yamei; Hou Pengkun*; Cheng Xin; Du Peng; Ye Zhengmao. The effects of nanoSiO₂ on the properties of fresh and hardened cement-based materials through its dispersion with silica fume. Construction and Building Materials, 2017, 148: 770-780.

100. Wang Dan; Hou Pengkun; Zhang Lina; Yang Ping; Cheng Xin*; Photocatalytic and hydrophobic activity of cement-based materials from benzyl-terminated-TiO₂ spheres with core-shell structures. Construction and Building Materials, 2017, 148: 176-183.

101. Ding Kun; Yang Ping; Hou Pengkun; Song Xueling; Wei Tao; Cao Yongqiang; Cheng Xin*; Ultrathin and Highly Crystalline Co₃O₄ Nanosheets In Situ Grown on Graphene toward Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 2017, 4(3).

102. Wang Dan; Yang Ping; Hou Pengkun; Zhang Lina; Zhang Xiuzhi; Zhou Zonghui; Xie, Ning; Huang Shifeng; Cheng Xin*; Cement-based composites endowed with novel functions through controlling interface microstructure from Fe₃O₄@SiO₂ nanoparticles. Cement and Concrete Composites, 2017, 80: 268-276.

103. Lu Xiaolei; Ye Zhengmao; Zhang Lina; Hou Pengkun; Cheng Xin; The influence of ethanol-diisopropanolamine on the hydration and mechanical properties of Portland cement. Construction and Building Materials, 2017, 135: 484-489.

104. Zhang Xiuzhi; Du Xiaoha; Zhao Xiaoyan; Zhang Rui; Hou Pengkun; Zhou Zonghui; Cheng Xin*; The synergistic effect of nano-SiO₂ with silica fume in cement-based material. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials. 2017, 6(4): 267-279.

105. Wang Yingying; Li Qinggang; Huang Shifeng; Cheng Xin*; Hou Pengkun; Wang Yongchen; Chen Guanliang; Yi Shanling; Preparation and properties of AlON powders, Ceramics International, 2017,

     Year 2016 (8)

106. Cai Yamei; Hou Pengkun*; Duan Ce; Zhang Rui; Zhou Zonghui; Cheng Xin; Shah Surendra; The use of tetraethyl orthosilicate silane (TEOS) for surface-treatment of hardened cement-based materials: A comparison study with normal treatment agents. Construction and Building Materials. 2016, 117: 144-151.

107. Yu Jihai; Ye Zhengmao*; Xia Zhenzhen; Wu Bin; Hou Pengkun; Determination of relevance between surface free energy and adsorption capacity of cement particles. Material. 2016, 21(3): 733-741.

108. Hou Pengkun; Zhang Rui; Cai Yamei; Cheng Xin*; Shah, Surendra P; In situ Ca(OH)₂ consumption of TEOS on the surface of hardened cement-based materials and its improving effects on the Ca-leaching and sulfate-attack resistivity. Construction and Building Materials, 2016, 113: 890-896.

109. Shah Surendra P; Hou Pengkun*; Konsta-Gdoutos Maria S; Nano-modification of cementitious material: toward a stronger and durable concrete. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials, 2016, 5(1-2): 1-22.

110. Ding Kun; Wang Dan; Yang Ping; Hou Pengkun; Cheng Xin*; Enhanced CO catalytic oxidation of flower-like Co₃O₄ composed of small nanoparticles. RSC Advances, 2016, 6(20): 16208-16214.

111. Jing Guojian; Ye Zhengmao*; Lu Xiaolei; Hou Pengkun; Effect of graphene nanoplatelets on hydration behaviour of Portland cement by thermal analysis. Advances in Cement Research, 2016, 29(2): 63-70.

112. Pang, Bo; Zhou, Zonghui*; Hou, Pengkun; Du, Peng; Zhang, Lina; Xu, Hongxin; Autogenous and engineered healing mechanisms of carbonated steel slag aggregate in concrete, Construction and Building Materials, 2016, 107: 191-202.

113. Wang, Dan; Yang, Ping; Hou, Pengkun; Zhang, Lina; Zhou, Zonghui; Cheng, Xin*; Effect of SiO₂ oligomers on water absorption of cementitious materials, Cement and Concrete Research, 2016, 87: 22-30.

     Year 2015 (9)

114. Hou, Pengkun; Qian, Jueshi*; Cheng, Xin; Shah, Surendra P; Effects of the pozzolanic reactivity of nanoSiO₂ on cement-based materials. Cement and Concrete Composites, 2015, 55: 250-258.

115. Zhang, Rui; Cheng, Xin*; Hou, Pengkun*; Ye, Zhengmao; Influences of nano-TiO₂ on the properties of cement-based materials: Hydration and drying shrinkage. Construction and Building Materials. 2015, 81: 35-41.

116. Kong, Deyu*; Corr, David J; Hou, Pengkun; Yang, Yang; Shah, Surendra P; Influence of colloidal silica sol on fresh properties of cement paste as compared to nano-silica powder with agglomerates in micron-scale. Cement and Concrete Composites 2015, 63, 30-41.

117. Zhang, Jib; Gong, Chenchen*; Lu, Lingchao; Wang, Shoude; Hou, Pengkun; Effect of MgO on the composition and properties of Belite-Barium calcium sulphoaluminate cement in the presence of Na₂O and K₂O. Ceramics, 2015, 59(2): 135-144.

118. QIAN, Jueshi*; WEI, Yingchun; DENG, Lingxi; SHEN, Yan; HOU, Pengkun; Sulfates Type and Effects in Portland Cement, Journal of The Chinese Ceramic Society. 2014, 42(2): 169-177.

119. Huang, Yongbo; Wang, Shoude*; Hou, Pengkun; Chen, Yaming; Gong, Chenchen; Lu, Lingchao; Mechanisms and kinetics of the decomposition of calcium barium sulfoaluminate, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 2015: 119(3): 1731-1737.

120. Qian, Jueshi*; Qin, Jihui; Zhang, Zhiwei; Shen, Yan; Ye, Ziqi; Hou, Pengkun; How to evaluate pozzolanic activity of sulfate-rich fly ash. Advances in Cement Research. 2015, 28(3): 141-150.

121. Shah, Surendra P*; Hou, Pengkun; Cheng, Xin; Durability of Cement-Based Materials and Nano-particles: A Review, Nanotechnology in Construction , 2015: 15-24.

122. Hou, Pengkun; Cheng, Xin*; Qian, Jueshi; Zhang, Rui; Cao, Wei; Shah, Surendra P; Characteristics of surface-treatment of nano-SiO2 on the transport properties of hardened cement pastes with different water-to-cement ratios. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2015, 55: 26-33.

     Year 2014 (2)

123. Hou, Pengkun; Zhang, Rui; Cheng, Xin*; Case study of the gradient features of in situ concrete. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2014, 1: 154-163.

124. Hou, Pengkun; Cheng, Xin*; Qian, Jueshi; Shah, Surendra P; Effects and mechanisms of surface treatment of hardened cement-based materials with colloidal nanoSiO₂ and its precursor. Construction and Building Materials 2014, 53: 66-73.

     Year 2013 (5)

125. Hou, Pengkun*; Kawashima, Shiho; Kong, Deyu; Corr, David J; Qian, Jueshi; Shah, Surendra P; Modification effects of colloidal nanoSiO₂ on cement hydration and its gel property. Composites Part B: Engineering, 2013, 45(1): 440-448.

126. Hou, Pengkun*; Kawashima, Shiho; Wang, Ke-jin; Corr, David J; Qian, Jue-shi; Shah, Surendra P; Effects of colloidal nanosilica on rheological and mechanical properties of fly ash–cement mortar Cement and Concrete Composites 2013, 35(1): 12-22.

127. Kawashima, Shiho*; Hou, Pengkun; Corr, David J; Shah, Surendra P; Modification of cement-based materials with nanoparticles. Cement and Concrete Composites, 2013, 36: 8-15.

128. Kawashima, Shiho*; Hou, Pengkun; Wang, Kejin; Corr, David J; Shah, Surendra P; Activation of Fly Ash through Nanomodification. 2013, ACI Materials, Special Publication, 294, 1-12.

129. Hou, Pengkun; Kong, Deyu*; Kawashima, Shiho; Qian, Jueshi; Corr, David J; Shah, Surendra P; A novel evidence for the formation of semi-permeable membrane surrounding the Portland cement particles during the induction period. Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry2013, 2: 881-884.

     Year 2012 (3)

130. Hou, Pengkun*; Wang, Kejin; Qian, Jueshi; Kawashima, Shiho; Kong, Deyu; Shah, Surendra P; Effects of colloidal nanoSiO₂ on fly ash hydration. Cement and Concrete Composites. 2012, 34(10): 1095-1103.

131. Hou, Peng-kun; Qian, Jue-shi*; Wang, Zhi; Deng, Cheng; Production of quasi-sulfoaluminate cementitious materials with electrolytic manganese residue. Cement and Concrete Composites, 2012, 34(2)248-254.

132. Qian, Jueshi*; Hou, Pengkun; Wang, Zhi; Qu, Yanzhao; Crystallization characteristic of glass-ceramic made from electrolytic manganese residue. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology--Materials Science Edition. 2012, 27(1): 45-49.

     Year 2010 (1)

133. WANG, Zhi; SUN, Jun; QIAN, Jueshi*; HOU, Pengkun; CAO, Jinpeng; Study on sulfate of electrolytic manganese residue, Materials Review. 2010, 10: 22.

     Year 2009 (3)

134. WU, Chuan-ming; QIAN, Jue-shi*; HOU, Peng-kun; WANG, Zhi; WANG, Ke-jin; LUO, Hui; Impacts of Wetting Fly Ash on the Properties of Concrete, Journal of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering. 2009, 5: 25-30.

135. QIAN, Jueshi*; HOU, Pengkun; WANG, Zhi; ZHANG, Yiying; Properties of electrolytic manganese slag used as building materials. Materials Review, 2009, 10: 22-26.

136. HOU, Pengkun; WANG, Zhi*; ZHANG, Zhiwei; SUN, Jun; HUANG, Ye; FANG, Xuanjin; Investigation on water-cracking of concrete hollow block made from fluidized bed combustion ashes. New Building Materials, 2009, 10: 10-15.

     Conference Papers

137. Lisha Yan, Xiangyu Guo, Weike Jiang, Zhenzhu Xing, Qinfei Li, Pengkun Hou, and Chonghui Wang. "Effect of Ultrafine Mineral Admixtures on Mechanical Properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites.", 2025.

138. Tiejun Hou, Hao Jing, Chenchen Zhang, Shuxuan Bai, Yuan Yuan, Leqing Liu, and Pengkun Hou. "Performance Optimisation and Field Application Research of Emergency Repair Mortar in High-cold and High-altitude Areas.", 2025.

139. Zheng Wang, Yanfeng Guan, Minghao Mu, Hongyue Zhu, Chen Yan, Zhenwei Dong, and Pengkun Hou. "Steel Fiber Dosage in Magnesium Potassium Phosphate Cement Effects on Mechanical and Durability Properties.", 2025.

140. Li, R; Hou, P*; Xie, N; Zhou, Z; Cheng, X; Influence of silica-based hybrid material on the gas permeability of hardened cement paste. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. 2017, 182(1): 12043.

141. Hou, Pengkun; Cheng, Xin*; Zhou, Zonghui; Influence of the Surface Treatment of Hardened Cement Mortar with Colloidal Nano-Silica and TEOS 2016

142. Cai, Yamei; Hou, Pengkun*; Zhou, Zonghui; Cheng, Xin; Effects of nano-CaCO₃ on the properties of cement paste: Hardening process and shrinkage at different humidity levels. 2016

143. Shah, Surendra P*; Kawashima, S; Hou, P; Corr, D; Application of nanoparticles Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on UHPC and Nanotechnology for High Performance Construction Materials, Kassel, Germany. 2012.

144. Li, Ran; Hou, Pengkun*; Zhou, Zonghui; Cheng, Xin; Influence of SiO₂@ PMHS on the Water Absorption of Cement Mortar as a Surface Treatment Agent. 2016