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ReviewChemical record (New York, N.Y.)2026

Geopolymers as a Sustainable Chemical Platform: From Building Materials to Advanced Functional Applications.

Martina Maria Calvino, Lorenzo Lisuzzo, Giuseppe Cavallaro, Stefana Milioto, Giuseppe Lazzara

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Review in Chemical record (New York, N.Y.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Martina Maria CalvinoDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Lorenzo LisuzzoDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6954-2754
Giuseppe CavallaroDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-0161
Stefana MiliotoDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Giuseppe LazzaraDipartimento di Fisica e Chimica - Emilio Segrè, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1953-5817

Funding

PRIN 2022 program - CLIMA Project B53C24006890001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Geopolymers are aluminosilicate inorganic polymers traditionally investigated as sustainable alternatives to ordinary cement. This review rethinks geopolymers not merely as sustainable binders but as a versatile chemical platform whose properties arise from controllable dissolution-condensation pathways, nanoscale structural disorder, and activator chemistry. We critically analyze the sustainability considering life-cycle assessments and discuss how activator production and curing conditions challenge oversimplified green claims in recent literature. The transition from bulk construction materials to nanoengineered and hybrid systems is examined, highlighting the role of nanofillers and interfacial engineering strategies. A particular focus is devoted to halloysite-based systems, tracing their evolution from early nanoarchitectural surface modification of fly ash particles to recent developments in self-assembled inorganic films with tunable morphology at a mesoscopic length scale. These systems demonstrate that geopolymerization can act as a structural converter across nano-, meso-, and macroscales, enabling applications in barrier, adsorption, CO

Indexed as

alkali activationaluminosilicate precursorsfunctional inorganic materialsgeopolymerhalloysite nanotubessustainability

Identifiers

PMID42273752
PMCPMC13595900

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