An ever-growing demand for depleted natural resources is one of the significant challenges
facing the global asphalt pavement industry in building and maintaining global asphalt …

The cohesive and adhesive performances of bituminous materials significantly affect the
service life of asphalt pavement. The molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method has been …

Interfacial adhesion at the molecular level is a complex process, where the key players
(asphalt, aggregates, water, and air) are in a dynamic state of structural equilibrium, varying …

The extreme saline environment seriously threatens the service life of asphalt pavement.
The interface adhesion failure between asphalt and aggregate is fundamental to pavement …

Asphalt-aggregate interfaces are prone to damage by moisture, leading to a decrease in
interfacial adhesion. However, the precise mechanism governing water molecule behavior …

Coastal asphalt pavements are highly susceptible to sea salt erosion, which leads to a
significant decrease in road performance and durability. However, the interface micro …

The damage mechanism of severe salt corrosion on asphalt surfaces should be revealed at
molecular scale. This study utilized molecular dynamics (MD) and density functional theory …

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation plays an effective role in predicting the critical
properties and explaining the macroscale phenomenon at the nanoscale. This review …

This study is aimed to investigate debonding potential at asphalt-aggregate interface under
moisture environment and interface defect using molecular modeling. Moisture environment …

In this investigation, various Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) probes were used to
characterize changes in the adhesion properties of aged asphalt under different …