EDP Sciences logo
Web of Conferences logo
Search
Menu
All issues Volume 730 (2026) E3S Web Conf., 730 (2026) 02007 References
Open Access
Issue
E3S Web Conf.
Volume 730, 2026
International Conference on Advances and Innovations in Soft Soil Engineering (Soft Soils 2026)
Article Number 02007
Number of page(s) 8
Section Multiphysics Behaviour
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202673002007
Published online 03 August 2026
  1. Di Emidio, G., Verástegui-Flores, R.D., Mazzieri, F., Dominijanni, A., Modified clays for barriers: a review. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 2, 1 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-017-0073-8 [Google Scholar]
  2. Kwon, Y.-M., Lee, M., Chang, I., Cho, G.-C., Biopolymers for erosion mitigation of soils observed by erosion function apparatus (EFA). In: Proc. Geo-Congress 2023, 462–469 (2023). [Google Scholar]
  3. Taheri, S., El-Zein, A., Desiccation cracking of polymer-bentonite mixtures: An experimental investigation. Appl. Clay Sci. 238, 106945 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2023.106945 [Google Scholar]
  4. Chang, I., Im, J., Cho, G.-C., Introduction of microbial biopolymers in soil treatment for future environmentally-friendly and sustainable geotechnical engineering. Sustainability 8, 251 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3390/su8030251 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  5. Fatehi, H., Ong, D.E.L., Yu, J., Chang, I., Biopolymers as green binders for soil improvement in geotechnical applications: A review. Geosciences 11, 146 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences11040146 [Google Scholar]
  6. Chang, I., Lee, M., Tran, A.T.P., Lee, S., Kwon, Y.-M., Im, J., Cho, G.-C., Review on biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) technology in geotechnical engineering practices. Transp. Geotech. 24, 100385 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2020.100385 [Google Scholar]
  7. Kallerhoff, N., Lieske, W., Baille, W., Palomino, A.M., Wichtmann, T., Mechanical stability, hydromechanical and decay behavior of polymer-modified fine-grained soils. In: Proc. ISSMGE (2025). https://doi.org/10.53243/ICBBG2025-179 [Google Scholar]
  8. Khan, M.K., Di Emidio, G., Bezuijen, A., Lieske, W., Wichtmann, T., Suction characteristics of polymer-treated and untreated bentonite GCLs. In: Proc. Geo-Congress 2023 (2023). [Google Scholar]
  9. Scalia, J., Benson, C.H., Edil, T.B., Bohnhoff, G.L., Shackelford, C.D., Geosynthetic clay liners containing bentonite polymer nanocomposite. In: Proc. Geo-Frontiers 2011, 2001–2009 (2011). [Google Scholar]
  10. Scalia, J., Benson, C.H., Bohnhoff, G.L., Edil, T.B., Shackelford, C.D., Long-term hydraulic conductivity of a bentonite-polymer composite permeated with aggressive inorganic solutions. J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng. 140, 04013025 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001040 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  11. de Camillis, M., Di Emidio, G., Bezuijen, A., Verástegui-Flores, R.D., Hydraulic conductivity and swelling ability of a polymer modified bentonite subjected to wet–dry cycles in seawater. Geotext. Geomembr. 44, 739–747 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geotexmem.2016.05.007 [Google Scholar]
  12. Haase, H., Multiscale analysis of clay-polymer composites for geoenvironmental applications. Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum (2017). [Google Scholar]
  13. Lieske, W., Impact of polymer constitution on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of modified bentonite for the application in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum (2022). [Google Scholar]
  14. Kallerhoff, N., Sellinghoff, R., Lieske, W., Baille, W., Wichtmann, T., Polymer-modified bentonite-silt composites to improve the hydro-mechanical properties of landfill mineral sealings. E3S Web Conf. 642, 05002 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202564205002 [Google Scholar]
  15. Tang, C.-S., Cheng, Q., Leng, T., Shi, B., Zeng, H., Inyang, H.I., Effects of wetting-drying cycles and desiccation cracks on mechanical behavior of an unsaturated soil. Catena 194, 104721 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2020.104721 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  16. Zhang, J., Hu, H., Peng, J., Zhang, Y., Zhang, A., Enhanced understanding of subgrade soil hydraulic characteristics: Effects of wetting– drying cycles and stress states on subgrade water migration. J. Hydrol. 635, 131165 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131165 [Google Scholar]
  17. Gustitus, S.A., Nguyen, D., Chen, J., Benson, C.H., Quantifying polymer loading in bentonite-polymer composites using loss on ignition and total carbon analyses. Geotech. Test. J. 44, 1448–1466 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20200007 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  18. Lam, C., Martin, P.J., Jefferis, S.A., Goodhue, K.G., Determination of residual concentration of active polymer in a polymeric support fluid. Geotech. Test. J. 37, 46–59 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1520/GTJ20130019 [Google Scholar]
  19. Sieger, C., Kroon, A., Batelaan, J.G., van Ginkel, C.G., Biodegradation of carboxymethyl celluloses by Agrobacterium CM-1. Carbohydr. Polym. 27, 137–143 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1016/0144-8617(95)00039-A [Google Scholar]
  20. Di Emidio, G., Hydraulic and chemico-osmotic performance of polymer treated clays. Ph.D. thesis, Ghent University (2010). [Google Scholar]
  21. Chang, I., Im, J., Prasidhi, A.K., Cho, G.-C., Effects of xanthan gum biopolymer on soil strengthening. Constr. Build. Mater. 74, 65–72 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.10.026 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  22. Rezaeimalek, S., Nasouri, A., Huang, J., Bin-Shafique, S., Gilazghi, S.T., Comparison of short-term and long-term performances for polymer-stabilized sand and clay. J. Traffic Transp. Eng. 4, 145–155 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtte.2017.01.003 [Google Scholar]
  23. Christ, F., Experimental investigations on the hydro-mechanical behaviour of clay shales for tunnelling relevant boundary conditions. Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-University Bochum (2025). [Google Scholar]
  24. Kugler, H., Schwaighofer, B., Gruber, S., Die Modifizierung des Wasseraufnahmeversuches nach Enslin-Neff. In: Ottner, F., Gier, S. (eds.), Berichte der Deutschen Ton- und Tonmineralgruppe e.V., Band 9, 125–141 (2002). [Google Scholar]
  25. Lieske, W., Tripathy, S., Baille, W., Schanz, T., An alternative approach for determining suction of polyethylene glycols for soil testing. Géotech. Lett. 10, 45–49 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1680/jgele.19.00017 [Google Scholar]
  26. Latifi, N., Horpibulsuk, S., Meehan, C.L., Majid, M.Z.A., Rashid, A.S.A., Xanthan gum biopolymer: an eco-friendly additive for stabilization of tropical organic peat. Environ. Earth Sci. 75, 1–15 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-5712-3 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
  27. Verst, R., Lieske, W., Baille, W., Pulsfort, M., Wichtmann, T., On the applicability of viscosity-based capillary bundle concepts to predict the penetration behaviour of polymer solutions into sand. Acta Geotech. 17, 497–510 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01225-6 [Google Scholar]

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.