Materials and Structures: Outstanding Paper Award 2017

 Dear Authors,

 It is my pleasure to inform you that your paper "Effect of temperature on the sorption curves of earthen materials" has been selected by the Board of Editors of Materials and Structures as one of the Outstanding Papers published in 2017. In recognition of the quality of your contribution to our journal, RILEM grants your paper Open Access. This means that your work can be accessed without any limitations by your peers and by the public and therefore will gain better visibility and recognition.

This also means that the copyrights of the article are maintained by the authors.

 On behalf of the Board of Editors and RILEM community I would like to thank you for submitting your article to Materials and Structures and congratulate you on the Outstanding Paper 2017 Award.

Yours sincerely,

Pietro Lura

Editor in Chief

Materials and Structures