The rise of organic–inorganic hybrid materials in both academia and industry results from a
convergence of diverse expertise and communities and is driven by the curiosity of open …

Natural pigments from plant sources are often stabilized by several types of protection
systems, including incorporation of co-pigment compounds, formation of supramolecular …

The second edition of The Chemistry of Clay-Organic Reactions book provides a
comprehensive and fully updated summary of the literature on the interactions of clay …

This review article focuses on sepiolite fibrous clay mineral, which has been selected here
as an example of an ancient inorganic natural material that is currently receiving much …

Biocompatible 2-dimensional layered compounds such as clays and layered double
hydroxides (anionic clays) have been explored and utilized in drug delivery system for …

In the last decades, new synthetic hybrid materials, with an inorganic and organic nature,
have been developed to promote their application as protective coatings and/or structural …

Polymer–clay nanocomposite hydrogel films (PCNCHFs) were prepared from caboxymethyl
cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, agar and nanosepiolite clay (0, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 and 1.5 …

Functionalization of natural clay minerals for high value-added pharmaceutical and cosmetic
applications receives significant research attention worldwide attributable to a rising …

An approach to functionalize graphene‐based materials has been developed by
assembling graphene nanoplatelets (GNP) with clay minerals. Under convenient …

Maya blue or Maya blue-like pigments are famous for their vivid colors and good
environmental stability, but their colors are dependent on the natural or synthetic organic …