Smectite clay minerals and their suspensions have long been of both great scientific and
applications interest and continue to display a remarkable range of new and interesting …

An experimental procedure is presented to order kaolinite particles on substrates for
interrogation of the two basal plane surfaces by atomic force microscopy. Surface force …

Organic matter, minerals, and microorganisms are spatially associated in complex organo‐
mineral assemblages within soils. A mechanistic understanding of processes occurring …

Montmorillonite is the main crystalline mineral present in bentonite. It is an absorbent,
swelling material; the physical chemistry underlying its ability to absorb water and swell …

This paper proposes a novel methodology for understanding the meso-scale aggregation of
clay platelets in water. We use Molecular Dynamics simulations using the CLAYFF force …

Although nonionic surfactants are relatively eco-friendly compared with cationic and anionic
surfactants, few studies have investigated their application in modified clay. Herein we …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). XAS
corresponds to a range of X-ray spectroscopic techniques based on scattering, absorption …

The unusual behavior of smectites, the ability to change volume when wetted (swelling) or
dried (shrinking), makes soil rich in smectites very unstable and dangerous for the building …

We have studied the effect of additions of both anionic and cationic spherical silica colloids
of different sizes on the rheology of dispersions of a well-characterised montmorillonite clay …

An approach for nanoscale 3-D tomography of organic carbon (OC) and associated mineral
nanoparticles was developed to illustrate their spatial distribution and boundary interplay …