Clay nanoparticles for regenerative medicine and biomaterial design: A review of clay bioactivity

M Mousa, ND Evans, ROC Oreffo, JI Dawson - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Clay nanoparticles, composites and hydrogels are emerging as a new class of biomaterial
with exciting potential for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. Clay …

Sorption mechanisms of chemicals in soils

DG Strawn - Soil Systems, 2021 - mdpi.com
Sorption of chemicals onto soil particle surfaces is an important process controlling their
availability for uptake by organisms and loss from soils to ground and surface waters. The …

Removal of heavy metals from water by macro-mesoporous calcium alginate–exfoliated clay composite sponges

SP Santoso, A Kurniawan, AE Angkawijaya… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The contamination of drinking water and freshwater by heavy metals has become a growing
concern for human health and environment that calls for immediate remedial action …

Molecular dynamics simulations of the colloidal interaction between smectite clay nanoparticles in liquid water

X Shen, IC Bourg - Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Colloidal interactions between clay nanoparticles have been studied extensively because of
their strong influence on the hydrology and mechanics of many soils and sedimentary …

Clay mineral products for improving environmental quality

N Worasith, BA Goodman - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Although clay minerals play fundamental roles in many environmental processes, especially
in controlling the movement of various ions and molecules in soils, they are also useful …

Large-scale molecular dynamics simulation of the dehydration of a suspension of smectite clay nanoparticles

TR Underwood, IC Bourg - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2020 - ACS Publications
Fine-grained sediments and sedimentary rocks play important roles in a variety of modern
energy technologies from petroleum geology to geological carbon sequestration and …

[HTML][HTML] Freshwater suspended particulate matter—Key components and processes in floc formation and dynamics

H Walch, F von der Kammer, T Hofmann - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Freshwater suspended particulate matter (SPM) plays an important role in many
biogeochemical cycles and serves multiple ecosystem functions. Most SPM is present as …

Modeling uranium (VI) adsorption onto montmorillonite under varying carbonate concentrations: A surface complexation model accounting for the spillover effect on …

C Tournassat, RM Tinnacher, S Grangeon… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
The prediction of U (VI) adsorption onto montmorillonite clay is confounded by the
complexities of:(1) the montmorillonite structure in terms of adsorption sites on basal and …

Surface-bound radical control rapid organic contaminant degradation through peroxymonosulfate activation by reduced Fe-bearing smectite clays

N Chen, G Fang, C Zhu, S Wu, G Liu… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Heterogeneously activated peroxymonosulfate (PMS)-based advanced oxidation
technologies (AOTs) have received increasing attention in contaminated water remediation …

Reduction of U (VI) on chemically reduced montmorillonite and surface complexation modeling of adsorbed U (IV)

A Satpathy, JG Catalano… - Environmental Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Adsorption and subsequent reduction of U (VI) on Fe (II)-bearing clay minerals can control
the mobility of uranium in subsurface environments. Clays such as montmorillonite provide …