Clay minerals are critical components for fired bricks because they provide plasticity,
porosity and adequate strength for desired products. Investigations on clay minerals have …

Nanoclays, a specific type of nanomaterial, have emerged as versatile and dynamic
materials, with tremendous potential for advanced functional applications. Despite …

Clay minerals such as kaolinite, smectite, chlorite, micas are main components of raw
materials of clay and formed in presence of water. A large number of clays used to form the …

Play-dough is a brightly-colored, easy-to-make, and familiar material. We have developed
and tested custom play-dough materials that can be employed in 3D printers designed for …

The contamination of feed with mycotoxins is a continuing feed quality and safety issue,
leading to significant losses in livestock production and potential human health risks …

Soft clay-like Li-superionic conductors, integral to realizing all-solid-state batteries, have
been recently synthesized by mixing rigid-salts. Here, through computational and …

Natural clay mineral and its modifier called modified clay have been used in many
environmental applications for a number of years. However, they are not capable enough to …

The issue of clay processing concerns both provenance and techno-functional ceramic
investigations. In the former, the compositional/textural modification of clay alters the …

Wastewater (sewage) treatment plants generate a high volume of sludge that, although it is
classified as class II-A (not inert) non-hazardous waste, is commonly disposed of in sanitary …

Phosphorus wastewater is prone to eutrophication, causing anoxic death of fish and shrimp.
Adsorption materials can be added to remove phosphorus from water. In the paper, three …