Modern society pays further and further attention to environmental protection and the
promotion of sustainable energy solutions. Heterogeneous photocatalysis is widely …

As a general-purpose force field for molecular simulations of layered materials and their fluid
interfaces, Clayff continues to see broad usage in atomistic computational modeling for …

The past two decades have been marked by an increased interest in the synthesis and the
properties of geoinspired hydrosilicate nanoscrolls and nanotubes. The present review …

Halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs) are emerging nanomaterials for numerous environmental
applications, including catalysis and biomass valorization. The efficacy of halloysite as a …

A computational SCC-DFTB investigation dealing with the structure of hydrated and
anhydrous halloysite nanotubes with a spiral geometry is reported. The peculiar …

The density functional theory-based calculations were performed on stripe models of the
single kaolinite layer. The calculations helped to explain why halloysite mineral, a member …

Imogolites are clay nanotubes consisting of a curved di-octahedral gibbsite-like layer [OH 3
AlO 3] and of isolated OH SiO 3 tetrahedra connected by three mutual oxygen atoms to the …

Imogolite (Imo) was prepared via a sol-gel method. The time-dependent changes in its
morphology, structure and texture during the whole synthesis process (from amorphous …

Sixty years after their discovery, the structure of imogolite is still debated. We have carefully
characterized natural and synthetic imogolites by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering, Infrared …

Imogolite is an aluminosilicate mineral originally found in volcanic ash derived soils.
Through the use of chemical synthesis methods this mineral has been successfully …