A good material for CO2 capture should possess some specific properties:(i) a large
effective surface area with good adsorption capacity,(ii) selectivity for CO2,(iii) regeneration …

Clays are the siblings of graphite and graphene/graphene-oxide. There are two basic ways
of using clays for encapsulation of sub-micron entities such as molecules, droplets, or …

In this work we report X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy
(EDS) measurements to investigate the confined cation exchange process in saline …

A key parameter for calculating the swelling deformation using fractal model is the fractal
dimension. Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and liquid nitrogen adsorption method …

Clay minerals such as fluorohectorite (FHt) have come into prominence as drug carrier
systems due to their layered structure and excellent cation exchange capabilities. Water …

The water adsorption isotherms of Ni-fluorohectorite have been obtained from the relative
humidity dependence of X-ray diffraction intensities, and continuous transitions between the …

Interstratified structures are a common phenomenon in layered silicates and the
differentiation between random and ordered interstratifications might be in some cases …

The existing setup for time-resolved quick-scanning X-ray absorption spectroscopy
(QEXAFS) at beamline P64 at the PETRA III storage ring is complemented by new …

The transport of chemical species in porous media is ubiquitous in subsurface processes,
including contaminant transport, soil drying, and soil remediation. We study vapor transport …

For applications benefitting from the swelling properties of nanolayered silicates (clay
minerals), it is of paramount importance to understand the hysteresis in the clay–water …