Polymer layered silicate nanocomposites: a review

V Mittal - Materials, 2009 - mdpi.com
This review aims to present recent advances in the synthesis and structure characterization
as well as the properties of polymer layered silicate nanocomposites. The advent of polymer …

Synthesis of organoclays: A critical review and some unresolved issues

H He, L Ma, J Zhu, RL Frost, BKG Theng, F Bergaya - Applied Clay Science, 2014 - Elsevier
The synthesis of organoclays (OC) by intercalation of quaternary ammonium cation (QAC)
into expanding clay minerals, notably montmorillonite (Mt), has attracted a great deal of …

Modification of bentonite with cationic and nonionic surfactants: Structural and textural features

M Andrunik, T Bajda - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Surfactant-modified clay minerals are known for their good sorption properties of both
organic and inorganic compounds from aqueous solutions. However, the current knowledge …

Elaboration and characterization of a new flat ceramic MF membrane made from natural Moroccan bentonite. Application to treatment of industrial wastewater

A Bouazizi, S Saja, B Achiou, M Ouammou, JI Calvo… - Applied Clay …, 2016 - Elsevier
This work reports the development and characterization of a new ceramic MF membrane.
The flat membrane was prepared from natural Bentonite extracted from the vicinity of Nador …

Surface characterisation of selected sorbent materials for common hydrocarbon fuels

O Carmody, R Frost, Y **, S Kokot - Surface Science, 2007 - Elsevier
The need to find the most efficient material for the clean-up of oil/fuel spills both at sea and
on land is of extreme importance. Generally, this requires material selection based upon the …

Pd nanoparticles loaded on modified chitosan-Unye bentonite microcapsules: A reusable nanocatalyst for Sonogashira coupling reaction

N Shafiei, M Nasrollahzadeh, T Baran, NY Baran… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work investigates the preparation of a catalytic complex of palladium nanoparticles
supported on novel Schiff base modified chitosan-Unye bentonite microcapsules (Pd NPs …

Grafting of montmorillonite with different functional silanes via two different reaction systems

W Shen, H He, J Zhu, P Yuan, RL Frost - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2007 - Elsevier
Silane grafted montmorillonites were synthesized by using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane
and trimethylchlorosilane via two different grafting reaction systems:(a) ethanol–water …

An FTIR investigation of hexadecyltrimethylammonium intercalation into rectorite

Z Li, WT Jiang, H Hong - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Rectorite is an interstratified clay mineral made at 1: 1 ratio of an orderly arrangement of a
nonswelling component illite and a swelling component smectite. Due to the presence of two …

Characterization of natural-and organobentonite by XRD, SEM, FT-IR and thermal analysis techniques and its adsorption behaviour in aqueous solutions

GA Ikhtiyarova, AS Özcan, Ö Gök, A Özcan - Clay Minerals, 2012 - cambridge.org
In this study, natural bentonite was modified with hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA)
bromide to obtain organobentonite (HDTMA-bentonite). Bentonite and HDTMA-bentonite …

Characterization and the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 immobilized hydrophobic montmorillonite photocatalysts: degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209)

T An, J Chen, G Li, X Ding, G Sheng, J Fu, B Mai… - Catalysis Today, 2008 - Elsevier
A novel TiO2 immobilized hydrophobic montmorillonite photocatalysts were designed and
prepared for the advanced oxidation of persistent organic pollutants in water, which …