Clays with various chemical and mineralogical compositions are an increasingly important
mineral source for producing sustainable cements, mortars, and concretes. Numerous …

The last decade has seen the development of an alternative chemistry, which intends to
reduce the human impact on the environment. The polymers are obviously involved into this …

Dissolution rates of natural illite (Illite du Puy) were measured from Si release rates during
closed system experiments at pH ranging from 1.4 to 12.4 and temperatures ranging from 5 …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents colloid clay science. Clay minerals are
distinguished from other colloidal materials by the highly anisometric and often irregular …

The inorganic–organic hybrid for a drug delivery system was successfully realized by
intercalating donepezil molecules into smectite clays (laponite XLG, saponite, and …

The determination of the cation exchange capacity (CEC) of clays by exchange with the
cationic copper complexes [Cu (en) 2] 2+ and [Cu (trien)] 2+ is revisited. The procedures …

The aim of this review is to provide an in-depth overview on the use of inorganic nano-sized
entities for the generation of nanocomposite materials in the form of films and coatings for …

Natural Na-Wyoming montmorillonite was size fractionated by successive centrifugation.
Polydisperse particles with average sizes of 400, 290, and 75 nm were then obtained. As the …

The sorption of Eu (III) onto kaolinite and montmorillonite was investigated up to 150° C. The
clays were purified samples, saturated with Na in the case of montmorillonite. Batch …

The surface reactivity of clay minerals remains challenging to characterize because of a
duality of adsorption surfaces and mechanisms that does not exist in the case of simple …