Recent Advances in Clay-Based Nanocomposites: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 1793
Special Issue Editor
Interests: clay; adsorption; wastewater treatments; drug delivery systems; isotherms
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanoclay technology is an emerging field of applied sciences that encompasses the design, synthesis, and characterization of nanoscale clay-based composites and their applications.
In recent years, with the advancements in characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, spectroscopy, and other related instrumental analytic procedures, the field has witnessed significant improvements toward understanding the structure and chemistry of such nanomaterials.
In the light of these considerations, I would like to invite authors to contribute original research articles, as well as review articles, focused on the preparation and characterization of clays, clay minerals, and related materials and their application in different fields ranging from environmental to biomedical, pharmaceutical, conservation of cultural heritage, catalysis, etc. Papers dealing with future innovative perspectives are strongly supported.
Aspects covered include adsorption and interfacial processes, colloid stability, surface chemistry, reactivity, synthesis protocols, characterization of the nanocomposites, mechanical, thermal, electrical properties, micro and nanophase materials, etc.
Prof. Dr. Luciana Sciascia
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clay
- organoclay
- nanocomposites
- interfacial phenomena
- adsorption
- isotherms
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