Structure and Property Control of Nano-Mineral Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 June 2023) | Viewed by 222
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Interests: mineral materials; alkaline activated materials; cement based materials; utilization of solid waste
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Dear Colleagues,
The production of clay minerals for industrial and environmental uses continues to grow annually and new applications of clays are an exciting area of research and development. Sorbent clays, pillared clays, swelling clays and surface modified clays all have applications in the expanding environmental markets such as landfills, fluid barrier applications, selective ion sorption and others. The major industrial applications of clays are still expanding including uses in paper, paint, plastics, ceramics, drilling fluids, foundry bondants, catalysts, agriculture, construction materials, pet litters, sorbents for oil and water spills and many others. The fundamental knowledge is necessary for making significant progress towards application of clay minerals in industry. Special attention should be given to “new” clay minerals or synthetic clay minerals which do not have a natural counterpart, such as transition metal ion containing clay minerals with prospects in catalysis. The aim and scope of the Special Issue focus on the structure evolution and property modification of mineral materials or nano mineral materials towards application of clay minerals in industry areas such as pollutants adsorption and catalytic degradation.
Dr. Ping Duan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- clay minerals
- pollutants adsorption
- catalytic degradation
- nano modification
- surface modified clays
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