Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials
A section of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X).
Section Information
The Section Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials covers, in one respect, various aspects related to the mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of natural clay materials and other associated industrial minerals. In addition, the Section covers the topics of experimental and theoretical research on the structure, properties, and applications of broadly described natural and engineered layered and nanoporous minerals, including clays, layered double hydroxides (LDHs), zeolites, cementitious phases, and other related mineral materials. The focus is on linking together their detailed characterization using various diffraction, scattering, and spectroscopic techniques (X-ray, neutron, NMR, IR, Raman, AFM, etc.), multiscale modeling computational of their properties, and their diverse applications in geological and technological settings, such as mineral weathering, geological disposal of chemical and radioactive wastes, geological carbon sequestration, exploration of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources, catalysis, construction, health care products, etc.
Keywords
- Clay minerals
- Layered double hydroxides
- Zeolites
- Cement
- Nanomaterials
- Crystal structure
- Mineral deformation
- Microstructure
- Phase transformations
- Adsorption
- Swelling
- Mineral–fluid interfaces
- Engineered barriers
- Clays
- Industrial minerals
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Blended Cements Incorporating Calcined Clay and Limestone (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Surface Engineered Natural Zeolites and Clays for Improved Pollutants Removal (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- The Role of Clays in Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Deadline: 18 September 2022)
- Nanotubular and Nanofibrous Clay Minerals (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Raw and Organically Modified Clays and Their Various Application (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Environmental Applications of Chemically Modified Clay Minerals, Volume II (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Green Synthesis and Application of Multimetallic Nanoparticles (Deadline: 28 October 2022)
- Recent Advances in Clay-Based Nanocomposites (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Mineralogical, Petrophysical and Hydromechanical Properties of Reservoirs and Caprocks (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Obtainment, Characterization, and Applications of Organophilic Clays (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Chemo-Physical Evolution, Microstructural Modifications and Hydro-Mechanical Behaviour of Treated Soils of Different Mineralogical Composition (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Near-Field Processes and Evolution toward to Assessment of Radionuclide Migration in Geological Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste (Deadline: 16 December 2022)
- Experimental and Theoretical Advancement in Modeling Fluid-Rock Interactions in Geological Reservoirs (Deadline: 23 December 2022)
- Clay Minerals for Adsorption and Catalytic Reactions (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Synthesis and Application of Porous Clay Materials in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Treatment of Hazardous Wastes (Deadline: 30 December 2022)
- Probe into Marine Sediment Provenance (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Mineralogical and Thermal Properties of Clays and Clay-Based Materials (Deadline: 28 January 2023)
- Biology Meets Mineralogy: Investigations into Biomolecule Interactions with Aluminosilicate Clay Minerals and Layered Double Hydroxides (Deadline: 10 March 2023)
- Feature Papers in Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials (Deadline: 25 March 2023)
- Synthesis, Characterization and Utilization of Clay and Clay Composites: Knowledge in Practice (Deadline: 31 March 2023)
Topical Collection
Following topical collection within this section is currently open for submissions:
