Use of Clay Minerals in Adsorption and Photocatalysis Technologies
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 June 2025 | Viewed by 552
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Interests: engineering; nanomaterials; soil; mineralogy; drug delivery; agriculture; biology; medicine; biotechnology; pharmacology; adsorption; photocatalysis; pigments; plastics; cosmetics; solar cells
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Interests: engineering; nanomaterials; soil; mineralogy; drug delivery; agriculture; biology; medicine; biotechnology; pharmacology; adsorption; photocatalysis; pigments; plastics; cosmetics; solar cells
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Designing efficient nanomaterials for environmental remediation and the treatment of polluted water has been a major focus of research. Clay minerals are valuable in adsorption and photocatalysis due to their unique properties, including their ion exchange capacity, high surface area, sorption capacity, and surface reactivity. Furthermore, clay minerals can interact with various organic and inorganic compounds, altering their structure, functional groups, and surface charge at different pH levels. These interactions can improve the removal of various pollutants, including heavy metals, dyes, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. The versatility of clay materials also enables their use in biotechnological applications, such as drug release, antimicrobials, and ensuring the photostability of organic molecules. This Special Issue of Minerals invites papers, including full-length articles, review articles, and short communications, on the topic of the “Use of Clay Minerals in Adsorption and Photocatalysis Technologies”. We welcome studies on recent developments in clay and clay mineral-based materials and invite manuscripts covering a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- New nanocomposites or hybrids derived from clays and clay minerals;
- Clay/clay mineral-based materials used in environmental remediation;
- The use of clays, clay minerals, and their derivatives in adsorption applications;
- The use of clays, clay minerals, and their derivatives in photocatalytic applications.
Dr. Pollyana Trigueiro
Prof. Dr. Ramón Raudel Peña Garcia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- clays
- clay minerals
- adsorptive materials
- photocatalytic materials
- environmental research
- water treatment
- nanocomposites
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