Liquid Nanoclay: Synthesis and Applications to Transform an Arid Desert into Fertile Land

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Figure 2: Legend is missing.

Figure 6: Necessary to edit the text in the top left corner.

Figure 7: necessary to increase the size of the figures.

Figure 8: You could increase the size and make it 1-page wide.

Figure 9: This figure might be better suited as graphical abstract, although it does not contain the part of the synthesis of the liquid nanoclay. Otherwise, the Figure is extremely simple, and this information might be better described in the text using bullet points.

Reference list: Please, include DOI for as many references as possible.

Author Response

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. All the recommendations have been incorporated into the manuscript, and a point-by-point response to the reviewer's comments is attached for your perusal.  

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article entitled Liquid “Nanoclay: Synthesis and Applications to Transform an 2 Arid Desert into Fertile Land” aims  provide comprehensive review of application of liquid nano clay for transformation of desert in to fertile land. The review article have huge amount of data and different sections are well balanced. The review is suitable for publication in soil with some minor changes

1.      Introduction section need to improve. More background data with some recent articles published in tire one journal need to be added

2.      Some more figures should be included in section against each property

3.      Comparison of different studies should be given in tabular form

4.      The whole article need to check for grammar and typos error

5.      Reference and formatting must be according to journal guidelines

Author Response

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. All the recommendations have been incorporated into the manuscript, and a point-by-point response to the reviewer's comments is attached for your perusal.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

This paper provides a comprehensive overview of nanoclay synthesis and its application in desert agriculture. It also discusses how nanoclay can aid in climate change mitigation and outlines its limitations in desert agriculture. I appreciate the authors' efforts in pointing out future directions and making recommendations. I recommend revisions for the following reasons:

 1. The abstract contains too much information on nanoclay synthesis and not enough on its application. Additionally, it lacks a clear perspective on its impact on desert agriculture.

2. Figure 6 needs to be revised for clarity and accuracy. Ensure that the figure is clear and accurately represents the concept.

 3. Conclusion reads more like a discussion of future work. It should highlight the key contributions and findings of this review paper.

 4. Author Contributions was not well prepared. needs to be carefully prepared to accurately reflect each author's contribution to the paper.

 5. The references are not in a uniform format. They need to be thoroughly revised according to the journal's requirements.

 

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Overall, the quality of English in this paper is ok, but some areas require improvement for better clarity, coherence, and readability. For example, the abstract is quite dense and could be simplified to improve readability. Some sentences are overly long and complex. Breaking them into shorter sentences can improve understanding.

Author Response

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. All the recommendations have been incorporated into the manuscript, and a point-by-point response to the reviewer's comments is attached for your perusal.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 4 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Correct English in line 123

L219: what is (G) – explain (Gibbs energy or?)

Please chect the manuscript and cite Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 in the text

L428: What logic lies behind putting polyacrylamide to soil to prevent erosion? Explain

L437-438 – not clear

L442: what pore size do they mean?

Captions of Fig. 5 (L.485-493) and Fig. 6 (L.677-680): are too long – please correct.

Table 1 is not mentioned in the text

Captions of Fig. 7 and Fig. 9  – please correct the text according to what you show in the figure.

Fig. 8 – please explain more what is shown in the manuscript text

Section 9.5 is quite vague – correct the text

Correct and improve the wording of the conclusion section (L936-942).

Comments on the Quality of English Language

The paper is quite well written and easy to follow

Author Response

Thank you for your comments and suggestions. All the recommendations have been incorporated into the manuscript, and a point-by-point response to the reviewer's comments is attached for your perusal.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf