Breaking New Ground: Recent Progress in Clayey Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Composites".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: advanced materials; hybrid materials; ceramics; functional materials; solid-state NMR spectroscopy; pillared clays; zeolites; cement; porous materials; 2D materials
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Interests: materials science; nanotechnology; physical chemistry; luminescence; catalysis; nuclear magnetic resonance; environmental remediation; lanthanide; silsesquioxane; silica
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue, entitled ‘Breaking New Ground: Recent Progress in Clayey Materials’, examines the latest advancements made in clay research and invites researchers and scientists to contribute their knowledge and skills in this area. Clayey materials, both natural and synthetic, known for their unique physicochemical properties due to their 2D layered structure and chemical composition, play a crucial role in various scientific and technological fields. This Special Issue highlights the interdisciplinary nature of clay research, exploring the design, preparation, and characterization of these materials and their wide-ranging applications. Current cutting-edge research is opening up new avenues of investigation, not only in understanding their fundamental properties but also in exploiting their potential for innovative applications in various disciplines, including in biomedicine, catalysis, environmental remediation, and energy storage.
Articles featured in this Special Issue will cover both theoretical and experimental works. Original state-of-the-art research articles and reviews are welcome to be contributed to this Special Issue. We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue of Materials.
Dr. Geo Paul
Dr. Stefano Marchesi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- natural clay
- synthetic clay
- layered material
- synthesis
- characterization
- catalysis
- environmental remediation
- biomedical applications
- energy storage
- PXRD and NMR
