Adsorption of prebiotic building blocks is proposed to have played a role in the emergence
of life on Earth. The experimental and theoretical study of this phenomenon should be …

The objective of this study is to determine the morphological properties of vermiculite
particles obtained by sonication followed by separation into different size fractions (0.1–0.2 …

Two clays of the areas of Kaélé and Kousseri (extreme North Cameroon) containing mainly
smectites and minor amounts of kaolinite were activated with sulfuric acid (1 to 8 N). Crystal …

Due to their crystallochemical properties, clay minerals feature different types of structural
surfaces which have their own adsorption energy distribution. To study that type of surface …

The interaction between metallic iron and kaolinite was studied in conditions relevant to
those that may be encountered in a high-level radioactive waste disposal facility in …

The distribution of edge and basal surface areas of phyllosilicate particles is an essential
parameter for understanding the interaction mechanisms at solid/gas or solid/liquid …

High-resolution gas adsorption techniques were used to analyse the evolution of the aspect
ratio and adsorption energy distribution on synthetic saponite samples with increasing layer …

In the framework on a study of the acido-basic and sorption properties of iron oxides, a
thorough characterization of two types of goethite powders was performed in several …

The effect of pH and Gibbs energy on the dissolution rate of a synthetic Na-montmorillonite
was investigated by means of flow-through experiments at 25 and 80° C at pH of 7 and 9 …

In the context of the potential confinement of high-level radioactive wastes (HLW) within the
clay engineered barrier system (EBS) in deep geological formations, the evolution of the …