Bentonite clay is one of the oldest clays that humankind has been using from ancient times
as traditional habits and remedies. In recent years researchers have found many …

Generation of an enormous amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste due to rapid
growth in the infrastructure segment globally is a matter of dire concern for the present …

Bone defect is one of the most frequent problems in bone tissue reconstruction in which
application of a biomaterial filling is necessary. It creates a still rising demand of biomaterials …

In an effort to limit the environmental impact of concrete materials, there is increasing interest
in the development and use of a wider range of minerals as acceptable supplementary …

Chitosan/KSF-montmorillonite beads were prepared at 1–25% w/w ratios by reaction of the
biopolymer and the clay mineral with sodium tripolyphosphate as crosslinking agent. The …

Near-net shape casting having complex geometry is manufactured through the sand casting
process. However, day by day, the availability of natural or synthetic silica sand has been …

The environmental and accessibility concerns associated with the increasing use of river
sand in construction have diverted the attention of scientists to alternative materials. Waste …

It is an urgent subject to search high-performance shale inhibitors used in water-based
drilling fluids for drilling safety. In the present work, two imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) …

Alkali-activated material prepared by the silicon aluminum solid wastes are commonly
considered as the low-carbon cementitious material, which has important significance for …

Bentonite clay is used to tune the swelling, stimuli responsiveness (sorption and thermal)
and the rheological characteristics of starch grafted polyacrylic acid based hydrogel. Here …