In the last years, uncontrolled fires are frequently occurring in forest and agricultural areas
as an indirect effect of the rising aridity and global warming or caused by intentional illegal …

Artificial shale samples with equivalent vitrinite reflectance values (VRo) ranging from 0.69%
to 4.19% were obtained from an anhydrous pyrolysis experiment. Microporous and …

Graphite oxide, also referred as graphitic oxide or graphitic acid, is an oxidized bulk product
of graphite with a variable composition. However, it did not receive immense attention until it …

This work reports the preparation and the characterization of low-cost ultrafiltration bentonite
membrane deposited on ceramic perlite support. The bentonite layer was obtained by spin …

Nanocellulose/montmorillonite (MTM) composite films were prepared from 2, 2, 6, 6-
tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO)-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils (TOCNs) with an …

The thermally induced transformation of kaolinite to metakaolin is simulated using molecular
dynamics through a step-wise dehydroxylation approach. The simulation shows that the …

Wound healing is a natural physiological reaction to tissue injury. Hydrogels show attractive
advantages in wound healing not only due to their biodegradability, biocompatibility and …

We propose a solid-solution model for dioctahedral aluminous phyllosilicates accounting for
the main compositional variations, including hydration, observed in natural smectites …

Cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) are able to form strong oxygen-barrier films suitable for food
packaging but lack the needed water resistance in comparison to plastics. Desired water …

In this study, surface modified mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) were prepared for
the targeted delivery of the anticancer agents, daunorubicin (DNR) and cytarabine (CTR) …