Abstract Thought as raw materials clay minerals are often disregarded in the development of
advanced materials. However, clays of natural and synthetic origin constitute excellent …

The utilization of smectite clay, swelling layered silicate, as scaffolds for designing functional
nanostructures was overviewed. Surface modification of smectites with organoammonium …

An efficient novel colorimetric sensor for H 2 O 2 based on peroxidase-like CeO 2-
montmorillonite (MMT) nanocomposites that were successfully prepared by a facile one-pot …

Functionalized halloysite nanotubes were prepared by surface activation of halloysite (Hal)
with sodium hydroxide and deposition of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONP). The surface …

A new approach to enhance the antimicrobial properties of poly (lactic acid)(PLA) packaging
films while retaining their thermo-mechanical properties was examined. Herein, ZnO …

Although an extraordinary amount of research into the chemistry of nanoscale zinc oxide
(ZnO) has been conducted over the past three decades, application-driven design and …

Well-dispersed nanocomposites (CuS-MMT nanocomposites) based on copper sulfide
(CuS) and Ca-montmorillonite (Ca 2+-MMT) were prepared via a simple and facile method …

One-step room-temperature synthesis of nanocrystalline Mn3O4 hausmannite, without
heating posttreatment, was carried out from a simple dissolution of manganese (II) acetate in …

Removal of phenol employing ZnO–bentonite nanocomposite as photocatalyst with UV
irradiations is evaluated under Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR). XRD patterns of …

In this work, ZnO nanoparticles, synthesized by the sol-gel process, are immobilized on the
external surface of raw kaolinite particles and kaolinite activated by different treatments: heat …