Publisher Summary This chapter describes structures and mineralogy of clay minerals.
Phyllosilicates considered in this chapter ideally contain a continuous tetrahedral sheet …

Nanoparticles are discrete nanometer (10-9 m)-scale assemblies of atoms. Thus, they have
dimensions between those characteristic of ions (10-10 m) and those of macroscopic …

Phyllosilicates, and among them clay minerals, are of great interest not only for the scientific
community but also for their potential applications in many novel and advanced areas …

Mudstone is the most abundant sedimentary rock and variously acts as sources, seals, and
shale gas reservoirs in petroleum systems. Many important physicochemical properties of …

A layered protonic titanate of lepidocrocite-type, H x Ti2-x/4□ x/4O4⊙ H2O (x∼ 0.7;□,
vacancy), has been exfoliated on the action of an aqueous solution of tetrabutylammonium …

This book is about the most complete work on the subject of clay minerals thus far
conceived. Its scope is one of basics to general principles to use in real geologic situations …

First-order relationships between organic matter content and mineral surface area have
been widely reported and are implicated in stabilization and long-term preservation of …

This paper describes the swelling/exfoliation process in which a layered protonic titanate, H
x Ti2-x/4□ x/4O4⊙ H2O (x∼ 0.7;□, vacancy), undergoes high degrees of hydration in …

This paper reports on the swelling and exfoliation behavior of a layered protonic manganese
oxide, H0. 13MnO2⊙ 0.7 H2O, in a solution of tetrabutylammonium (TBA) hydroxide and the …

Of course such a book as we propose here is not the product of just two people working
together, although the experience has been a great pleasure for us. We would like to thank …