Clay minerals retain or adsorb metal ions in the Earth's critical zone. Rocks, sediments and
soils rich in clay minerals can concentrate rare earth elements (REEs) in ion adsorption-type …

Clay minerals are efficient adsorbents for metal ions and have been widely used to control
heavy metals, while a number of critical issues remain elusive. In this study, the fully flexible …

Clay-rich media have been proposed as engineered barrier materials or host rocks for high
level radioactive waste repositories in several countries. Hence, a detailed understanding of …

Clay minerals are efficient sinks for heavy metals in the geosphere. Knowing the uptake
mechanism of these elements on clays can help to protect the natural environment from …

Aiming at an atomistic mechanism of heavy metal cation complexing on clay surfaces, we
carried out systematic first principles molecular dynamics (FPMD) simulations to investigate …

Within the context of the clay barrier concept for underground nuclear waste disposal,
montmorillonite and bentonite have been widely used as reference materials for sorption. In …

The interactions between clay minerals and organic matter, specifically adsorption, are
widely recognized as a crucial mechanism for promoting the preservation of organic matter …

The formation of transition-metal surface precipitates may occur during sorption to clay
minerals under ambient soil conditions. This process may lead to significant long-term …

Global resources of heavy Rare Earth Elements (REE) are dominantly sourced from
Chinese regolith-hosted ion-adsorption deposits in which the REE are inferred to be weakly …

In this study, we reviewed the selective adsorption and irreversible fixation of cesium (Cs+)
on clay minerals. The selective adsorption of Cs+ results from reactions with frayed edge …