Remarkable strategies for constructing clay-based catalysts are critically overviewed. Clay
minerals provide distinct nanometer-scaled layers and interlayers for engineering them as …

The concept of storing radioactive waste in geological formations calls for large quantities of
concrete that will be in contact with the clay material of the engineered barriers as well as …

Long residence times of soil organic matter have been attributed to reactive mineral surface
sites that sorb organic species and cause inaccessibility due to physical isolation and …

The term “clay” was used in everyday language long before being imbued with a well-
defined scientific meaning. Therefore, it is not surprising that it carries different connotations …

A new thermodynamic model, CASH+, is proposed, aimed at accurately describing
equilibrium composition, stability, solubility, and density of CSH gel-like phases at varying …

The specific surface area of natural particles is an important parameter to quantify processes
such as mineral dissolution and sorptive interactions in soils and sediments. In this study …

Many countries intend to use compacted bentonite as a barrier in their deep geological
repositories for nuclear waste. In order to describe and predict hydraulic conductivity or …

The prediction of U (VI) adsorption onto montmorillonite clay is confounded by the
complexities of:(1) the montmorillonite structure in terms of adsorption sites on basal and …

Water‐saturated clay‐rich media exhibit low‐frequency (1 Hz to 1 MHz) effective conductivity
and effective permittivity dispersions that are the consequence of both the polarization of the …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been widely used in materials science and chemistry
research since it was invented in the 1980s. It is a relatively new tool for geosciences and is …