A review is presented of the recent developments concerning the use of polyhedral
oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) for designing polymer nanocomposites endowed with …

This review describes the syntheses of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (T8-POSS)
compounds, the miscibility of POSS derivatives and polymers, the preparation of both …

Understanding the structure–property relationship of solids is of utmost relevance for
efficient chemical processes and technological applications in industries. This contribution …

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

A NbV‐containing saponite clay was designed to selectively transform toxic organosulfur
chemical warfare agents (CWAs) under extremely mild conditions into nontoxic products …

Modification of saponite (Sap) by surface engineering and intercalation chemistry introduces
guest species into the structure of Sap and enhances the functionalities of the resultant Sap …

The use of clay minerals has ancient origin and nowadays natural clays are extensively
employed for a large number of applications, including in building, packaging, cosmetics …

Hard‐shell case: Using a (RKK) 4D8 peptide allows mineralization to occur under
cytocompatible conditions. Thus individual Chlorella cells could be encapsulated within a …

Sonogashira cross‐coupling of bromophenylethenyl‐terminated cubic, double four‐ring,
siloxane cages with di‐/triethynyl compounds results in microporous poly (ethynylene …

Oil sands operations consume large volumes of water in bitumen extraction process and
produce tailings that express pore water to the surface of tailings ponds known as oil sands …