Rational design of kaolinite-based photocatalytic materials for environment decontamination

B Zhao, L Liu, H Cheng - Applied Clay Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Semiconductor-based photocatalysts play vital roles in environmental treatment owing to
their advanced oxidation processes under ultraviolet light irradiationul. However, the …

Thermodynamics of calcined clays used in cementitious binders: origin to service life considerations

T Hanein, H Nguyen, JL Provis, C Utton… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of calcined clays in construction materials has attracted significant attention in the
last few years. Based on the continued need for sustainable construction materials to meet …

Dehydroxylation of kaolinite to metakaolin—a molecular dynamics study

S Sperinck, P Raiteri, N Marks, K Wright - Journal of Materials …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
The thermally induced transformation of kaolinite to metakaolin is simulated using molecular
dynamics through a step-wise dehydroxylation approach. The simulation shows that the …

Combining density functional theory (DFT) and pair distribution function (PDF) analysis to solve the structure of metastable materials: the case of metakaolin

CE White, JL Provis, T Proffen, DP Riley… - Physical Chemistry …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the atomic structure of complex metastable (including glassy) materials is of
great importance in research and industry, however, such materials resist solution by most …

Assessment of ten DFT methods in predicting structures of sheet silicates: Importance of dispersion corrections

D Tunega, T Bučko, A Zaoui - The Journal of chemical physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The performance of ten density functional theory (DFT) methods in a prediction of the
structure of four clay minerals, in which non-bonding interactions dominate in the layer …

Density functional modeling of the local structure of kaolinite subjected to thermal dehydroxylation

CE White, JL Provis, T Proffen, DP Riley… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Understanding the atomic-level changes that occur as kaolinite is converted (thermally
dehydroxylated) to metakaolin is critical to the optimization of this large-scale industrial …

Superhydrophobicity mechanism and nanoscale profiling of PDMS-modified kaolinite nanolayers via Ab Initio-MD simulation and atomic force microscopy study

Y Li, X Ma, Y Chen, X Kang, B Yang - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study aimed to investigate the superhydrophobic mechanism of kaolinite particles
modified with poly (dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS), which has potential as a superior hydrophobic …

Investigation of cement substitution by blends of calcined clays and limestone

M Antoni - 2013 - infoscience.epfl.ch
This thesis investigates the replacement of Portland cement by addition of high amounts of
calcined clays and limestone. Such ternary blends can become more ecological and …

Adsorption of different PAM structural units on kaolinite (0 0 1) surface: Density functional theory study

B Ren, F Min, L Liu, J Chen, C Liu, K Lv - Applied Surface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study are to explore the adsorption mechanisms for how the
polyacrylamide (PAM) interact with kaolinite (0 0 1) surface. Three structural unit models (P …

First-principles calculation of the elastic moduli of sheet silicates and their application to shale anisotropy

B Militzer, HR Wenk, S Stackhouse… - American …, 2011 - degruyter.com
The full elastic tensors of the sheet silicates muscovite, illite-smectite, kaolinite, dickite, and
nacrite have been derived with first-principles calculations based on density functional …