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050008: Nano-layered Silicates with High Chemical Reactivity

The smectite family of layered silicate minerals, the so-called "swelling clays," have theoretical surface areas of 700 meters per gram or larger. However, accessing this surface area for important materials applications such as catalysis, adsorption, and polymer-clay nanocomposite formation is not readily achievable; the elementary one-nanometer...
Published: 7/21/2014   |   Inventor(s): Thomas Pinnavaia, Mihai Polverejan
Keywords(s): Clay-Polymer Composite, Montmorillonite, Organoclay, Organosilyl, Polymer Nanocomposite, Smectite Category(s): Chemicals, Materials, Nanotechnology