
Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials
Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications
Description
Key Features
- Explores the combination of both minerals (clay and zeolite) together, with their application in two broad areas of emerging research
- Explains better utilization and applications for modified clay and zeolite through detailed comparative studies
- Consolidates information on the modification and tuning of clay and zeolite materials for novelty applications
- Helps users in the selection of materials, surface features, and other functionalization for diverse applications
Readership
Academic researchers, PhD students, and industrial professionals working in chemical and materials engineering, especially nanocomposite materials
Table of Contents
Preface
Mariano Mercurio, Binoy Sarkar and Alessio Langella
1. Systematics, crystal structures and occurrences of zeolite
G. Diego Gatta and Paolo Lotti
2. Zeolites as potential drug carriers
Danina Krajišnik, Aleksandra Daković, Jela Milić and Marija Marković
3. Surface modification of zeolites for environmental applications
Bruno de Gennaro
4. Natural zeolite - Alternative adsorbent in polishing or post-treatment of waters
Eva Chmielewská
5. Modified clay minerals for environmental applications
Binoy Sarkar, Ruhaida Rusmin, Uzochukwu C. Ugochukwu, Raj Mukhopadhyay and K. M. Manjaiah
6. Clay minerals in drug delivery systems
Fátima García-Villén, Esperanza Carazo, Ana Borrego-Sánchez, Rita Sánchez-Espejo, Pilar Cerezo, César Viseras and Carola Aguzzi
7. Clay minerals for pharmaceutical waste water treatment
Po-Hsiang Chang, Binoy Sarkar, Wei-Teh Jiang and Zhaohui Li
8. Recent advances in layered clays-intercalated polymer nanohybrids: Synthesis strategies, properties and their applications
Kakarla Raghava Reddya, Ch. Venkata Reddy, B. Babu, K. Ravindranadh, S. Naveen and A. V. Raghu
9. Characteristics of clay minerals relevant to bioremediation of environmental contaminated systems
Uzochukwu C. Ugochukwu
10. Clay minerals and zeolites for radioactive waste immobilization and containment: a concise overview
Panagiotis Misaelides
11. Energy storage materials from clay minerals and zeolite-like structures
Antonio Gil and Miguel A. Vicente
12. Zeolites and modified clays in environmentally sustainable building materials
Chiara Molinari, Chiara Zanelli and Michele Dondi
13. Clay minerals and zeolites for environmentally sustainable agriculture
KM Manjaiah, Raj Mukhopadhyay, Ranjan Paul, S.C.Datta, P. Kumararaja and Binoy Sarkar
Product details
- No. of pages: 362
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2018
- Published: November 29, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128146170
- eBook ISBN: 9780128146187
About the Editors
Mariano Mercurio
Affiliations and Expertise
Binoy Sarkar
Affiliations and Expertise
Alessio Langella
Affiliations and Expertise
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