Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials
Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications

Provides a comprehensive review on recent advances in functionalized clay minerals and zeolites and their use in environmental and pharmaceutical applications

Mariano Mercurio (Edited by), Binoy Sarkar (Edited by), Alessio Langella (Edited by)

9780128146170

Paperback / softback, published 6 December 2018

362 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.3 cm, 0.77 kg

Modified Clay and Zeolite Nanocomposite Materials: Environmental and Pharmaceutical Applications retraces the most important knowledge gaps that the scientific community is facing, including a drawback of real-world applications. This valuable resource explores the novel applications of this group of nanomaterials that can be suitably surface-modified to obtain properties that can be applied in environmental and pharmaceutical fields. For example, modification with surfactants has given new motivation to the study of these materials by producing an inversion in the ion exchange behavior from cationic to anionic. This strategy has paved the way for new uses highlighted in this timely resource.

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 Dakovic, Jela Milic and Marija Markovic 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

Subject Areas: Ceramics & glass technology [TDCQ], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP]