In this study, the drying-induced microstructure evolution of compacted silt with different salinities is investigated using mercury intrusion porosimetry and environmental scanning electron microscope. The pore size distribution (PSD) specimens near optimum (w = 17%) exhibited bimodal characteristics. Upon drying 8%), PSD changed to a trimodal pattern appearance new nano-pore population. This ...

Polymer-clay nanocomposites are more popular in many industries and applications due to improved mechanical gas barrier properties over pure polymers classical polymer-based composites. The mechanism by which clay platelets, with thicknesses the nanometer range, as opposed hundred-nanometer range other two dimensions, introduce improvement can be attributed their high efficiency creating discon...

The fabrication of silk-based membranes that are stable, optically transparent and reusable is yet to be achieved. To address this bottleneck we have developed a method to produce transparent chromogenic silk patches that are optically responsive to pH. The patches were produced by blending regenerated silk fibroin (RSF), Laponite RD (nano clay) and the organic dyes neutral red and Thionine ace...

The removal of methylene blue (MB) dye from water was investigated using synthetic nano-clay magadiite (SNCM). SNCM was synthesized by a hydrothermal treatment under autogenous pressure. A rosette-shaped single mesoporous magadiite phase with 16.63 nm average crystallite size and 33 m²∙g-1 Braunauer-Emmet-Teller (BET)-surface area was recorded. The adsorption results indicated the pronounced af...