The decomposition of H(2)O(2) on iron minerals can generate •OH, a strong oxidant that can transform a wide range of contaminants. This reaction is critical to In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) processes used for soil and groundwater remediation, as well as advanced oxidation processes employed in waste treatment systems. The presence of dissolved silica at concentrations comparable to those en...

Influence of heavy metals adsorption on the surface-energy properties of fluorinated montmorillonite clays “Rassoul” A. Khaldoun a, G.H. Wegdam a, E. Eiser b, M.L. Kerkeb c, J.D. Garcia Duran d, F. González-Caballero d, D. Bonn a,e,∗ a Van der Waals-Zeeman institute, University of Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands b Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, N...

Adsorption isotherms of 10 pesticides and their biodegradation intermediates on clay minerals and soils were investigated to predict the fate of pesticides in the environment. The adsorption isotherms were expressed by the Freundlich isotherm equation. Pentachloronitrobenzene, 2,4,6-trichlorophenyl-4′-nitrophenylether, and various intermediates were highly adsorbed on soils, although isoprothio...

The reactivity and removal kinetics of arsenite treated with single and mixed mineral systems of kaolinite, montmorillonite and goethite injected with iron sulfide under sulfidicanoxic conditions has been investigated. Using empirical models derived from Freundlich isotherm model, injection of sulfidic-anoxic solution of iron sulfide onto the mixed mineral systems enhanced proton coefficient of...

Experiments were conducted to determine the influence of a toxin-producing fungus on a rhizobial population in yeast-mannitol medium and in a tropical soil. The fungus, which was isolated from a highly weathered soil (Tropeptic Eutrustox), was identified as a Metarhizum sp. The density of rhizobial populations established in yeast-mannitol medium in the absence of the fungus was 10 times higher...

Biohybrid materials based on the intercalation of zein, the major storage protein in corn, into sodium-exchanged montmorillonite were prepared following two synthesis strategies. The first one made use of zein dissolved in 80% (v/v) ethanol/water solution, the usual solvent for this protein, while the second method is new and uses a sequential process that implies the previous separation of zei...

Mahboobeh Manoochehri*, Homayon Ahmad Panahi, Meghdad Karimi Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Central Branch, Tehran, Iran. (Received 10 May 2012; Final version received 23 Nov. 2012) Abstract A new Pb(II) imprinted mercapto functionalized Montmorillonite was synthesize by an easy one step reaction by combining a surface imprinting technique for selective phase extractio...

Citation: Schmid M, Merzbacher S, Brzoska N, Müller K and Jesdinszki M (2017) Improvement of Food PackagingRelated Properties of Whey Protein Isolate-Based Nanocomposite Films and Coatings by Addition of Montmorillonite Nanoplatelets. Front. Mater. 4:35. doi: 10.3389/fmats.2017.00035 improvement of Food Packagingrelated Properties of Whey Protein isolate-Based nanocomposite Films and coatings b...

Invertase was immobilised on microporous montmorillonite K-10 via adsorption and covalent binding. The immobilised enzymes were tested for sucrose hydrolysis activity in a batch reactor. Km for immobilised systems was greater than free enzyme. The immobilised forms could be reused for 15 continuous cycles without any loss in activity. After 25 cycles, 85% initial activity was retained. A study ...

Polymer-clay composites were designed to adsorb selenium from water. The highest adsorption efficiency was obtained for chitosan-montmorillonite composites. These composites were characterized by XRD, zeta potential, and FTIR measurements. Adsorption isotherms of selenate on the composite, on Al-oxide and on Fe-oxide were in good agreement with the Langmuir model, yielding a somewhat higher cap...