Silica-clay nanocomposites.
A new class of porous nanocomposite materials have been prepared by reaction of alkoxysilanes with alkylammonium-exchanged phyllosilicates (clay minerals), using a sol-gel procedure which produces the complete delamination of these layered solids.
Letaief
Sadok
S
Istituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049-Madrid, Spain.
Ruiz-Hitzky
Eduardo
E
D005782:Gels; D008422:Materials Testing; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D005782:Gels; D012822:Silicon Dioxide