Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals

Prof. Peng Yuan is a distinguished professor and the chief scientist of the “Mineral Resources and Environment Research Group” at Guangdong University of Technology. He is also the co-editor-in-chief of Applied Clay Science, a member of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Association for the Clay Study, and a committee member of the Chinese Society for Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry.Dr Faiza Annabi-Bergaya obtained a Licence-ès-Science in Physical-Chemistry from the University of Tunis in 1966, a first PhD in Inorganic Chemistry in 1971 from University La Sorbonne-Paris VI and a second PhD in Physics in 1978 from the University of Orleans (France). She started her career in 1971 at the CNRS from which she is presently Emeritus Research Director. Her research interest is focused on the Physics and Chemistry of clays and clay minerals. She is member of the AIPEA Nomenclature Committee. She was Secretary of the ECGA in 1999-2003. As President of the GFA (French Clay Group) in 2003-2007, she created the annual meetings of the GFA, organizing the first two meetings in Orleans. She launched the Series Developments in Clay Science with the publication in 2006 of Volume 1 (Handbook of Clay Science) and she is Series Editor since 2013. She is Editor-in-Chief of Applied Clay Science since 2012.

• 1. General IntroductionF. Bergaya, P. Yuan and A. Thill Part I. Geology and Mineralogy of Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals2. Geology and Mineralogy of Nanosized Tubular HalloysiteE. Joussein3. Geology and Mineralogy of Imogolite-Type MaterialsC. Levard and I. Basile-DoelschPart II. Structure and Properties of Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals4. Physicochemical Properties of HalloysiteH. Yang, Y. Zhang, and J. Ouyang5. Characterisation of Halloysite by Electron MicroscopyT. Kogure6. Characterisation of Halloysite by SpectroscopyJ. T. Kloprogge7. Thermal-Treatment-Induced Deformations and Modifications of HalloysiteP. Yuan8. Surface Modification of Halloysite D. Tan, P. Yuan, D. Liu and P. Du 9. Physicochemical Properties of ImogoliteA. Fernandez-Martinez and L.J. Michot10. Characterization of Imogolite by Microscopic and Spectroscopic MethodsA. Thill11. Deformations and Thermal Modifications of ImogoliteS. Rouzière, M.S. Amara, E. Paineau, and P. Launois12. Surface Chemical Modifications of Imogolite B. Bonelli13. Liquid-Crystalline Phases of Imogolite and Halloysite DispersionsP. Davidson and I. Dozov14. Molecular Simulation of Nanosized Tubular Clay MineralsH.A. DuartePart III. Synthesis of Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals15. Why a 1:1 2D Structure Tends to Roll? A Thermodynamic PerspectiveL. Belloni and A. Thill 16. Formation Mechanisms of Tubular Structure of HalloysiteJ. Niu17. Halloysite-like Structure via Delamination of KaoliniteJ. Matusik18. From Molecular Precursors to Imogolite NanotubesA. Thill19. Imogolite-Like FamilyN. Arancibia-Miranda and M. EscudeyPart IV. Applications of Nanosized Tubular Clay Minerals20. An Overview on the Safety of Tubular Clay MineralsM.-C. Jaurand21. Halloysite Polymer NanocompositesJ. Huang, Z.H. Tang, X.H. Zhang, and B.C. Guo22. Halloysite for Controllable Loading and ReleaseE. Abdullayev and Y. Lvov23. Halloysite for Adsorption and Pollution RemediationJ. Matusik24. Imogolite Polymer NanocompositesW. Ma, Y. Higaki, and A. Takahara25. Imogolite for Catalysis and AdsorptionE. Garrone and B. Bonelli26. Health and Medical Applications of Tubular Clay MineralsC. Aguzzi, G. Sadri, P. Cerezo, E. Carazo, and C. Viseras27. Industrial Implications in the Uses of Tubular Clay MineralsO. Poncelet and J. Skrzypski 28. EpilogueF. Bergaya, A. Thill, and P. Yuan