Xiancai Lu is a professor at Nanjing University. He received bachelor's degree (1993) and doctorate degree (1999) from Nanjing University, where he became a faculty member in 1998 and was promoted to Professor in 2006. His research focuses on the physical chemistry of minerals, biogeochemical interactions between microbes and minerals, and reservoir mineralogy. He received the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education in 2006. He was elected as Vice-President of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) in 2022, and he is organizing the IMA2026 general Meeting as the chairman of organization committee.Xiandong Liu is a professor in mineralogy at Nanjing University. He received bachelor's degree (2004) and doctorate degree (2009) from Nanjing University. In 2010, he received a scholarship from the European Center for Atomic and Molecular Simulation to conduct visiting research at the University of Amsterdam. From 2012 to 2014, he was awarded the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship to carry out research at the University of Cambridge. He has received the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Hou Defeng Award. He is currently engaged in research in computational mineralogy and computational geochemistry. His main research focuses include mineral-fluid interactions and molecular simulations of geological fluids and melts. He serves as an associate editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Clays and Clay Minerals.

• 1. Advances in molecular simulation and multiscale modeling of clay interfaces2. Influence of polarizability on clay-water interface3. Structure and dynamics of clay and other layered minerals and their interfaces using molecular modelling: a perspective4. Clay hydration at molecular resolution: from structure to thermodynamics5. Molecular dynamics simulation of fibrous clay6. Molecular understanding of cation exchange in clay minerals7. Atomistic computational modeling of clays and related materials for geological nuclear waste disposal and storage applications8. Complexation of metal cations on clay minerals: mechanisms and resource implications9. Pharmaceutical-clay nanocomposites at the atomic scale10. Multiscale modeling of clay-organic matter interactions11. Methane hydrate formation on clay surface: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation12. Distribution and mobility of crude oil in clay pores: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation

Xiancai Lu is a professor at Nanjing University. He received bachelor's degree (1993) and doctorate degree (1999) from Nanjing University, where he became a faculty member in 1998 and was promoted to Professor in 2006. His research focuses on the physical chemistry of minerals, biogeochemical interactions between microbes and minerals, and reservoir mineralogy. He received the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education in 2006. He was elected as Vice-President of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) in 2022, and he is organizing the IMA2026 general Meeting as the chairman of organization committee.Xiandong Liu is a professor in mineralogy at Nanjing University. He received bachelor's degree (2004) and doctorate degree (2009) from Nanjing University. In 2010, he received a scholarship from the European Center for Atomic and Molecular Simulation to conduct visiting research at the University of Amsterdam. From 2012 to 2014, he was awarded the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship to carry out research at the University of Cambridge. He has received the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Hou Defeng Award. He is currently engaged in research in computational mineralogy and computational geochemistry. His main research focuses include mineral-fluid interactions and molecular simulations of geological fluids and melts. He serves as an associate editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Clays and Clay Minerals.

• 1. Advances in molecular simulation and multiscale modeling of clay interfaces2. Influence of polarizability on clay-water interface3. Structure and dynamics of clay and other layered minerals and their interfaces using molecular modelling: a perspective4. Clay hydration at molecular resolution: from structure to thermodynamics5. Molecular dynamics simulation of fibrous clay6. Molecular understanding of cation exchange in clay minerals7. Atomistic computational modeling of clays and related materials for geological nuclear waste disposal and storage applications8. Complexation of metal cations on clay minerals: mechanisms and resource implications9. Pharmaceutical-clay nanocomposites at the atomic scale10. Multiscale modeling of clay-organic matter interactions11. Methane hydrate formation on clay surface: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation12. Distribution and mobility of crude oil in clay pores: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation

Xiancai Lu is a professor at Nanjing University. He received bachelor's degree (1993) and doctorate degree (1999) from Nanjing University, where he became a faculty member in 1998 and was promoted to Professor in 2006. His research focuses on the physical chemistry of minerals, biogeochemical interactions between microbes and minerals, and reservoir mineralogy. He received the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education in 2006. He was elected as Vice-President of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) in 2022, and he is organizing the IMA2026 general Meeting as the chairman of organization committee.Xiandong Liu is a professor in mineralogy at Nanjing University. He received bachelor's degree (2004) and doctorate degree (2009) from Nanjing University. In 2010, he received a scholarship from the European Center for Atomic and Molecular Simulation to conduct visiting research at the University of Amsterdam. From 2012 to 2014, he was awarded the Royal Society Newton International Fellowship to carry out research at the University of Cambridge. He has received the National Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, the Hou Defeng Award. He is currently engaged in research in computational mineralogy and computational geochemistry. His main research focuses include mineral-fluid interactions and molecular simulations of geological fluids and melts. He serves as an associate editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and Clays and Clay Minerals.

• 1. Advances in molecular simulation and multiscale modeling of clay interfaces2. Influence of polarizability on clay-water interface3. Structure and dynamics of clay and other layered minerals and their interfaces using molecular modelling: a perspective4. Clay hydration at molecular resolution: from structure to thermodynamics5. Molecular dynamics simulation of fibrous clay6. Molecular understanding of cation exchange in clay minerals7. Atomistic computational modeling of clays and related materials for geological nuclear waste disposal and storage applications8. Complexation of metal cations on clay minerals: mechanisms and resource implications9. Pharmaceutical-clay nanocomposites at the atomic scale10. Multiscale modeling of clay-organic matter interactions11. Methane hydrate formation on clay surface: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation12. Distribution and mobility of crude oil in clay pores: Insights from molecular dynamics simulation