Part I Properties of clay nanoparticles
1. Geological overview of clay nanoparticles CRISTINA VILLANOVA-DE-BENAVENT
2. Structural characterization of clay systems by small-angle scattering LEONARDO CHIAPPISI
3. Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs)/polymer nanocomposites: thermal degradation and flame retardancyHENRI VAHABI, RODOLPHE SONNIER, AURÉLIE TAGUET,BELKACEM OTAZAGHINE, MOHAMMAD REZA SAEB AND GÜNTER BEYER
4. Colloidal stability and self-assembling behavior of nanoclays LORENZO LISUZZO, GIUSEPPE CAVALLARO, FILIPPO PARISI, SERENA RIELA,STEFANA MILIOTO AND GIUSEPPE LAZZARA
5. Organophilic nature of nanoclay KAUSIK DANA AND MADHUCHHANDA SARKAR
6. Computational modeling of nanoclays EVA SCHOLTZOVÁ
Part II Technological applications of clay nanoparticles
7. Flame retardant potential of clay nanoparticles AYESHA KAUSAR
8. Nanoclays in drug delivery systems RAQUEL DE MELO BARBOSA, MARIANNA ARAÚJO FERREIRA, LYGHIA MARIAARAÚJO MEIRELLES, NICOLE ZORATO AND FERNANDA NERVO RAFFIN
9. Decontamination application of nanoclays HUIJUAN GUAN AND YAFEI ZHAO
10. Clays in cement production from the nanoscale LIDIA NATALIA TRUSILEWICZ
11. Improving the thermal, termite resistance and anti-wetting properties of tropical timber using a polymethyl acrylate/ halloysite coating NISHAL ASHVIN SOLANKI, POORIA PASBAKHSH AND ALI RASHIDI
12. Halloysite nanoclay for development of heterogeneouscatalysts SAMAHE SADJADI
13. Covalently modified nanoclays: synthesis, properties andapplications MARINA MASSARO, GIUSEPPE CAVALLARO, GIUSEPPE LAZZARA ANDSERENA RIELA
