AFM study of smectites in hybrid Langmuir-Blodgett films: Saponite, Wyoming bentonite, Hectorite, and Laponite

Clays and Clay Minerals

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-714

  Szabó, Tamás ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^a,c   Volodin, Alexander ^a   van Haesendonck, Chris ^a   Dekany, Imre ^b   Schoonheydt, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AFM; Hectorite; Laponite; Saponite; Wyoming bentonite

Indexed keywords

AFM; HECTORITES; LAPONITES; SAPONITE; WYOMING;

AGGLOMERATION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENTONITE; CLAY MINERALS; ESTERS; MINERALS; MONOLAYERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER FILMS; SILICATE MINERALS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

AGGREGATE SIZE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BENTONITE; CLAY MINERAL; HECTORITE; PERCHLORATE; SAPONITE; SMECTITE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 74349113076     PISSN: 00098604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1346/CCMN.2009.0570604     Document Type: Article

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