Formation and properties of claypolymer complexes (Developments in clay science, Vol. 4) (2nd Ed.)

This book provides a comprehensive account of the reactions between clay minerals and organic polymers. The book opens with a discussion of the structures of common clay minerals, clays colloid chemistry, and the behaviour of organic polymers at clay surfaces. This is followed by a systematic treatment of complex formation between clay minerals and various classes of synthetic and naturally occurring polymers, a description of the properties of the resulting complexes and, wherever appropriate, their practical applications. The book will have a new separate chapter on clay-polymer nanocomposites. Each chapter is written as a self-contained review paper, giving a list of reference to the original literature.

Part I. Clay Minerals and Polymer Adsorption. Chapter 1. The clay minerals. Chapter 2. Polymer behaviour at clay and solid surfaces. Part II. Interactions of Clay Minerals with Synthetic Polymers. Chapter 3. Uncharged (non-Ionic) polymers. Chapter 4. Negatively charged polymers (polyanions). Chapter 5. Positively charged polymers (polycations). Chapter 6. Some practical applications of the clay-polymer interaction. Chapter 7. Polymer-clay nanocomposites. Part III. Interactions of Clay Minerals with Naturally Occurring Polymers. Chapter 8. Proteins and enzymes. Chapter 9. Nucleic acids. Chapter 10. Viruses and bacteriophages. Chapter 11. Polysaccharides. Chapter 12. Humic substances.

clay mineralogists, materials engineers, polymer chemists, university teacher and graduate students in chemical, colloid, materials and soil sciences.