Hybrid microstructure of smectite clay gels revealed using neutron and synchrotron X-ray scattering
Abstract Aqueous suspensions of swelling clays display a nematic sol-gel transition at very low solid concentrations. The underlying microstructure of the gel has remained a point of contention since the time of Irving Langmuir and has been a major obstacle to fully realizing the potential of clays...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-11-01
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| Series: | Communications Materials |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-023-00414-y |