Browsing by Author "Alba, María D."
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An insight on the design of mercapto functionalized swelling brittle micas
(Academic Press Inc., 2020-03-01)Surface modification of natural clay minerals with reagents containing metal chelating groups has great environmental ...
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Behavior of High-Strength Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete Exposed to High Temperatures
(ASCE - The American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-11-01)The utilization of structural high-performance concrete reinforced with polypropylene fibers in applications demanding ...
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Ceramic barrier layers for flexible thin film solar cells on metallic substrates: A laboratory scale study for process optimization and barrier layer properties
(American Chemical Society, 2014)Flexible thin film solar cells are an alternative to both utility-scale and building integrated photovoltaic installations. ...
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Designed organomicaceous materials for efficient adsorption of iodine
(Elsevier, 2021)The anionic iodine 129I has a significant contribution to overall long-term dose resulting from the nuclear waste storage ...
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Discrete breathers for understanding reconstructive mineral processes at low temperatures
(American Chemical Society, 2006)Reconstructive transformations in layered silicates need a high temperature in order to be observed. However, very recently, ...
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Effect of clays and metal containers in retaining Sm3+ and ZrO2+ and the process of reversibility
(Walter de Gruyter, 2014)Knowledge and understanding about radionuclides retention processes on the materials composing the engineered barrier (clay ...
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Exploring the local environment of the engineered nanoclay Mica-4 under hydrothermal conditions using Eu3+ as a luminescent probe
(Elsevier, 2022)High charge mica Na4Al4Si4Mg6O20F4, Mica-4, is a promising candidate as a filling material to immobilize high-level ...
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Insight into the role of temperature, time and pH in the effective zirconium retention using clay minerals
(Elsevier, 2022)The use of zirconium in chemical industries generates a potential risk of Zr contamination in the environment, with ...
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Interaction of hydrated cations with mica-n (n = 2, 3 and 4) surface
(American Chemical Society, 2014)High charged swelling micas, with layer charge between 2 and 4, have been found to readily swell with water, and complete ...
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Monolayer arrangement of fatty hydroxystearic acids on graphite: Influence of hydroxyl groups
(Elsevier, 2013)Previous studies have indicated that long-chain linear carboxylic acids form commensurate packed crystalline monolayers ...
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New trends in nanoclay-modified sensors
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2021)Nanoclays are widespread materials characterized by a layered structure in the nano-scale range. They have multiple ...
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Quantification and comparison of the reaction properties of FEBEX and MX-80 clays with saponite: Europium immobilisers under subcritical conditions
(Elsevier, 2014)The evaluation of the retention mechanisms in FEBEX and MX-80 bentonites, selected as reference materials to construct ...
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Self-assembling of tetradecylammonium chain on swelling high charge micas (na-mica-3 and na-mica-2): Effect of alkylammonium concentration and mica layer charge
(American Chemical Society, 2015)A family of tetradecylammonium micas is synthesized using synthetic swelling micas with high layer charge (NanSi8–nAlnMg6F4O20·XH2O, ...
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Synthesis temperature effect on Na-Mica-4 crystallinity and heteroatom distribution
(Elsevier, 2015)The discovery of swelling brittle mica, Na-Mica-4, has been one of the most significant advances in the pursuit for a ...
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Uranium immobilization by FEBEX bentonite and steel barriers in hydrothermal conditions
(Elsevier, 2015)FEBEX clay is considered a reference material in engineered barriers for safe storage of nuclear waste and uranium is a ...