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Mineral Mimetic Materials

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Porous Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2024) | Viewed by 2283

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Laboratory of Nature-Inspired Technologies and Environmental Safety of the Arctic, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 14 Fersman Street, 184200 Apatity, Russia
Interests: materials; sorbents; zeolites; ion exchange; crystal structures; crystallography; mineralogy

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Department of Crystallography, Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Interests: mineralogy; crystallography; inorganic crystal chemistry; nuclear chemistry and complexity theory
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1. Division for Geology, School of Earth Sciences & Engineering, Tomsk Polytechnic University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia
2. Laboratory of Sedimentology and Paleobiosphere Evolution, University of Tyumen, 625002 Tyumen, Russia
Interests: ooidal ironstones; iron ore deposits; glauconites; geochemistry; mineralogy
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Nanomaterials Research Centre, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 14 Fersman Str., 184209 Apatity, Russia
Interests: titanosilicates; membranes; ion exchange; sorption; nanomaterials

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1.Laboratory of Nature-Inspired Technologies and Environmental Safety of the Arctic, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 184209 Apatity, Russia
2. I.V. Tananaev Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 184209 Apatity, Russia
3. Smart Urban Nature Laboratory, People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia
Interests: remediation; technosoils; layered materials; serpentine; vermiculite

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1. Laboratory of Nature-Inspired Technologies and Environmental Safety of the Arctic, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 14 Fersman Street, 184200 Apatity, Russia
2. Institute of Geology, Komi Science Centre, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 167982 Syktyvkar, Russia
Interests: raw materials; ion exchange; sorption; ceramics; green chemistry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Mineral mimetic materials can be defined as artificially created mineral analogs or chemically advanced materials that reproduce the natural processes of ion exchange, ion conductivity, photocatalysis, pseudomorphic replication, etc. The main aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the most recent research on mineral mimetic materials applied in catalysis, sorption, luminescence and bio- and electrochemistry, as well as new prospective microporous material technologies for multi-functional purposes. We are welcoming studies of minerals and their synthetic analogues with unique physical and chemical properties with new application areas including intercalation and adsorption of functional ions into layered minerals. The editorial board of the Special Issue on “Mineral Mimetic Materials” will be grateful to any who submit original studies and state-of-the-art reviews on materials in this field.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Microporous materials;
  • Layered and clay materials;
  • Ion exchange and sorption;
  • Advanced materials; technosoils;
  • Mineral mimetic materials;
  • Smart fertilizers.

Dr. Taras Panikorovskii
Prof. Dr. Sergey V. Krivovichevc
Dr. Maxim Rudmin
Guest Editors
Dr. Galina Kalashnikova
Dr. Marina Slukovskaya
Dr. Igor Perovskiy
Guest Editor Assistant

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Keywords

  • mineral mimetic materials
  • fertilizers, technosoils
  • sorbents
  • cation exchange mechanisms
  • titanosilicates
  • micas
  • nature-inspired materials

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The AM-4 Family of Layered Titanosilicates: Single-Crystal-to-Single-Crystal Transformation, Synthesis and Ionic Conductivity
by Galina O. Kalashnikova, Sergey V. Krivovichev, Victor N. Yakovenchuk, Ekaterina A. Selivanova, Margarita S. Avdontceva, Gregory Yu. Ivanyuk, Yakov A. Pakhomovsky, Darya V. Gryaznova, Natalya A. Kabanova, Yelizaveta A. Morkhova, Olga Yu. Sinel’shchikova, Vladimir N. Bocharov, Anatoly I. Nikolaev, Olga F. Goychuk, Sergei N. Volkov and Taras L. Panikorovskii
Materials 2024, 17(1), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17010111 - 25 Dec 2023
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Flexible crystal(水晶) structures, which exhibit(展览) single-crystal(水晶)-to-single-crystal(水晶) (SCSC) transformations(转型), are attracting attention(注意) in many applied aspects: magnetic(磁) switches, catalysis, ferroelectrics and sorption. Acid treatment(治疗) for titanosilicate material(材料) AM-4 and natural(自然) compounds with the same structures led to SCSC transformation(转型) by loss(损失) Na+, [...] Read more.
Flexible crystal(水晶) structures, which exhibit(展览) single-crystal(水晶)-to-single-crystal(水晶) (SCSC) transformations(转型), are attracting attention(注意) in many applied aspects: magnetic(磁) switches, catalysis, ferroelectrics and sorption. Acid treatment(治疗) for titanosilicate material(材料) AM-4 and natural(自然) compounds with the same structures led to SCSC transformation(转型) by loss(损失) Na+, Li+ and Zn2+ cations with large structural(结构) changes (20% of the unit(单位)-cell(细胞) volume(体积)). The conservation(保育) of crystallinity through complex(复杂) transformation(转型) is possible due(由于) to the formation(形成) of a strong hydrogen bonding(债券) system(系统). The mechanism(机制) of transformation(转型) has been characterized using single-crystal(水晶) X-ray(射线) diffraction analysis(分析), powder(粉) diffraction, Rietvield refinement, Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy. The low migration(迁移) energy(能源) of cations in the considered materials(材料) is confirmed using bond(债券)-valence and density(密度) functional(功能) theory(理论) calculations, and the ion conductivity of the AM-4 family’s materials(材料) has been experimentally verified. Full article
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Preparation, Features, and Efficiency of Nanocomposite Fertilisers Based on Glauconite and Ammonium Dihydrogen Phosphate
by Maxim Rudmin, Boris Makarov, Adrián López-Quirós, Prokopiy Maximov, Valeria Lokteva, Kanipa Ibraeva, Alexander Kurovsky, Yana Gummer and Alexey Ruban
Materials 2023, 16(18), 6080; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16186080 - 05 Sep 2023
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This paper studies the chemical and mechanochemical preparation of glauconite with ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) nanocomposites with a ratio of 9:1 in the vol.% and wt.%, respectively. The methods include X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, [...] Read more.
This paper studies the chemical and mechanochemical preparation of glauconite with ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (ADP) nanocomposites with a ratio of 9:1 in the vol.% and wt.%, respectively. The methods include X-ray diffraction analysis, scanning electron microscope with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and differential thermal analysis with a quadruple mass spectrometer. The manufactured nanocomposites keep the flaky glauconite structure. Some glauconite unit structures have been thickened due to minimal nitrogen (ammonium) intercalation into the interlayer space. The globular, granular, or pellet mineral particles of nanocomposites can be preserved via chemical techniques. Globular and micro-aggregate particles in nanocomposites comprise a thin film of adsorbed ADP. The two-step mechanochemical method makes it possible to slightly increase the proportion of adsorbed (up to 3.2%) and intercalated (up to 6.0%) nutrients versus chemical ways. Nanocomposites prepared via chemical methods consist of glauconite (90%), adsorbed (1.8–3.6%), and intercalated (3.0–3.7%) substances of ADP. Through the use of a potassium-containing clay mineral as an inhibitor, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK), nanocomposite fertilisers of controlled action were obtained. Targeted and controlled release of nutrients such as phosphate, ammonium, and potassium are expected due to various forms of nutrients on the surface, in the micropores, and in the interlayer space of glauconite. This is confirmed via the stepwise dynamics of the release of ammonium, nitrate, potassium, and phosphate from their created nanocomposites. These features of nanocomposites contribute to the stimulation of plant growth and development when fertilisers are applied to the soil. Full article
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