Curvature-induced hydrophobicity at imogolite–water interfaces
Alejandro Fernández-Martı́nez, Jinhui Tao, Adam F. Wallace, Ian C. Bourg, Mark R. Johnson, James J. De Yoreo, Garrison Sposito, G.J. Cuello, Laurent Charlet
Abstract
The curvature of the imogolite external surface induces changes in its hygroscopic properties as compared to its planar counterpart gibbsite.
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ImogoliteGibbsiteCurvatureMaterials sciencePlanarAdsorptionChemical engineeringChemical physicsChemistryComposite materialAluminiumAllophaneGeometryPhysical chemistryMathematicsComputer scienceEngineeringComputer graphics (images)Clay minerals and soil interactionsSoil and Unsaturated FlowIron oxide chemistry and applications