1. Structure and crystal chemistry of silicates. Classification of silicates.
2. Structure and chemistry of layered silicates.
3. Layer charge, cation exchange in the interlayer, exfoliation, delamination,
intercalation.
4. Layered silicates and water in the interlayer space. Hydratation, dehydratatiion
and rehydratation.
5. Serpentine-kaolinite group. Structural ordering of kaolinites. Thermal change.
6. Halloysite.
7. Kaolinite and halloysite as clay nanofillers to polymers.
8. Talc-pyrophyllite group. Structure and modification for practical use.
9. Smectites. Cations exchange, modifications procedures.
10. Smectites as nanomaterials with specific properties.
11. Vermiculites. Thermal coversion of structure. Influence of acids on structure.
12. Vermiculite intercalation with metal compounds and their characteristics.
13. Organovermiculites. Preparation and characterization.
14. Clay minerals-polymers nanocomposites.
2. Structure and chemistry of layered silicates.
3. Layer charge, cation exchange in the interlayer, exfoliation, delamination,
intercalation.
4. Layered silicates and water in the interlayer space. Hydratation, dehydratatiion
and rehydratation.
5. Serpentine-kaolinite group. Structural ordering of kaolinites. Thermal change.
6. Halloysite.
7. Kaolinite and halloysite as clay nanofillers to polymers.
8. Talc-pyrophyllite group. Structure and modification for practical use.
9. Smectites. Cations exchange, modifications procedures.
10. Smectites as nanomaterials with specific properties.
11. Vermiculites. Thermal coversion of structure. Influence of acids on structure.
12. Vermiculite intercalation with metal compounds and their characteristics.
13. Organovermiculites. Preparation and characterization.
14. Clay minerals-polymers nanocomposites.