TY - CHAP AU - Gustavo Morari do Nascimento ED - Gustavo Morari Do Nascimento Y1 - 2021-12-22 PY - 2021 T1 - Introductory Chapter: Polymers and Clays - A Fruitful Combination N2 - New two-dimensional materials based on clays and clay minerals are attracting attention for their outstanding properties that make them useful as hosts or supporting matrixes in applications such as pharmaceuticals, tissue engineering, environmental remediation, biosensors, filtration, wound dressings, drug delivery, and more. This book is a comprehensive overview of clay science and technology, focusing on synthesis, characterization, simulation, and applications. Chapters cover such topics as polymer–clay nanocomposites, the structure and properties of different clays, the use of clays for environmental remediation, and much more. BT - Clay and Clay Minerals SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101296 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.101296 SN - 978-1-83969-564-3 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -