Announcements

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Topical Section, “Clays and Engineered Mineral Materials”, to provide a specific venue for this field of research in Minerals (ISSN: 1996-1944). The section is led by Dr. Andrey G. Kalinichev (1. Université de Nantes, Nantes, France; 2. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia) and covered topics include, but are not limited to:

• Various aspects related to the mineralogy, geochemistry, and genesis of natural clay materials and other associated industrial minerals;
• Experimental and theoretical research on the structure, properties, and applications of broadly described natural and engineered layered and nanoporous minerals, including clays, layered double hydroxides (LDHs), zeolites, cementitious phases, and other related mineral materials;
• Detailed characterization using various diffraction, scattering, and spectroscopic techniques (X-ray, neutron, NMR, IR, Raman, AFM, etc.), and multiscale computational modeling of clay properties;
• Diverse applications of clays and clay minerals in geological and technological settings, such as mineral weathering, geological disposal of chemical and radioactive wastes, geological carbon sequestration, exploration of conventional and unconventional hydrocarbon resources, catalysis, construction, healthcare products, etc.

We are now recruiting submissions for this Section (https://0-www-mdpi-com.brum.beds.ac.uk/journal/minerals/sections/Clays_Engineered_Mineral_Materials). You can submit your work directly via the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload?journal=minerals. Submissions before 31 October 2021 may enjoy a CHF 200 discount on the article processing charge. Alternatively, if you are an active researcher in one of the aforementioned fields and are interested in joining the Editorial Board, please do not hesitate to get in touch ([email protected]).

Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We look forward to collaborating with you.

Minerals Editorial Office