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Kaolinite and advanced living materials

Phil Jones

Kaolinite is the most common clay mineral and forms a dominant component in mud huts and adobe buildings. The widespread use of dung and urine as additives is now being vindicated in the development of advanced living materials. Bacteria play a greater role in our existence that previously understood. In the case of mud huts bacteria play a role in releasing enzymes that break down urea and liberate carbon dioxide that reacts with calcium ions to form calcium carbonate thereby strengthening the mud.

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Learning Nature's Lessons: Biomimetic Kaolinite

Phil Jones

Biomimicry, an “approach to innovation that seeks sustainable solutions to human challenges by emulating nature's time-tested patterns and strategies”, has greatly informed humankind’s scientific progress. Kaolinite shows promise in biomimetic applications, and with further research could represent a low-cost future material with great potential. 

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tags kaolinite, nanotechnology, biomimicry, abalone

Re-Inventing Kaolinite

Phil Jones

Clays, whether used in paper coating, cosmetics, or the arts, are largely known as soft squidgy materials with slippery sticky features. Kaolinite is the world's most abundant clay mineral, and has the opportunity to be transformed from a commodity by taking advantage of its complex properties. 

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tags kaolinite, nanotechnology