Molecular access to intracrystalline tunnels of sepiolite

Abstract

The availability of the structural micropores in sepiolite for the access of molecular or ionic entities is an old and controversial subject, which is revised in this work in the light of the most recent experimental data obtained in our research group. In this way evidence of the accessibility of molecules, voluminous ions and polymeric species to the intracrystalline tunnels of the mineral is presented on the bases of the application of several techniques to the study of the mineral adsorption properties.