Call for papers

This Themed Collection will further expand on some of the themes explored at the 18th International Clay Conference (ICC), held by the Mineralogical Society in July 2025.

We are particularly interested in receiving submissions that came from presentations at the following sessions:

• Sorption and intercalation in layered materials: from origins of life to material science.
• From Dioctahedral to Trioctahedral Smectites: Where Volcanism meets Weathering, Sedimentation and Diagenesis.
• Origin and Age of Clay Minerals in Soil and Sediment.
• Natural Zeolites: From Geology and Fundamental Science to Applications and Market Challenges.
• Advances in structural characterization of layered compounds.
• Clay Applications in Ceramics.
• Industrial Applications of Clays.
• Clay Minerals in Diagenetic and Low-Grade Studies: Implications for Resource Exploration and Sustainable Energy Development.
• Clay Mineral-Based Catalysts for Environmental Engineering and Chemical Processes.
• Sustainable and eco-friendly clay-based materials.
• Synthesis of geo-inspired clay minerals and associated hybrids.
• Clay Materials in Healthcare Technologies.
• Role of Minerals and Mineral weathering in Carbon Sequestration and Other Ecosystem Services of Soils.
• Interactions of Iron-rich Clays and Iron Oxides with Organics and Heavy Metals: Implications for Iron/Carbon/Metal Cycling.

We welcome Articles, Short Papers, Review Articles and Methods Papers, you can find our guidelines on preparing articles here.

Submission Deadline: 28th February 2026

 

Lead Editor

George Christidis, Technicial University of Crete, Greece, Editor in Chief of Clay Minerals.