Formation of stable nanocomposite clays from small peptides reacted with montmorillonite and illite-smectite mixed layer clays

Karin A Block1, Al Katz2, Jeffrey LeBlanc2, Stephanie A Pena3 and Paul Gottlieb2, (1)City College of New York, New York, United States, (2)City College of New York, New York, NY, United States, (3)City College of New York, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, New York, NY, United States