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Abstract: More than 110 species of clay minerals and related phyllosilicates were discover ed mostly in the 20th and 19th centuries, including 13 regular interstratifications (R1 range) naturally occurring or synthesized and referred to between 1950-2003. This contribution to theoretical and applied clay science, whose evolution is based on mineralogi cal roots, stresses interdisciplinary research among clay science, basic sciences (physics, chemistry, mathematics, geom etry), earth-, biological-, applied- and related sciences and engineer ing technologies as a basis for substantia l past and future discoveries. Not only a novel desirable cooperation with other theore tical and applied disciplines, but also a close inward integration among the six major research regions of clay science is necessary for its further development. Two diagrammatic presentations show: 1) a desirable multidisciplinary cooperation and mutual influence am ong sciences and technologies affecting the development and progress of clay science; 2) a view of desirable integration among the six major res earch regions within clay science in the near future. |
