A fire retardant composition, gel, and a method of delivering a fire retardant, the fire retardant composition including: a polyacrylate polymer, a mixture of minerals of montmorillonite, quartz, and mica; and sodium oxide, and the method of delivering the fire retardant including providing the fire retardant powder composition; mixing water with the fire retardant powder composition in specific ratios; and delivering the fire retardant to a target zone.

A method for enhancing or restoring adhesion to cells that have partially or completely loss the ability to adhere to a substrate or other cells using nanosized clay crystallites.

A method for enhancing or restoring adhesion to cells that have partially or completely loss the ability to adhere to a substrate or other cells using nanosized clay crystallites.

A solution containing an ionic liquid, a polymer compound including at least one of a hydrolyzable polymer compound and a thermally-decomposable polymer compound, and a laminate of layered substances is irradiated with at least one of sonic waves and radio waves. Alternatively, a solution containing an ionic liquid, a polymer compound including at least one of a hydrolyzable polymer compound and a thermally-decomposable polymer compound, and a laminate of layered substances is heated.

A process for preparing a composition including synthetic mineral particles, in which a hydrogel which is a precursor of the synthetic mineral particles is prepared via a coprecipitation reaction between at least one compound including silicon, and at least one compound including at least one metal element, characterized in that the coprecipitation reaction takes place in the presence of at least one carboxylate salt of formula R.sub.2COOM in which: M denotes a metal chosen from the group made up of Na and K, and R.sub.2 is chosen from H and alkyl groups including fewer than 5 carbon atoms. A composition including synthetic mineral particles which is obtained by such a process is also described.

A process for preparing a composition including synthetic mineral particles, in which a hydrogel which is a precursor of the synthetic mineral particles is prepared via a coprecipitation reaction between at least one compound including silicon, and at least one compound including at least one metal element, characterized in that the coprecipitation reaction takes place in the presence of at least one carboxylate salt of formula R.sub.2COOM in which: M denotes a metal chosen from the group made up of Na and K, and R.sub.2 is chosen from H and alkyl groups including fewer than 5 carbon atoms. A composition including synthetic mineral particles which is obtained by such a process is also described.

A method for enhancing or restoring adhesion to cells that have partially or completely loss the ability to adhere to a substrate or other cells using nanosized clay crystallites.

A method for enhancing or restoring adhesion to cells that have partially or completely loss the ability to adhere to a substrate or other cells using nanosized clay crystallites.

Compositions suitable for the purification of liquids, methods for making said compositions, and the uses of said compositions.

A process for preparing phyllomineral synthetic particles formed from constituent chemical elements in stoichiometric proportions including at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from silicon and germanium, and at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from divalent metals and trivalent metals, by a continuous solvothermal treatment at a pressure above 1 MPa and at a temperature between 100 C. and 600 C., by making the reaction medium circulate continuously in a solvothermal treatment zone of a continuous reactor (15) with a residence time of the reaction medium in the solvothermal treatment zone that is suitable for continuously obtaining, at the outlet of the solvothermal treatment zone, a suspension including the phyllomineral synthetic particles.