“…In the past few years, we have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods to characterize the interaction of cationic, nonionic, , and zwitterionic surfactants with synthetic clays in aqueous suspensions, showing how the structure and charge density of the clay modulate this interaction. The lamellar structure of clays, also named phyllosilicates, consists of layers formed by condensation of sheets of linked Si(O,OH) 4 tetrahedra with those of linked M 2 - 3 (OH) 6 octahedra, where M is either a divalent or a trivalent cation.…”