“…To achieve welldispersed and stable clay suspensions with excellent uidity at a high solids contents for cutting-edge applications, a variety of dispersants, such as sodium hexametaphosphate, 12 sodium polyacrylate, 13 and sodium polyphosphate, 14 are applied to modify the particle surfaces to enhance the electrostatic repulsion between clays. 15,16 Moreover, chemical modication of clay has been applied extensively to improve its dispersity in water. 10,17 However, chemical functionalization increases the production cost of clay.…”