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Addressing the need for high-performance sorbent materials, this study reports the synthesis and characterization of four novel nanocomposites based on halloysite (Hal), bentonite (Ben), sepiolite (Sep), and diatomaceous earth (DE) functionalized with silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). Successful immobilization and morphological features were confirmed via XRD and SEM-EDS. Crucially, post-adsorption EDS analysis provided direct solid-state evidence of pollutant capture through the distinct quantification of organic carbon. High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) tests demonstrated that all functionalized materials exhibited a drastically enhanced IAA adsorption capacity over their pristine counterparts during a 96-h kinetic monitoring window. 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