An assembly of organic-inorganic composites using halloysite clay nanotubes

G Lazzara, G Cavallaro, A Panchal, R Fakhrullin… - Current Opinion in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Halloysite is natural tubular clay suitable as a component of biocompatible nanosystems
with specific functionalities. The selective modification of halloysite inner/outer surfaces can …

Nanoclay-based drug delivery systems and their therapeutic potentials

N Khatoon, MQ Chu, CH Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Safe, therapeutically effective, and patient-compliant drug delivery systems are needed to
design novel tools and strategies to combat the deadliest of diseases such as cancer, SARS …

Nanoarchitectonics beyond self‐assembly: challenges to create bio‐like hierarchic organization

K Ariga, X Jia, J Song, JP Hill… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Incorporation of non‐equilibrium actions in the sequence of self‐assembly processes would
be an effective means to establish bio‐like high functionality hierarchical assemblies. As a …

Recent advance in research on halloysite nanotubes-polymer nanocomposite

M Liu, Z Jia, D Jia, C Zhou - Progress in polymer science, 2014 - Elsevier
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are novel 1D natural nanomaterials with predominantly hollow
tubular nanostructures and high aspect ratios. Due to their high mechanical strength …

Past, present and future perspectives on halloysite clay minerals

M Massaro, R Noto, S Riela - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs), clay minerals belonging to the kaolin groups, are emerging
nanomaterials which have attracted the attention of the scientific community due to their …

Functional polymer–clay nanotube composites with sustained release of chemical agents

Y Lvov, E Abdullayev - Progress in Polymer Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Natural halloysite clay nanotubes are described as inorganic reinforcing materials for
polymers. Loading these tubes' 15-nm diameter lumens with chemical agents, including …

Hierarchy of Hybrid Materials—The Place of Inorganics-in-Organics in it, Their Composition and Applications

MS Saveleva, K Eftekhari, A Abalymov… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Hybrid materials, or hybrids incorporating both organic and inorganic constituents, are
emerging as a very potent and promising class of materials due to the diverse, but …

Applications and interfaces of halloysite nanocomposites

Y Zhang, A Tang, H Yang, J Ouyang - Applied Clay Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) showed natural nanotubular structures with similar chemical
composition to kaolin. This paper reviewed the exciting applications of HNTs due to their …

Toxicity of halloysite clay nanotubes in vivo: a Caenorhabditis elegans study

GI Fakhrullina, FS Akhatova, YM Lvov… - Environmental Science …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Here we investigated the toxicity of halloysite clay nanotubes in vivo employing a
Caenorhabditis elegans nematode as a model organism. Using enhanced dark-field …

Halloysite for clay–polymer nanocomposites: effects of nanofillers on the anti-corrosion, mechanical, microstructure, and flame-retardant properties—a review

JR Beryl, JR Xavier - Journal of Materials Science, 2023 - Springer
Polymer–clay nanocomposites are the most remarkable nanomaterials of the current
decade with broad range of applications, because they attempt a great competence to …