Halloysite clay nanotubes for loading and sustained release of functional compounds

Y Lvov, W Wang, L Zhang, R Fakhrullin - Advanced Materials, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Halloysite is an alumosilicate tubular clay with a diameter of 50 nm, an inner lumen of 15 nm
and a length of 600–900 nm. It is a natural biocompatible nanomaterial available in …

Properties and applications of halloysite nanotubes: recent research advances and future prospects

P Yuan, D Tan, F Annabi-Bergaya - Applied Clay Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Halloysite is a natural nanosized tubular clay mineral that has many potentially important
uses in different industrial fields. In this paper, the key structural characteristics and …

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 …

Layer-by-layer nanoarchitectonics: invention, innovation, and evolution

K Ariga, Y Yamauchi, G Rydzek, Q Ji… - Chemistry …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Materials fabrication with nanoscale structural precision based on bottom-up-type self-
assembly has become more important in various current disciplines in chemistry including …

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 …

Novel drug delivery systems for loading of natural plant extracts and their biomedical applications

HS Rahman, HH Othman, NI Hammadi… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Many types of research have distinctly addressed the efficacy of natural plant metabolites
used for human consumption both in cell culture and preclinical animal model systems …

Resveratrol‐loaded nanomedicines for cancer applications

M Annaji, I Poudel, SHS Boddu, RD Arnold… - Cancer …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Resveratrol (3, 5, 4′‐trihydroxystilbene), a natural polyphenol and
phytoalexin, has drawn considerable attention in the past decade due to its wide variety of …

Halloysite clay nanotubes for life sciences applications: From drug encapsulation to bioscaffold

AC Santos, C Ferreira, F Veiga, AJ Ribeiro… - Advances in colloid and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural forming clay halloysite is an emerging nanomaterial carrier for sustained drug
delivery. These 50 nm diameter aluminosilicate tubes, with inner-alumina and outer-silica …

The application of halloysite tubule nanoclay in drug delivery

YM Lvov, MM DeVilliers… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Natural and biocompatible clay nanotubes are among the best inorganic
materials for drug nanoformulations. These halloysite tubes with SiO2 on the outermost …

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 …