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 …

Pickering emulsions stabilized by halloysite nanotubes: from general aspects to technological applications

L Lisuzzo, G Cavallaro, S Milioto… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Besides surfactants, which decrease the interfacial tension between two immiscible liquids,
also interfacially active particles can successfully stabilize an emulsion system by attaching …

Halloysite nanotubes filled with MgO for paper reinforcement and deacidification

L Lisuzzo, G Cavallaro, S Milioto, G Lazzara - Applied Clay Science, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel material for the deacidification and protection of paper has been designed by using
MgO filled halloysite nanotubes (Hal). The ability of MgO loaded nanotubes to control the …

Hydroxypropyl cellulose films filled with halloysite nanotubes/wax hybrid microspheres

L Lisuzzo, MR Caruso, G Cavallaro… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The design of novel nanocomposite films based on hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) and
wax/halloysite hybrid microspheres has been reported. In particular, we first prepared …

Novel 3D porous aerogels engineered at nano scale from cellulose nano fibers and curcumin: An effective treatment for chronic wounds

J Jose, AR Pai, DA Gopakumar, Y Dalvi, V Ruby… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional cotton gauze derived from cellulose has many limitations in the processes of
wound healing. To overcome these hassles, we used cellulose nanofibers (CNF) …

A computational and experimental investigation of halloysite silicic surface modifications after alkaline treatment

F Ferrante, M Bertini, C Ferlito, L Lisuzzo, G Lazzara… - Applied Clay …, 2023 - Elsevier
Density functional theory calculations were performed in order to investigate the formation of
silanol groups on the outer surface of halloysite nanotubes, as possible products of the …

A computational and experimental investigation of the anchoring of organosilanes on the halloysite silicic surface

L Lisuzzo, M Bertini, G Lazzara, C Ferlito, F Ferrante… - Applied Clay …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of halloysite nanotubes alkali activation on its grafting efficiency with
organosilanes was studied by Density Functional Theory and experimental investigations. In …

[HTML][HTML] From old to new inorganic materials for advanced applications: The paradigmatic example of the sepiolite clay mineral

AI Ruiz, C Ruiz-García, E Ruiz-Hitzky - Applied Clay Science, 2023 - Elsevier
This review article focuses on sepiolite fibrous clay mineral, which has been selected here
as an example of an ancient inorganic natural material that is currently receiving much …

Halloysite nanotubes filled with salicylic acid and sodium diclofenac: effects of vacuum pumping on loading and release properties

L Lisuzzo, G Cavallaro, S Milioto, G Lazzara - Journal of Nanostructure in …, 2021 - Springer
In this work, we investigated the effects of the vacuum pumping on both the loading
efficiencies and the release kinetics of halloysite nanotubes filled with drug molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrophobic composite foams based on nanocellulose-sepiolite for oil sorption applications

A Sanguanwong, AE Flood, M Ogawa… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract TEMPO (2, 2, 6, 6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-oxyl)-oxidized cellulose nanofibers (CNF)
were assembled to fibrous clay sepiolite (SEP) by means of a high shear homogenizer and …