History of organic–inorganic hybrid materials: prehistory, art, science, and advanced applications

M Faustini, L Nicole, E Ruiz‐Hitzky… - Advanced Functional …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The rise of organic–inorganic hybrid materials in both academia and industry results from a
convergence of diverse expertise and communities and is driven by the curiosity of open …

Immobilization of enzymes on clay minerals for biocatalysts and biosensors

N An, CH Zhou, XY Zhuang, DS Tong, WH Yu - Applied Clay Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Many studies suggest that naturally-occurring layered clay minerals can be used as a class
of biocompatible solid supports for immobilizing enzymes. The corresponding clay mineral …

Surface modification of halloysite nanotubes with dopamine for enzyme immobilization

C Chao, J Liu, J Wang, Y Zhang, B Zhang… - … applied materials & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) have been proposed as a potential support to immobilize
enzymes. Improving enzyme loading on HNTs is critical to their practical applications …

Fibrous clays based bionanocomposites

E Ruiz-Hitzky, M Darder, FM Fernandes… - Progress in polymer …, 2013 - Elsevier
Sepiolite and palygorskite are natural microfibrous clay minerals whose particular structural,
morphological and textural features are useful for the preparation of a wide variety of …

Design of metal organic framework–enzyme based bioelectrodes as a novel and highly sensitive biosensing platform

S Patra, TH Crespo, A Permyakova, C Sicard… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanocomposites combining the mesoporous iron (III) trimesate MIL-100 (Fe)(MIL: Matériaux
Institut Lavoisier) and platinum nanoparticles (Pt-NPs) have been used as immobilization …

Nano-clays from natural and modified montmorillonite with and without added blueberry extract for active and intelligent food nanopackaging materials

TJ Gutiérrez, AG Ponce, VA Alvarez - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of nano-clays as active and intelligent
(A&I) food nanopackaging materials. Nanopackaging is a structured system that allows the …

Fabrication of antimicrobial chitosan/ZnO nanoparticles/lecithin-montmorillonite films for food packaging application

X Sun, H Wang, H Liang, N Meng, N Zhou - Food Hydrocolloids, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, ZnO nanoparticles (ZnONPs) were loaded on lecithin-montmorillonite (LEC-Mt)
and incorporated into chitosan (CS) for purpose of developing novel food packaging films …

MXenes and Clay Minerals in the Framework of the 2D Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials

E Ruiz-Hitzky, C Ruiz-Garcia, X Wang - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review introduces a critical comparison on the chemistry of two-dimensional (2D) solids
based on clay silicates and MXenes, in relation to their common properties and especially …

Polysaccharide–fibrous clay bionanocomposites

ACS Alcântara, M Darder, P Aranda, E Ruiz-Hitzky - Applied clay science, 2014 - Elsevier
The present paper introduces results on the preparation, characterization and exploration of
properties of bionanocomposites prepared by the assembly of polysaccharides to sepiolite …

The Use of ATR‐FTIR Spectroscopy for Quantification of Adsorbed Compounds

G Rytwo, R Zakai, B Wicklein - Journal of Spectroscopy, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Quantification of adsorbed amounts requires in most cases several assumptions. Adsorption
of organic compounds, for example, is usually measured indirectly, by mass balance …