Natural mineral nanotubes properties and applications / Pooria Pasbakhsh, PhD, and G. Jock Churchman, PhD, editors.

Other author Pasbakhsh, Pooria.
Other author Churchman, G. J.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOakville, ON, Canada ; Waretown, NJ : Apple Academic Press, [2015]
Descriptionxxvi, 498 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Mineralogy.
Nanotubes.
Nanostructures.
Halloysite.

Contents Phyllosilicates used as nanotube substrates in engineered materials: structures, chemistries, and textures / Stephen Guggenheim -- The indentification and nomenclature of halloysite (a historical perspective) / G. Jock Churchman -- The identification and nomenclature of sepiolite and palygorskite (a historical perspective) / Emilio Galâan and Patricia Aparicio -- The identification and nomenclature of chrysotile (a historical perspective) / Saverio Fiore and F. Javier Huertas -- The mineralogy, geology and occurrences of halloysite / John L. Keeling -- The mineralogy, geology and main occurences of sepiolite and playgorskite clays / Emilio Galâan and Manuel Pozo -- The mineralogy, geology and main occurences of chrysotile / Saverio Fiore and F. Javier Huertas -- Polymer nanocomposites reinforced by halloysite nanotubes: a review / Vahdat Vahedi and Pooria Pasbakhsh -- Bionanocomposites of sepiolite and palygorskite and their medical issues / Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky, Margarita Darder, Francisco M. Fernandes, Bernd Wicklein, Ana C.S. Alcãantara, and Pilar Aranda -- Biopolymer nanocomposites: polylactic acid/halloysite nanotube composites / Rangika T De Silva, Pooria Pasbakhsh, and Kheng Lim Goh -- Halloysite-poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanocomposites for biomedical applications / Mingxian Liu, Peng Ao, Qi Peng, Binghong Luo, and Changren Zhou -- Current research on chitosan-halloysite composites / Kavitha Govindasamy, Pooria Pasbakhsh, and Khen Lim Goh -- Measurement of the elastic modulus of halloysite nanotubes using atomic force microscopy / B. Lecouvet, C. Bailly, and B. Nysten -- Mechanics of halloysite nanotubes / Khen Lim Goh, Rangika De Silva, and Pooria Pasbakhsh -- Functionalization and compatibilization of halloysite nanotubes / Vahdat Vahedi and Pooria Pasbakhsh -- Modification of sepiolite and palygorskite nanotubes and their applications / Gustave Kenne Dedzo and Christian Detellier -- Organopalygorskites prepared from quaternary ammonium compounds and their environmental uses / Binoy Sarkar and Ravi Naidu -- Surface modification of halloysite nanotubes: role of external hydroxyl groups / Vahdat Vahedi, Pooria Pasbakhsh, and Siang-Piao Chai -- Halloysite tubule nanoreactors in industrial and agricultural applications / Elshad Abdullayev and Yuri Lvov -- Some further industrial, environmental and biomedical applications of halloysite nanotubes / B. Lecouvet -- Nanotubular minerals as templates and nanoreactors / Gustave Kenne Dedzo and Christian Detellier -- Medical and health applications of halloysite nanotubes / Elshad Abdullayev -- Medical and health applications of natural mineral nanotubes / Câesar Viseras, Carola Aguzzi, and Pilar Cerezo -- The anti-inflammatory properties of different naturally occurring halloysites / Javiera Cervini-Silva, Antonio Nieto-Camacho and Marâia Teresa Ramâirez-Apâan -- Health effects of carbon nanotubes and some comparisons with natural mineral nanotubes / Marie-Claude Jaurand -- Current trends in research and application of natural mineral nanotubes / G. Jock Churchman and Pooria Pasbakhsh.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2014045760
ISBN9781771880565 (alk. paper)
ISBN1771880562 (alk. paper)

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