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Clay Nanoparticles

Properties and Applications

  • 1st Edition - February 15, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Giuseppe Cavallaro, Rawil F. Fakhrullin, Pooria Pasbakhsh
  • Language: English

Clay Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications sets out the major properties of clay nanoparticles and their technological applications. The first part of the book focuses on the… Read more

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Description

Clay Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications sets out the major properties of clay nanoparticles and their technological applications. The first part of the book focuses on the characterization of nanoclays, including layered, fibrous and tubular clay minerals. The second part illustrates the current and potential applications of nanoclays within material science and biotechnology. These include the development of geopolymers and bionanocomposites based on sustainable polymers filled with ecocompatible nanoclay. The potential use of nanoclays as flame retardants is also discussed, along with the correlation between the properties and potential applications of several nanoclay types.

In particular, the applications explored include nanoclays as drug delivery systems and for environmental protection. The book provides a complete and multidisciplinary exploration of nanoclays, highlighting a range of perspectives within current nanotechnology research.

Key features

  • Assesses the advantages of using nanoclays instead of conventional clay materials in product design
  • Describes the major characterization techniques – both experimental and computational – for nanoclays
  • Explores new fabrication techniques based on pristine and modified clay nanoparticles that are being used both in materials science and biotechnology

Readership

Materials Scientists and Engineers, Biomedical Scientists and Environmental Scientists

Table of contents

Part I Properties of clay nanoparticles

1. Geological overview of clay nanoparticles
CRISTINA VILLANOVA-DE-BENAVENT

2. Structural characterization of clay systems by small-angle scattering
LEONARDO CHIAPPISI

3. Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs)/polymer nanocomposites: thermal degradation and flame retardancy
HENRI VAHABI, RODOLPHE SONNIER, AURÉLIE TAGUET,
BELKACEM OTAZAGHINE, MOHAMMAD REZA SAEB AND GÜNTER BEYER

4. Colloidal stability and self-assembling behavior of nanoclays
LORENZO LISUZZO, GIUSEPPE CAVALLARO, FILIPPO PARISI, SERENA RIELA,
STEFANA MILIOTO AND GIUSEPPE LAZZARA

5. Organophilic nature of nanoclay
KAUSIK DANA AND MADHUCHHANDA SARKAR

6. Computational modeling of nanoclays
EVA SCHOLTZOVÁ

Part II Technological applications of clay nanoparticles

7. Flame retardant potential of clay nanoparticles
AYESHA KAUSAR

8. Nanoclays in drug delivery systems
RAQUEL DE MELO BARBOSA, MARIANNA ARAÚJO FERREIRA, LYGHIA MARIA
ARAÚJO MEIRELLES, NICOLE ZORATO AND FERNANDA NERVO RAFFIN

9. Decontamination application of nanoclays
HUIJUAN GUAN AND YAFEI ZHAO

10. Clays in cement production from the nanoscale
LIDIA NATALIA TRUSILEWICZ

11. Improving the thermal, termite resistance and anti-wetting properties of tropical timber using a polymethyl acrylate/ halloysite coating
NISHAL ASHVIN SOLANKI, POORIA PASBAKHSH AND ALI RASHIDI

12. Halloysite nanoclay for development of heterogeneous
catalysts
SAMAHE SADJADI

13. Covalently modified nanoclays: synthesis, properties and
applications
MARINA MASSARO, GIUSEPPE CAVALLARO, GIUSEPPE LAZZARA AND
SERENA RIELA

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 15, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

GC

Giuseppe Cavallaro

Dr. Giuseppe Cavallaro is an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics and Chemistry “E. Segrè” of University of Palermo, Italy. He was a Research Associate at the Institute of Micromanifacturing, Louisiana Tech University, USA, and Institut fur Chemie, Technische Universitat Berlin, Germany. He is the author of more than 120 publications in peer reviewed international journals. He is Editor of the book “Clay Nanoparticles: Properties and Applications – 1st Edition” by Giuseppe Cavallaro, Rawil Fakhrullin, Pooria Pasbakhsh (Publisher: Elsevier). His research activity is mainly focused on the physico-chemical characterization of nano-organized systems based on nanoclays and organic macromolecules, such as biopolymers and surfactants.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University of Palermo, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Palermo, Italy

RF

Rawil F. Fakhrullin

Rawil F. Fakhrullin received his MSc from Kazan State University in 2003, later receiving a PhD in Biochemistry form Kazan State University (2006), and DSc in Microbiology from Kazan Federal University (2011). He also received an MSc degree in Chemistry with Nanotechnology from University of Hull, UK. He worked as a visiting scientist at the University of Hull (UK), University of Sheffield (UK) and Yeditepe University (Istanbul, Turkey). Currently, hProfessor, Bionanotechnology Lab, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation . His research interests are focused on development of novel biomimetic materials (including functionalised cells), cell-based therapy, drug delivery, controllable assembly of living cells into multicellular clusters, fabrication of cell-based biosensors, and nanotoxicity.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Bionanotechnology Lab, Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation

PP

Pooria Pasbakhsh

Dr. Pooria Pasbakhsh holds degrees in Material Science and Engineering, Metallurgy and Material Selection, and a PhD in Polymer Composites. With over 17 years of international research and industrial experience, he is a multidisciplinary materials scientist and Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His work integrates chemistry, geology, and philosophy to develop sustainable bioplastics reinforced with Halloysite Nanotubes, creating smart nanocomposites with self-healing and antimicrobial properties. He has engineered active packaging solutions and transient materials, and currently leads circular economy projects on subsea infrastructure upcycling and carbon-sequestering hemp construction materials. Recognized among the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” since 2020, his impact spans materials, polymers, and chemistry.

Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology The University of Melbourne

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