Halloysite nanotubes in polymer science: purification, characterization, modification and applications

Nanotechnology Reviews

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Cong Cheng¹  Weihua Song²  Qiang Zhao¹  Hailei Zhang¹ 

[1] College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University;Affiliated hospital of Hebei University

关键词: halloysite nanotube;    clay;    polymer science;   

DOI  :  10.1515/ntrev-2020-0024

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: De Gruyter

【 摘 要 】

Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are natural tubular materials, which show a number of attractive advantages such as the unique micro-spatial structure, large length-diameter ratio, high lumen volume, nontoxicity and widespread. The development of HNTs-based polymer composites expanded their applications in the fields of energy, catalysis, biomedicine, environmental protection and many others. This review will briefly summarize the purification, characterization and modification methods upon HNTs, in which the preparation and application of the HNTs-based polymer composites are emphasized. This paper may be beneficial for the development of novel strategies for the preparation of new libraries of HNTs-based polymer composites and the exploration of their applications.

【 授权许可】

CC BY