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SUBMITTER: Massaro M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7922904 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20210217 2
Halloysite is an aluminosilicate clay with a predominantly hollow tubular structure (HNTs) able to act as a nanocontainer for the encapsulation of several chemicals. However, HNTs possess low affinity for metal ions in their pristine form and they need to be modified for improving their adsorption capabilities. Therefore, to overcome this issue herein we report a straightforward approach for the covalent modification of the external surface of halloysite nanotubes with hectorite clay. Compared t ...[more]