Nanotechnology

Natural Mineral Nanotubes
Properties and Applications

Editors: Pooria Pasbakhsh, PhD
G. Jock Churchman, PhD

Natural Mineral Nanotubes

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: February 2015
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771880565
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-77463-367-0
E-Book ISBN: 9781482262254
Pages: 498 pp + index
Binding Type: hardbound / ebook / paperback

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The book will provide a wide introduction on the history, mineralogy, geology, and the characteristics and application of different natural nanotubes. It is the first book to discuss natural nanotubes, particularly halloysite nanotubes. The book will be useful mainly for postgraduate students and researchers working on the application of natural nanotubes. It will also be useful for those companies or researchers that will be focusing on the design of materials and composites for sustainability.

This book:
  • provides updates on the diverse and expanding applications of natural mineral nanotubes (including halloysite, sepiolite, and palygorskite) in various industries, and polymer nanocomposites for medical, health and environmental applications
  • provides a comprehensive review of the modification and intercalation of different natural mineral nanotubes
  • reviews recent studies of the mechanical properties of halloysite nanotubes
  • provides an up-to-date background on the structure, identification, and nomenclature of various natural mineral nanotubes, including halloysite, palygorskite, sepiolite, chrysotile, and erionite
  • gives comprehensive global information on the mineralogy, geology, and occurrence of natural mineral nanotubes
  • discusses the current understanding of the health risks of natural mineral nanotubes and also carbon nanotubes

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Part 1: The Major Nanotubular Minerals and their Structures
Chapter 1: Phyllosilicates Used as Nanotube Substrates in Engineered Materials: Structures, Chemistries, and Textures
Stephen Guggenheim

Part 2: The Identification and Nomenclature of Natural Mineral Nanotubes (Historical Perspectives)
Chapter 2: The Identification and Nomenclature of Halloysite (A Historical Perspective)
G. Jock Churchman
Chapter 3: The Identification and Nomenclature of Sepiolite and Palygorskite (A Historical Perspective)
Emilio Galán and Patricia Aparicio
Chapter 4: The Identification and Nomenclature of Chrysotile (A Historical Perspective)
Saverio Fiore and F. Javier Huertas

Part 3: Mineralogy, Geology and Occurrence of Natural Mineral Nanotubes
Chapter 5: The Mineralogy, Geology and Occurrences of Halloysite
John L Keeling
Chapter 6: The Mineralogy, Geology and Main Occurences of Sepiolite and Playgorskite Clays
Emilio Galán and Manuel Pozo
Chapter 7: The Mineralogy, Geology and Main Occurrences of Chrysotile
Saverio Fiore and F. Javier Huertas

Part 4: Applications of Natural Mineral Nanotubes in Nanocomposites
Chapter 8: Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced by Halloysite Nanotubes: A Review
Vahdat Vahedi and Pooria Pasbakhsh

Part 5: Biopolymer Composites of Natural Mineral Nanotubes and Their Applications
Chapter 9: Bionanocomposites of Sepiolite and Palygorskite and Their Medical Issues
Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky, Margarita Darder, Francisco M. Fernandes, Bernd Wicklein, Ana C. S. Alcântara, and Pilar Aranda
Chapter 10: Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Poly Lactic Acid/Halloysite Nanotube Composites
Rangika T De Silva, Pooria Pasbakhsh, and Kheng Lim Goh
Chapter 11: Halloysite-Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications
Mingxian Liu, Peng Ao, Qi Peng, Binghong Luo, and Changren Zhou
Chapter 12: Current Research on Chitosan-Halloysite Composites
Kavitha Govindasamy, Pooria Pasbakhsh and KL Goh

Part 6: Mechanical Properties of Halloysite and Other Nanotubes
Chapter 13: Measurement of the Elastic Modulus of Halloysite Nanotubes Using Atomic Force Microscopy
B. Lecouvet, C. Bailly, and B. Nysten
Chapter 14: Mechanics of Halloysite Nanotubes
Kheng Lim Goh, Rangika De Silva, Pooria Pasbakhsh

Part 7: Modification of Natural Mineral Nanotubes
Chapter 15: Functionalization and Compatibilization of Halloysite Nanotubes
Vahdat Vahedi and Pooria Pasbakhsh
Chapter 16: Modification of Sepiolite and Palygorskite Nanotubes and Their Applications
Gustave Kenne Dedzo and Christian Detellier
Chapter17: Organopalygorskites Prepared From Quaternary Ammonium Compounds and Their Environmental Uses
Binoy Sarkar and Ravi Naidu
Chapter 18: Surface Modification of Halloysite Nanotubes: Role of External Hydroxyl Groups
Vahdat Vahedi, Pooria Pasbakhsh, and Siang-Piao Chai

Part 8: Natural Mineral Nanotubes as Nanoreactors used in Industrial and Agricultural Applications
Chapter 19: Halloysite Tubule Nanoreactors in Industrial and Agricultural Applications
Elshad Abdullaye and Yuri Lvov
Chapter 20: Some Further Industrial, Environmental and Biomedical Applications of Halloysite Nanotubes
B. Lecouvet and C. Bailly
Chapter 21: Nanotubular Minerals as Templates and Nanoreactors
Gustave Kenne Dedzo and Christian Detellier

Part 9: Medical and Health applications of Natural Mineral Nanotubes and Their Health Problems
Chapter 22: Medical and Health Applications of Halloysite Nanotubes
Elshad Abdullayev
Chapter 23: Medical and Health Applications of Natural Mineral Nanotubes
César Viseras, Carola Aguzzi, and Pilar Cerezo
Chapter 24: The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Different Naturally-Occurring Halloysites
Javiera Cervini Silva, Antonio Nieto-Camacho, and María Teresa Ramírez-Apán
Chapter 25: Health Effects of Carbon Nanotubes and Some Comparisons with Natural Mineral
Nanotubes
Marie-Claude Jaurand

Part 10: Final Remarks
Chapter 26: Current Trends in Research and Application of Natural Mineral Nanotubes
G. Jock Churchman and Pooria Pasbakhsh
Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Pooria Pasbakhsh, PhD
Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering at Monash University Malaysia

Pooria Pasbakhsh, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Engineering at Monash University Malaysia in Selangor, Malaysia since 2010 with a specialty in polymer nanocomposites and nanomaterials. He has published several journal and conference papers on characterization and applications of halloysite nanotubes. Since 2007 his research has been supported by the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia, Monash University, University of Science Malaysia and Geological Survey of South Australia Resources and Energy Group where he did a short postdoc on characterization of various halloysite nanotubes from different origins at the University of Adelaide in Australia. His current research interests concern the preparation, characterization and modeling of bionanocomposites for packaging and medical applications. He is a member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (UK) and the Australian Clay Minerals Society.

G. Jock Churchman, PhD
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide, Australia; Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

G. Jock Churchman, PhD, is Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Soils at the University of Adelaide and part-time Associate Professor at the Centre for Environment Risk Assessment and Remediation at the University of South Australia. He continues trying to understand why halloysite contains interlayer water (his specific PhD thesis topic) while also pursuing many other research topics on clays, especially in soils. He was employed in the New Zealand Soil Bureau, DSIR for 16 years and in CSIRO Division of Soils (later Land and Water) for 14 years, and has held visiting fellowships in soil science at Reading University and the University of Western Australia. He is a former Editor (now Emeritus) of the journal of Applied Clay Science. In 2005, he completed a BA (Hons) in philosophy from Flinders University of South Australia with a thesis on the philosophical status of soil science. He obtained degrees in chemistry from Otago University in his native New Zealand. He studied the physical chemistry of halloysite for his PhD, under a fellowship from the New Zealand pottery and ceramics industry and carried out research for this industry for a short time before beginning a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in soil science at the University of Wisconsin, USA.




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