Natural mineral nanotubes : properties and applications

 Content: Introduction   Part 1: The Major Nanotubular Minerals and their Structures   Phyllosilicates Used as Nanotube Substrates in Engineered Materials: Structures, Chemistries, and Textures; Stephen Guggenheim   Part 2: The Identification and Nomenclature of Natural Mineral Nanotubes (A Historical Perspective)   The Identification and Nomenclature of Halloysite (A Historical Perspective); G. Jock Churchman   The Identification and Nomenclature of Sepiolite and Palygorskite (A Historical Perspective); Emilio Galan and Patricia Aparicio   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   The Mineralogy, Geology and Occurrences of Halloysite; John L Keeling   The Mineralogy, Geology and Main Occurences of Sepiolite and Playgorskite Clays; Emilio Galan and Manuel Pozo   The Mineralogy, Geology and Main Occurrences of Chrysotile; Saverio Fiore and F. Javier Huertas   Part 4: Applications of Natural Mineral Nanotubes in Nanocomposites   Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced by Halloysite Nanotubes: A Review; Vahdat Vahedi and Pooria Pasbakhsh   Part 5: Biopolymer Composites of Natural Mineral Nanotubes and Their Applications   Bionanocomposites of Sepiolite and Palygorskite and Their Medical Issues; Eduardo Ruiz-Hitzky, Margarita Darder, Francisco M. Fernandes, Bernd Wicklein, Ana C. S. Alcantara, and Pilar Aranda   Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Poly Lactic 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 KL Goh   Part 6: Mechanical Properties of Halloysite and Other Nanotubes   Measurement of the Elastic Modulus of Halloysite Nanotubes Using Atomic Force Microscopy; B. Lecouvet, C. Bailly, and B. Nysten   Mechanics of Halloysite Nanotubes; Kheng Lim Goh, Rangika De Silva, Pooria Pasbakhsh   Part 7: Modification of Natural Mineral Nanotubes   Functionalization and Compatiblization 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   Part 8: Natural Mineral Nanotubes as Nanoreactors used in Industrial and Agricultural Applications   Halloysite Tubule Nanoreactors in Industrial and Agricultural Applications; Elshad Abdullaye and Yuri Lvov   Some Further Industrial, Environmental and Biomedical Applications of Halloysite Nanotubes; B. Lecouvet and C. Bailly    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   Medical and Health Applications of Halloysite Nanotubes; Elshad Abdullayev   Medical and Health Applications of Natural Mineral Nanotubes; Cesar Viseras, Carola Aguzzi, and Pilar Cerezo   The Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Different Naturally-Occurring Halloysites; Javiera Cervini Silva, Antonio Nieto-Camacho, and Maria Teresa Ramirez-Apan   Health Effects of Carbon Nanotubes and Some Comparisons with Natural Mineral   Nanotubes; Marie-Claude Jaurand   Part 10: Final Remarks   Current Trends in Research and Application of Natural Mineral Nanotubes; G. Jock Churchman and Pooria Pasbakhsh   Index