Rod-like fluorescent halloysite nanotubes-silica composites: a novel colloidal system



Document title: Rod-like fluorescent halloysite nanotubes-silica composites: a novel colloidal system
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000381202
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Física, Jalapa, Veracruz. México
2Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas, México, Distrito Federal. México
3Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, México, Distrito Federal. México
4Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Yautepec, Morelos. México
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 61
Number: 2
Pages: 117-122
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract An inexpensive novel method to produce a rod-like fluorescent colloidal system is presented in this work. The system consists of core-shell particles synthesized by using halloysite nanotubes as cores, and silica layers as shells on their surfaces. Unlike traditional protocols for producing silica core-shell particles, the method used in this work does not require a coupling agent. In addition, a fluorescent dye was incorporated to produce fluorescent composites. Due to their resulting morphology and the possibility of incorporating a fluorescent dye, they constitute a promising new colloidal model system for studying the physics of anisotropic colloidal suspensions experimentally, as well as a potential source of new materials
Disciplines: Física y astronomía,
Ingeniería
Keyword: Física,
Ingeniería de materiales,
Resinas,
Nanoarcillas,
Nanotubos,
Haloisita,
Suspensiones coloidales
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Engineering,
Physics,
Materials engineering,
Composites,
Nanoclays,
Halloysite,
Nanotubes,
Colloidal rods
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