PMID- 35629468
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 15
IP  - 10
DP  - 2022 May 10
TI  - AFM Characterization of Halloysite Clay Nanocomposites' Superficial Properties: 
      Current State-of-the-Art and Perspectives.
LID - 10.3390/ma15103441 [doi]
LID - 3441
AB  - Natural halloysite clay nanotubes (HNTs) are versatile inorganic reinforcing 
      materials for creating hybrid composites. Upon doping HNTs with polymers, 
      coating, or loading them with bioactive molecules, the production of novel 
      nanocomposites is possible, having specific features for several applications. To 
      investigate HNTs composites nanostructures, AFM is a very powerful tool since it 
      allows for performing nano-topographic and morpho-mechanical measurements in any 
      environment (air or liquid) without treatment of samples, like electron 
      microscopes require. In this review, we aimed to provide an overview of recent 
      AFM investigations of HNTs and HNT nanocomposites for unveiling hidden 
      characteristics inside them envisaging future perspectives for AFM as a smart 
      device in nanomaterials characterization.
FAU - Cascione, Mariafrancesca
AU  - Cascione M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9849-5301
AD  - Department of Mathematics & Physics "Ennio De Giorgi", University of Salento, Via 
      Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
FAU - De Matteis, Valeria
AU  - De Matteis V
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2204-8817
AD  - Department of Mathematics & Physics "Ennio De Giorgi", University of Salento, Via 
      Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
FAU - Persano, Francesca
AU  - Persano F
AD  - Department of Mathematics & Physics "Ennio De Giorgi", University of Salento, Via 
      Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
AD  - CNR Nanotec-Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
FAU - Leporatti, Stefano
AU  - Leporatti S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5912-7565
AD  - CNR Nanotec-Institute of Nanotechnology, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
LA  - eng
GR  - CUP: b84i18000540002/Tecnopolo per la Medicina di Precisione (Tecnomed 
      Puglia)-Regione Puglia:dgr no. 2117 del 21/11/2018/
GR  - CUP: b83b17000010001/Tecnopolo di Nanotecnologia e Fotonica per la Medicina di 
      Precisione (Tecnomed)- Fisr/Miur-Cnr: delibera Cipe no. 3449 del 7-08-2017/
GR  - CUP F88D1800060001/Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Ricerca e Innovazione 
      2014-2020 Asse I "Capitale Umano"/
GR  - CUP F88D1800070001/Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) Ricerca e Innovazione 
      2014-2020 Avviso "A.I.M: Attraction and International Mobility"/
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20220510
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC9146693
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - atomic force microscopy
OT  - halloysite clay nanotubes
OT  - nanocomposites
OT  - surface properties
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2022/05/29 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/29 06:01
PMCR- 2022/05/10
CRDT- 2022/05/28 01:28
PHST- 2022/03/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/05/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/05/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/28 01:28 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/29 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/05/10 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma15103441 [pii]
AID - materials-15-03441 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma15103441 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2022 May 10;15(10):3441. doi: 10.3390/ma15103441.