Photoluminescent hybrid nanomaterials from modified halloysite nanotubes

M. Massaro; C. G. Colletti; S. Guernelli; G. Lazzara; M. Liu; G. Nicotra; R. Noto; F. Parisi; I. Pibiri; C. Spinella; Serena Riela

doi:10.1039/C8TC01424H

Photoluminescent hybrid nanomaterials from modified halloysite nanotubes†

M. Massaro,^a C. G. Colletti,^a S. Guernelli,^b G. Lazzara,

^c M. Liu,

^d G. Nicotra,^e R. Noto,^a F. Parisi,

^c I. Pibiri,

^a C. Spinella^e and Serena Riela

*^a

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^a Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
E-mail: serena.riela@unipa.it

^b Dipartimento di Chimica “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Via S. Giacomo 11, 40126 Bologna, Italy

^c Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica (DiFC), University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy

^d Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, P. R. China

^e CNR-IMM, Zona industriale strada VIII, 5, 95121 Catania, Italy

Abstract

The synthesis of photoluminescent nanomaterials based on halloysite nanotubes is described. The obtained hybrid was characterized by means of TGA, FT-IR, DLS and XPS measurements; in addition its morphology was imaged by TEM and HR-TEM. The HNT hybrid also exhibited photoluminescent properties, both in solution and in the solid state, and white-light emission (0.24, 0.36; CIE coordinates) was observed. This work could be pioneering as a new strategy for manufacturing both LEDs and fluorescent tags based on HNT nanomaterials.

Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Photoluminescent hybrid nanomaterials from modified halloysite nanotubes†

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