Giuseppe Cavallaro

TL;DR: Halloysite is natural tubular clay suitable as a component of biocompatible nanosystems with specific functionalities as discussed by the authors, and the selective modification of halloysite inner/outer surfaces can be achieved by exploiting supramolecular and covalent interactions resulting in controlled colloidal stability adjusted to the solvent polarity.

TL;DR: Pectin bionanocomposite films filled with various concentrations of two different types of halloysite nanotubes were prepared and characterized in this paper as potential films for food packaging applications.

TL;DR: An easy strategy to prepare a functional sustainable edible film with thermo-sensitive antioxidant/antimicrobial activity is put forward.

TL;DR: This review provides an overview of the recent progress achieved on halloysite-polysaccharides nanocomposites and presents novel protocols for the fabrication of polysaccharide/halloysite nanocomPOSites suitable as drug delivery systems.

TL;DR: Dispersions of nanofillers into aqueous and solid biopolymeric matrices were studied from the physicochemical viewpoint to interpret the mesoscopic structure of the nanocomposites evidenced by SEM, thermal stability, tensile properties, and transparency investigations.