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Table 1 Halloysite Nanotubes immobilized with different Guest molecules for energy and
environmental applications
S.
No.
Application Guest
molecule
Source
Target
References
1.
Dye
Removal
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O,
FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O
Methyl Violet 2B
Bonetto et al.
(2015)
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O,
FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O
Methyl Violet
Duan et al.
(2012)
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3
Methylene Blue
Jiang et al.
(2014)
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O,
FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O
Methylene Blue,
Neutral Red, Methyl
Orange
Xie et al.
(2011)
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O,
FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O
Naphthol Green B
Riahi-Madvaar
et al. (2017)
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O,
FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O
Methyl Red, Methyl
Orange
Liu et al.
(2018)
−NH 2
groups
APTES
Direct Red 28
Zeng et al.
(2016)
−NH 2
groups
Dopamine
Direct Red, Direct
Yellow, Direct Blue
Zeng et al.
(2017)
Catechol and
−NH 2
groups
Polydopamine
Methylene Blue
(Wan et al.
2017)
−NH 2
groups
Chitosan
Methylene Blue,
Malachite Green
Peng et al.
(2015)
TiO 2
nanoparticles
Titanium dioxide
Aniline
Szczepanik
et al. (2016)
2.
Heavy
metal
removal
Quaternary
Ammonium
ions
HDTMA
Cr (VI)
Jinhua et al.
(2010)
−NH 2
groups
APTES and
Polyethyleneimine
Cr (VI)
Tian et al.
(2015)
−NH 2
groups
3-AzPTMS
Pb (II)
Cataldo et al.
(2018)
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
FeCl 3 ·6H 2 O,
FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O
Pb (II)
Afzali and
Fayazi (2016)
−NH 2
groups
APTES, N-2
Pyridylsuccinamic
acid
Pb (II)
He et al. (2013)
Catechol and
-NH 2 groups
Polydopamine
Pb (II), Cd (II)
Hebbar et al.
(2016)
3.
Pesticide
−COOH
groups and
Fe 3 O 4
nanoparticles
Succinic
Anhydride,
Fe(acac) 3
2,4,6,-Trichlorophenol Pan et al.
(2011)
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