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Energy Modeling of Competition Between Tubular and Platy Morphologies of Chrysotile and Halloysite Layers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

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Andrei A. Krasilin*
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Ioffe Institute, 26 Politekhnicheskaya st., St. Petersburg 194021, Russia
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Abstract

The present study considered the problem of halloysite nanoscroll synthesis by energy modeling of the formation of chrysotile and halloysite particles. The main aim of the study was to reveal an energy preference between scrolled and platy morphologies of the particles. Both hydrosilicates possess the ability to scroll spontaneously but relatively facile hydrothermal synthesis of the nanoscrolls is available only to the former, whereas halloysite forms mainly plates under the same conditions. This issue was investigated by a phenomenological energy model, taking into account: (1) strain energy due to the size difference between metal oxide and silica sheets; (2) surface-energy difference on the opposite sides of the layer; and (3) adhesion energy. Calculations showed that the halloysite layer had a significant scrolling potential due to the first energy component, but the surface-energy difference acted in the opposite direction and tried to unbend the layer. In contrast, these two actions were co-directional in chrysotile layers. In both cases, the formation of multi-layered plates became more energy favorable when the specific surface energy of the edges decreased. In the range 0.5–3 J/m2 for the specific surface energy, only halloysite layers showed an energy preference for platy particles over nanoscrolls, especially at small layer sizes. Certain processes, such as hydration, could reduce the corresponding specific surface energy value and, as a result, could stabilize the platy morphology of halloysite at the earliest stages of particle growth under hydrothermal conditions.

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ChrysotileEnergy modelingHalloysiteNanoscrollNanotubeSurface energy
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 68 , Issue 5 , October 2020 , pp. 436 - 445
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Copyright © Clay Minerals Society 2020

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