Journal
JOURNAL OF MICROENCAPSULATION
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 279-286Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02652040802312499
Keywords
5-aminosalicylic acid; halloysite; composite; supramolecular structure
Funding
- DGCYT [MAT 2006-05231]
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This paper assesses the supramolecular structure of nanocomposites prepared by including the anti-inflammatory drug 5-aminosalycilic acid in halloysite nanotubes. Halloysite tubes have sub-micron individual lengths with outer diameters similar to 0.1 mu m, as observed by FESEM. The mercury intrusion plots showed bimodal profiles with pore dimensions similar to 10 and 0.06 mm. X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric results revealed changes in the hydration form of the clay after the interaction. The groups associated to the interaction were studied by FTIR. The location of the drug in the composites was determined after uranium staining of its amino groups by X-EDS microanalysis coupled with HREM. The drug was located both inside and on the surface of the halloysite nanotubes. These results confirm the occurrence of two concomitant interaction mechanisms: rapid adsorption of 5-ASA at the external halloysite surface followed by slow adsorption of the drug inside the tubes.
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