Clay nanotube Pickering emulsions for spill oil bioremediation and catalytic formulations

The data involves chiefly, the use of halloysite clay nanotubes (HNT) in forming Pickering emulsions with oil and water. The halloysites were functionalised using octadecyltrimethoxysilane (ODTMS) and hexadimethylsilane (HMDS) in order to hydrophobize the halloysite and form better Pickering emulsions. The bacterial affinity of halloysites in general and modified halloysite was tested using the bacterial strain, Alcanivorax borkumensis. The bacteria was obtained from ATCC and was used in several toxicity and emulsion experiments. The onus of the study was to study the affinity of the oil-degrading bacteria to HNTs and hydrophobized HNT and the resultant toxicity.

该数据集主要涉及埃洛石粘土纳米管（halloysite clay nanotubes, HNT）在与油和水形成皮克林乳液（Pickering emulsions）中的应用。为实现埃洛石的疏水化并形成更优的皮克林乳液，研究人员采用十八烷基三甲氧基硅烷（octadecyltrimethoxysilane, ODTMS）和六甲基硅烷（hexadimethylsilane, HMDS）对埃洛石进行功能化修饰。研究测试了未修饰埃洛石及改性埃洛石对菌株博克氏嗜油杆菌（Alcanivorax borkumensis）的细菌亲和性。该菌株购自美国典型培养物保藏中心（ATCC），并用于多项毒性实验与乳液实验。本研究的核心目标是探究石油降解细菌对HNT及疏水化HNT的亲和性，以及由此产生的毒性效应。