AFM	atomic force microscopy
CCDC	the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center
CLSM	confocal laser scanning microscopy
EDX	energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry
GC-MS	gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
TEM	transmission electron microscopy
TLC	thin layer chromatography
HMBC	heteronuclear multiple bond correlation
HNTs	halloysite nanotubes
HR-MS	high resolution mass spectrometry
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
OD	optical density