The primary challenge in finding a treatment for tuberculosis (TB) is patient non-compliance to treatment due to long treatment duration, high dosing frequency, and adverse effects of anti-TB drugs. This study reports on the development of a nanodelivery system that intercalates the anti-TB drug isoniazid into Mg/Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs). Isoniazid was found to be released in a susta...

In this work, a novel method for the preparation of high-entropy oxides (HEO) was successfully developed using multivariate composition layered double hydroxides (LDHs) as precursor. Thermal treatment over 600 °C led to complete transformation LDHs single spinel phase HEOs. The performance obtained HEO catalysts in removal volatile organic compounds (VOCs) studied with catalytic oxidation tolue...

Layered double hydroxides (LDH) are considered as a new emerging class of PVC stabilizers to replace toxic and environmentally hazardous class of heavy metals. A new series of Ca-Al-X (X=NO3 , CO3 , Cl, SO4 , PO4 ) hydrotalcites have been prepared by hydrothermal process. The hydrotalcite particles are nanosized and have been characterized by EDX, XRD, FTIR and TGA techniques. A comparative stu...

Alkyl carboxylate-modified layered double hydroxides (LDH) were prepared and used as nanofillers for poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polystyrene (PS). The LDH intercalated with long-chain linear alkyl carboxylates (CH3(CH2)nCOO , n 1⁄4 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 20) were prepared via anionic exchange of MgAl–nitrate, showing a systematic increase in basal spacing with longer alkyls. MgAl–undecenoa...

The synthesis and characterization of composite materials based on calcium–aluminum layered double hydroxides (Ca–Al-LDHs), intercalated with organic polycarboxylate (PC) polymers, is described. The PC polymers, which exhibit a “comb-like” architecture, contain ethylene oxide side chains of different lengths. They are intercalated between the cationic Ca–Al–OH-layers when tricalcium aluminate i...

Hybrid nanostructures based on amoxicilin – hydrotalcite type anionic clays were synthesized by using coprecipitation and reconstruction of initial structure as synthesis methods. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) technique and nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms was used to describe textural characteristics of the obtained hybrids. The plate let morphology defines the texture of the iron...

A series of ZnMgNiAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) containing 20 wt.% Ni and different Zn/Mg molar ratios were prepared by a coprecipitation method, and then were introduced with H2PO4 via a microwave-hydrothermal method. With the resulting mixtures as the precursors, Zn/Mg-modified ZnMgNi–P/Al2O3 catalysts were prepared. The Zn/Mg molar ratio affected the formation of Ni2P and Ni12P5 in nic...