Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), also known as anionic clays or hydrotalcite-like materials, are a large family of 2D materials constituted by positively charged sheets of hydroxides intercalated by negatively charged anions. In general, the hydrotalcite structures are very robust, with a wide range of possible compositions and so with easily tunable functional properties. In fact, the most ap...

Efficient and cost-effective removal of radioactive pertechnetate anions from nuclear waste is a key challenge to mitigate long-term nuclear waste storage issues. Traditional materials such as resins and layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were evaluated for their pertechnetate or perrhenate (the non-radioactive surrogate) removal capacity, but there is room for improvement in terms of capacity, s...

Iron-based layered double hydroxides (LDHs) obey to the general chemical formula [MII(1-x)MIIIx(OH)2]x+. [(x/n) An-, m H2O]xand contain a minimum of 50 % of iron, i.e. FeII or FeIII, in the cationic sheets. As LDHs contain FeII species, these are interesting minerals for several applications such as the reduction of anionic pollutants or the degradation of organic pollutants. They are mostly pr...

When the dimensionality of layered materials is reduced to the physical limit, an ultimate two-dimensional (2D) anisotropy and/or confinement effect may bring about extraordinary physical and chemical properties. Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), bearing abundant hydroxyl groups covalently bonded within 2D host layers, have been proposed as inorganic anion conductors. However, typical hydroxyl ...

A biochar supported calcined-Mg/Al layered double hydroxides composite (CLDHs/BC) was synthesized by a one-pot slow pyrolysis of LDHs preloaded bagasse biomass. Multiple characterizations of the product illustrated that the calcined-Mg/Al layered double hydroxides (CLDHs) were successfully coated onto the biochar in slow pyrolysis of pre-treated biomass. The as-synthesized CLDHs/BC could effici...

γ-(2,3-Epoxypropoxy)propyltrimethoxy silane surface modified layered double hydroxides (KH560-LDHs) were prepared and used to improve the ultraviolet ageing resistance of asphalt. The results of X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) indicated that KH560 has been successfully grafted onto the surface of LDHs. The agglomeration of LDHs particles notably reduced after KH560 surface modification a...

In this work, ZnLaAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were prepared by the co-precipitation method, and ZnLaAl-LDHs nanosheets embedded in sol-gel coating for corrosion protection of 6061 aluminum alloys. The structure, morphology, long-term anti-corrosion performance modified with investigated. structure morphology analysis showed that are finer than those ZnAl-LDHs, results suggesting La can ...

Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using a series of different catalysts, derived from FeCoNiAl, CoNiAl and FeNiAl layered double hydroxides (LDHs). Catalyst-active particles were obtained by calcination of LDHs at 800 °C for 5 h. Nitrogen and hexane were used as the carrier gas and carbon source respectively, for preparation of MWCNTs using...

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs), luminescent π-conjugated anionic polymer and montmorillonite (MMT) were orderly assembled into luminescent multilayer films via layer-by-layer self-assembly method. The electronic microenvironment (EME), the structure of which is like a traditional capacitor, can be constructed by exfoliated LDHs or MMT nanosheets. In addition, the rigid inorganic laminated con...