A detailed calorimetric study on an epoxy-based nanocomposite system was performed employing bisphenol diglycidyl ether cured with diethylenetriamine as the polymer matrix and a taurine-modified MgAL layered double hydroxide nanofiller.

A layered organic-inorganic intercalate was prepared by the self-assembly technique using pamoate (PA) as an organic guest in the Zn-Al layered double hydroxide inorganic host (ZAPAN). Various concentrations of PA, ranging from 0.01 to 0.04 M, were used to prepare the intercalated compound with a constant 4:1 ratio of Zn:Al in the mother liquor. The concentration of PA of 0.02 M at pH 7 was fou...

The high-temperature oxidation of Hf-modified NiAl alloy at 950 °C results in the formation γ-Al2O3 and θ-Al2O3. Exclusive HfO2 particles is observed adherent γ-Al2O3/NiAl interface. By contrast, θ-Al2O3/NiAl interface multi-layered oxide growth consisting alternate thin thick layers θ-Al2O3 NiAl2O4 along with dispersed layers. This difference elucidated by first-principle calculations showing ...

The host-guest chemistry of most inorganic layered solids is limited to ion-exchange reactions. The guest species are either cations or anions to compensate for the charge deficit, either positive or negative, of the inorganic layers. Here, we outline a strategy to include neutral molecules like ortho- and para-chloranil, that are known to be good acceptors in donor-acceptor or charge-transfer ...

This study focuses on the application of nanostructured Mg-Al layered double hydroxide as a promising adsorbent in desulfurization of dibenzothiophene, an aromatic sulfur bearing compound from gasoil model. The Mg-Al LDH was synthesized by a co-precipitation method and characterized by FT-IR, XRD, EDX and SEM. The XRD and FT-IR approved the layered structure and crystalline form of the adsorben...

Four sensitising anions naphthalene-1,5-disulfonate (15-NDS), naphthalene-2,6-dicarboxylate (26-NDC), benzoate (BA) and terephthalate (TA) were intercalated into a Eu(3+)-doped Zn/Al layered double hydroxide. The carboxylate anions enhanced the red luminescence of Eu(3+) much more strongly than the sulfonate, in the descending order TA > 26-NDC > BA > 15-NDS.

A series of pharmaceutically active compounds including diclofenac, gemfibrozil, ibuprofen, naproxen, 2-propylpentanoic acid, 4-biphenylacetic acid and tolfenamic acid can be reversibly intercalated into a layered double hydroxide, initial studies suggest that these materials may have application as the basis of a novel tuneable drug delivery system.

A novel controlled molecular release based on highly oriented nanoplates of layered double hydroxide was fabricated on indium tin oxide substrates by electrophoretic deposition of exfoliated LDH nanosheets. The LDH particle coating exhibited a superior release performance of the order of hours.

A ZnO nanocatalyst with a high percentage exposure of (0001) facets embedded on a hierarchical flower-like matrix has been prepared by an in situ topotactic transformation of a layered double hydroxide precursor, and exhibits significantly higher visible light photocatalytic performance than other ZnO nanomaterials with fewer exposed (0001) facets.

A nanohybrid is assembled by ratiometrically co-loading Pt(IV) prodrugs and photosensitizers into layered double hydroxide nanoparticles. The nanohybrid shows synergistic cell-killing effects and is significantly active against the proliferation of cisplatin-resistant human cancer cells with nanomolar IC50 values. Profound mechanistic investigations confirm its action mode of combined chemo- an...