title: General synthesis and delamination of highly crystalline transition-metal-bearing layered double hydroxides.
abstract: In this paper, we describe a general process for the synthesis and delamination of a family of highly crystalline Al-based and transition-metal-bearing layered double hydroxides (LDHs). Large-sized and monodispersed hexagonal platelike particles of binary-component M(II)-Al-CO3 and ternary-component M(II)-M'(II)-Al-CO3 LDHs (M(II) and M'(II) = Fe, Co, Ni, or Zn) were prepared at first by the urea method under optimized conditions. These CO32--LDHs were converted into other monovalent-anion-containing LDHs by means of a salt-acid treatment and subsequent anion-exchange processes. Finally, well-defined LDH nanosheets were obtained by delamination of NO3--LDHs in formamide.
authors.affiliation: Nanoscale Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors.forename: Zhaoping
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Renzhi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ebina
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Iyi
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Takayoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki