Issue 27, 2014

Reactivity and applications of layered silicates and layered double hydroxides

Abstract

Layered materials, such as layered sodium silicates and layered double hydroxides (LDHs), are well-known for their remarkable adsorption, intercalation and swelling properties. Their tunable interlayers offer an interesting avenue for the fabrication of pillared nanoporous materials, organic–inorganic hybrid materials and catalysts or catalyst supports. This perspective article provides a summary of the reactivity and applications of layered materials including aluminium-free layered sodium silicates (kanemite, ilerite (RUB-18 or octosilicate) and magadiite) and layered double hydroxides (LDHs). Recent developments in the use of layered sodium silicates as precursors for the preparation of various porous, functional and catalytic materials including zeolites, mesoporous materials, pillared layered silicates, organic–inorganic nanocomposites and synthesis of highly dispersed nanoparticles supported on silica are reviewed in detail. Along this perspective, we have attempted to illustrate the reactivity and transformational potential of LDHs in order to deduce the main differences and similarities between these two types of layered materials.

Graphical abstract: Reactivity and applications of layered silicates and layered double hydroxides

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
24 feb 2014
Accepted
22 apr 2014
First published
23 apr 2014

Dalton Trans., 2014,43, 10365-10387

Reactivity and applications of layered silicates and layered double hydroxides

T. Selvam, A. Inayat and W. Schwieger, Dalton Trans., 2014, 43, 10365 DOI: 10.1039/C4DT00573B

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