Can-xiong Guo, Wen-hua Hou, Ming Guo, Qi-jie Yan and Yi Chen
Stepwise intercalations of n-decylamine and oligosiloxanes followed by calcination at 823 K in air results in a thermostable supergallery layered lanthanum niobate; the new material shows an interlayer free spacing of 17.4 Å along with a high Brunauer–Emmett–Teller surface area of 251 m2 g-1; the acidity of the new pillared material is markedly enhanced with respect to the original lanthanum niobate.