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Negatively charged amino acids (aspartic acid, glutamic acid) and a
related polymer, poly(α,β-aspartate), have
been intercalated within the gallery spaces of layered double hydroxides.
Synthesis of these bioinorganic nanocomposites was achieved via
co-precipitation involving simultaneous formation of the inorganic layers
and intercalation of the anionic species. In situ thermal
polymerization of pre-intercalated aspartate monomers affords a second
route to the poly(α,β-aspartate)-containing
hybrid material.