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Exfoliating layered double hydroxides in formamide: a method to obtain positively charged nanosheets

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In this paper, the authors showed that micrometer-sized and well-defined LDH nanosheets can be readily attained by synthesizing large crystals of LDH-carbonate via homogeneous precipitation and subsequent exfoliation of the nitrate form in formamide.
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Exfoliation of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) into single layers provides a new type of nanosheet with ultimate two-dimensional anisotropy and positive charge. In this Highlight article, we briefly review the latest advances in this emerging field. In comparison with the previous studies, we show that micrometer-sized and well-defined LDH nanosheets can be readily attained by synthesizing large crystals of LDH-carbonate via so-called homogeneous precipitation and subsequent exfoliation of the nitrate form in formamide. Some general aspects including the exfoliating process and characterization, a plausible delaminating mechanism, and future challenges, are presented and discussed.

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Synthesis, anion exchange, and delamination of Co-Al layered double hydroxide: assembly of the exfoliated nanosheet/polyanion composite films and magneto-optical studies.

TL;DR: This paper describes a systematic study on the synthesis, anion exchange, and delamination of Co-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH), with the aim of achieving fabrication and clarifying the properties of LDH nanosheet/polyanion composite films.
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Macromolecule-like Aspects for a Colloidal Suspension of an Exfoliated Titanate. Pairwise Association of Nanosheets and Dynamic Reassembling Process Initiated from It

TL;DR: In this article, a layered protonic titanate of lepidocrocite-type was exfoliated on the action of an aqueous solution of tetrabutylammonium (hereafter TBA) hydroxide, resulting in a stable colloidal suspension.
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Polymer Interleaved Layered Double Hydroxide: A New Emerging Class of Nanocomposites

TL;DR: In this paper, the synthesis and characterization of nanocomposite materials built from the assembly of organic polymers and two-dimensional host materials, particularly those composed of layered double hydroxide (LDH) inorganic frameworks, is described.
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Redoxable nanosheet crystallites of MnO2 derived via delamination of a layered manganese oxide.

TL;DR: The swelling and exfoliation behavior of a layered protonic manganese oxide, H(0.13)MnO(2).0.7H(2)O, in a solution of tetrabutylammonium (TBA) hydroxide and the formation and characterizations of unilamellar two-dimensional crystallites of MnO( 2).
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