水滑石层间阴离子为还原剂原位负载贵金属纳米颗粒

研究了以水滑石为载体原位负载贵金属纳米颗粒(Pd、Ag、Ru、Au)的方法,通过共沉淀合成甲酸根水滑石,以层间甲酸根为还原剂原位还原贵金属前驱体制得高分散水滑石(LDH)负载纳米颗粒。本方法无需载体预处理,操作方便、适用性强,阴离子前驱体(Au)和阳离子前驱体(Pd、Ag、Ru)均可顺利得到纳米颗粒。所得水滑石负载纳米颗粒系一种潜在的纳米催化剂,作为示例,Pd/LDH在Suzuki偶联反应中显示出较高催化活性。     

层状复合金属氢氧化物：主客体结构研究进展

近年来, 基于层状复合金属氢氧化物（layered double hydroxides, 简称LDHs）的主客体插层化学在功能材料的构筑和应用方面得到了学术界和产业界的广泛关注. 本文从LDHs材料的层板主体及层间客体的结构、层间客体种类、层板堆积模式等角度总结了LDHs层状结构及主-客体、客-客体相互作用的最新研究进展.     

Hollow nanoshell of layered double hydroxide

Hollow nanoshells of layered double hydroxide (LDH) have been fabricated using exfoliated LDH nanosheets as a shell building block and polystyrene beads as a sacrificial template.     

Intercalation of an oxalatooxoniobate complex into layered double hydroxide and layered zinc hydroxide nitrate

A Zn/Al layered double hydroxide with molar ratio of 3 was prepared by coprecipitation in alkaline pH and used as a matrix to intercalate the ionic complex diaquadioxalatooxoniobate(V) (DDON), derived from NH₄[NbO(C₂O₄)₂(H₂O)₂]2H₂O. In a similar way, the layered zinc hydroxide nitrate, Zn₅(OH)₈(NO₃)₂2H₂O, was synthesized, preexpanded with azelate ions (⁻OOC(CH₂)₇COO⁻), and then intercalated with the niobium complex. For both layered matrices, the results from X-ray powder diffractometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and thermal analysis (TG/s-DTA) indicate the presence of the oxalate ion. In addition, results from X-ray photoelectron and Raman spectroscopy indicate the presence of the niobium center bonded to oxygen atoms. Finally, diffuse reflectance UV–vis spectroscopy suggests that the niobium centers are coordinated to oxalate ions. This is the first report of the intercalation of niobium into a layered matrix.     

Surface-charging behavior of Zn-Cr layered double hydroxide

A Zn-Cr layered double hydroxide (LDH) having the formula Zn(2)Cr(OH)(6)Cl(0.7)(CO(3))(0.15)2.1H(2)O was synthesized and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, acid-base potentiometric titration, mass titration, electrophoretic mobility, and modeling of the electrical double layer. Adsorption of alizarin was also performed in order to show some particular features of the HDL. Net hydroxyl adsorption, which increases with increasing pH and decreasing supporting electrolyte concentration, takes place above pH 5. The electrophoretic mobility of the particles was always positive and it decreased when the pH was higher than 9. An isoelectric point of 12 could be estimated by extrapolating the data. The modified MUSIC model was used to estimate deprotonation constants of surface groups and different adsorption models were compared. Good fit of hydroxyl adsorption and electrophoresis could be achieved by considering both OH(-)/Cl(-) exchange at structural sites and proton desorption from surface hydroxyl groups. The modeling, in agreement with alizarin adsorption, indicates that most of the structural positive charge of the LDH is screened at the surface by exchanged anions and negatively charged surface groups. It also suggests that only structural charge sites initially neutralized by chloride ions are active for anion exchange. The remaining sites are blocked by carbonate and do not participate in the exchange.     

Particle-particle interactions between layered double hydroxide nanoparticles

Changes in chemical properties of nanoscale particles include quantum size effect, changes in the cell parameters and lattice symmetry, and surface and interface effects. In the case of layered double hydroxides (LDHs), surface and interface effects dominate for nanoparticles of MgAl LDHs. Using TEM micrographs of nanoparticle-sized LDHs, we have found that the increased number of surface atoms relative to the internal atoms increases the surface-to-surface interparticle attractions. As a result, nanosize LDH particles are able to form continuous oriented films that adhere well to a polar substrate.     

Importance of the interlayer orientation in borate-intercalating layered double hydroxides

Thermal decomposition kinetics and mechanism of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) intercalating different amounts and types of borate ions were studied using Coats–Redfern integral and Achar differential methods. The results revealed that the Coats–Redfern integral method is more appropriate than the Achar differential method for evaluation of the nonisothermal thermogravimetric decomposition data. The first-order Avrami-Erofe’ev A₁ mechanism was found to be the best fitting kinetic model for almost all samples. In addition to the amount and type of the intercalated borate ion, interlayer orientation was also of importance in determining the chemical and thermal stabilities and hence the decomposition kinetics of the studied compounds.     

Atomistic simulation of nanoporous layered double hydroxide materials and their properties. I. Structural modeling

An atomistic model of layered double hydroxides, an important class of nanoporous materials, is presented. These materials have wide applications, ranging from adsorbents for gases and liquid ions to nanoporous membranes and catalysts. They consist of two types of metallic cations that are accommodated by a close-packed configuration of OH- and other anions in a positively charged brucitelike layer. Water and various anions are distributed in the interlayer space for charge compensation. A modified form of the consistent-valence force field, together with energy minimization and molecular dynamics simulations, is utilized for developing an atomistic model of the materials. To test the accuracy of the model, we compare the vibrational frequencies, x-ray diffraction patterns, and the basal spacing of the material, computed using the atomistic model, with our experimental data over a wide range of temperature. Good agreement is found between the computed and measured quantities.     

Thermo-Raman spectroscopic study of the natural layered double hydroxide manasseite

Raman and thermo-Raman spectroscopy have been applied to study the natural hydrotalcite manasseite Mg(6)Al(2)(OH)(16)(CO(3)).4H(2)O. Hydrogen bond distances calculated using a Libowitzky-type empirical function varied between 2.61 and 3.00A. Stronger hydrogen bonds were formed by water units as compared to the hydroxyl units. Thermo-Raman spectroscopy enabled the identification of bands attributed to the hydroxyl units. Two Raman bands at 1062 and 1058 cm(-1) are assigned to symmetric stretching modes of the carbonate anion. Thermal treatment shifts these bands to higher wavenumbers indicating a change in the carbonate bonding.     

Biopolymer immobilization during the crystalline growth of layered double hydroxide

Alginic acid, a biopolymer produced by brown seaweed, is incorporated between the sheets of a layered double hydroxide (LDH) via direct coprecipitation. The growth of the inorganic crystalline seeds over the polymer gives rise to a lamellar structure. The obtained nanocomposite presents a basal spacing in agreement with the ideal picture of the polymer lying perpendicularly to the inorganic sheets. A study using FTIR and ¹³C CP-MAS spectroscopies suggests that the interaction between the organic guest and the inorganic framework is weak. However, the polymer has a stabilizing effect in temperature, since ZnO is observed at 350°C, whereas it appears at 200°C for the chloride LDH pristine material.     

Orientation-controlled assembly and solvothermal ion-exchange of layered double hydroxide nanocrystals

The orientation-controlled LDH crystals on Si substrates were intercalated by dicarboxylate ions to give the anisotropic layer expansion.     

Thermally stimulated luminescence of a natural layered double hydroxide

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) and many of the related hydrotalcite-like minerals have been well studied from the chemical and structural point of view; however, their luminescence properties have been scarcely studied. We herein report on the thermoluminescence (TL) behaviour of a natural LDH (Mg₆Cr₂CO₃(OH)₁₆·4H₂O), previously characterized by X-ray fluorescence, X-ray energy-dispersive spectrometry, electron probe microanalysis, thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis, that exhibited a very complex green-IR spectral emission. The broad waveband peaked at ~?640 nm can be mainly linked to the ⁴T₁?→?⁶A₁ (at 570 nm), ⁴A_2g?→?²E_g (~?685 nm), ⁴T₁?→?⁶A₁ (~?700 nm), and ¹T_2g?→?³A_2g (green) and ¹T_2g?→?³T_2g (red) transitions due, respectively, to the presence of Mn²⁺, Cr³⁺, Fe²⁺ and Ni²⁺. The weak red-TL emission can likely be attributed to the quenching effect due to Fe (~?8–11%) ions substituting for Mg²⁺.     

Benzocarbazole anions intercalated layered double hydroxide and its tunable fluorescence

Luminescent benzocarbazole anions (BCZC) intercalated into the interlayer region of Mg-Al-layered double hydroxides (BCZC/LDH) with different layered charge densities (LCD) were prepared. The structure and chemical composition of the composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), infrared spectra (FT-IR), UV-vis absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. The photoemission behavior of BCZC in the LDH matrix with high (Mg/Al ratio = 1.801) and low (Mg/Al ratio = 3.132) LCD is similar to that of BCZC solid and aqueous solution states respectively, indicating that the luminescence performances of the intercalated dye anions can be tuned by adjusting the LCD of the LDH layer. Moreover, the thermal stability and stacking order of BCZC are largely improved upon intercalation, and the BCZC/LDH thin film exhibits well polarized luminescence with the luminescent anisotropy of 0.15-0.20. In addition, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was employed to calculate the basal spacing and molecular arrangement of the intercalated BCZC within the LDH matrix. The simulation results show that the distribution of BCZC anions is much broader in the gallery of Mg-Al-LDH with high LCD, while BCZC anions exhibit a more ordered arrangement in LDH with low LCD. Furthermore, the radial distribution functions of interlayer water molecules were also studied. Based on the combination of experiment and theoretical simulation, this work provides a detailed understanding of the tunable photoluminescence, orientation and diffusion behavior of the luminescent molecules confined within the gallery of a 2D inorganic matrix.     

Reversible intercalation of ammonia molecules into a layered double hydroxide structure without exchanging nitrate counter-ions

A zinc/aluminum LDH was precipitated with recycled ammonia from a chemical vapor deposition reaction. The LDH presented a crystalline phase with basal distance of 8.9 Å, typical for nitrate-containing LDHs, and another phase with a basal distance of 13.9 Å. Thermal treatment at 150 °C eliminated the phase with the bigger basal distance leaving only the anhydrous nitrate-intercalated LDH structure with 8.9 Å. Intense N-H stretching modes in the FTIR spectra suggested that the expansion was due to intercalation of ammonia in the form of [NH₄(NH₃)_n]⁺ species. When additional samples were precipitated with pure ammonia, the conventional LDH nitrate structure was obtained (8.9 Å basal distance) at pH=7, as well as a pure crystalline phase with 13.9 Å basal distance at pH=10 due to ammonia intercalation that can be removed by heating at 150 °C or by stirring in acetone, confirming a unusual sensu stricto intercalation process into a LDH without exchanging nitrate ions.     

Immobilization of oxomolybdenum species in a layered double hydroxide pillared by 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylate anions

A Zn,Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) with Zn/Al = 1.45 and containing nitrate anions was prepared by coprecipitation and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, Zn K-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (EXAFS), thermogravimetric analysis, FTIR and FT Raman spectroscopy, and (27)Al MAS NMR spectroscopy. Three Zn...O and four Zn...M (M = Zn, Al) shells could be fitted to the low-temperature (40 K) EXAFS spectrum, in accordance with a model for an ordered cationic sheet. The nitrate anions were easily exchanged by 2,2'-bipyridine-5,5'-dicarboxylate anions, resulting in an increase in the basal spacing from 9 to 18 A. The basal spacing of the pillared derivative indicates that the anions are arranged with their longest dimension nearly perpendicular to the host layers. This material exhibits a high encapsulating ability, as evidenced by its interaction with a dichloromethane solution of the dioxomolybdenum(VI) complex MoO(2)Cl(2)(THF)(2). A material with a metal loading of 11.2 wt % was obtained. Molybdenum K-edge EXAFS analysis could not substantiate the formation of a supported complex of the type MoO(2)Cl(2)(N-N) but instead indicated the formation of unidentate-bridged entities of the type [O(2)Mo-O-MoO(2)] with a metal-metal separation of 3.29 A. The molybdenum-containing LDH was active as a catalyst for the liquid-phase epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene, 1-octene, and trans-2-octene using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the oxygen source, yielding the corresponding epoxides as the only products. For reactions carried out with no additional solvent (other than n-decane) or in the presence of 1,2-dichloroethane, the solid catalyst could be recycled with no major loss of activity. Other tests confirmed that the systems functioned as true heterogeneous catalysts.     

Unique layered double hydroxide morphologies using reverse microemulsion synthesis

We report the first controlled synthesis of a layered double hydroxide (LDH) in a water-in-oil reverse microemulsion system. This synthesis of Mg2Al-LDHs was carried out in the reverse microemulsion of NaDDS (sodium dodecyl sulfate)-water-isooctane with water/surfactant molar ratio = 24. This enables us to obtain nanometer sized LDH platelets typically with a 40-50 nm diameter and 10 nm thickness. Further modification of the reverse microemulsion using triblock copolymers during crystallization allowed us to express different growth orientations of the LDH structure. These data show that the aspect ratio of LDHs can be flexibly adjusted over a wide range.     

Nanostructured layered double hydroxide aerogels with enhanced adsorption properties

Aerogels of layered double hydroxides were prepared by a simple and eco-friendly method involving a quick coprecipitation followed by supercritical CO(2) drying. Such aerogels display high surface areas and enhanced adsorption behavior.     

Formation of platinum sites on layered double hydroxides type basic supports: I. Effect of the nature of the interlayer anion on the structure characteristics of the layered aluminum-magnesium hydroxide and the formation of an oxide phase

A layered aluminum-magnesium hydroxide of the hydrotalcite type containing interlayer carbonate counterions (HT-CO₃) and activated hydrotalcite containing interlayer OH⁻ ions (HT-OH) were studied for the subsequent use as the precursors of supports for platinum catalysts. It was found that the nature of an interlayer anion in the composition of an aluminum-magnesium layered hydroxide is an important factor affecting both the formation of the oxide support and its texture characteristics. The replacement of the interlayer CO₃²⁻ anion by OH⁻ resulted in changes in the structural parameters of the initial double hydroxide: a decrease in the interlayer distance with the retention of the Mg/Al ratio and an increase in the imperfection of the layered material. X-ray diffraction studies in the temperature range of 30–900°C showed that HT-OH is characterized by the ability to form low-temperature spinel at 375°C. As a result, two types of aluminum-magnesium oxide supports, which were characterized by different pore space organizations at the same Mg: Al ratio, were obtained from the given layered hydroxides.