Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH) are two-dimensional materials with unique physiochemical properties, which enable their use in a wide range of applications such as catalysis, biomaterials, energy, filler of polymeric composites, and water remediation.This book addresses basic aspects of LDH as the implementations in the methodologies based on density functional theory (DFT) to understand the properties and applications of LDHs, the synthetic methods to prepare LDHs and LDH based core-shell structures, and the swelling and exfoliation behaviors of LDH compounds. A relevant part of the book is devoted to consolidated and emerging applications of LDHs as catalysts in photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and water oxidation processes, as biomaterials and as functional fillers in food packaging. New advances on LDH are described with a keen eye on the past research.
Contents:
- Understanding Layered Double Hydroxide Properties and Simulating Applications by Density Functional Theory Calculations (Sergio R Tavares, Pedro Ivo R Moraes, Inna M Nangoi, Viviane S Vaiss, Alexandre A Leitão and Deyse G Costa)
- Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides (Cheng Zhang, Rongrong Gui, Ziling Wang, Sining Chen and Qiang Wang)
- Unilamellar Crystalline Sheets of Layered Double Hydroxides via Soft Chemistry Delamination: A Unique Class of 2D Functional Materials (Jianbo Liang, Huiling Si, Sihan Cui, Renzhi Ma and Takayoshi Sasaki)
- Recent Innovative Developments of Layered Double Hydroxide-Based Hybrids and Nanocomposite Catalysts (Mayra G Alvarez, Ioan-Cezar Marcu and Didier Tichit)
- Layered Double Hydroxides as Water Oxidation Catalysts (L Fagiolari and A Macchioni)
- Layered Double Hydroxides: Characterization, Biocompatibility and Therapeutic Purposes (Vera R L Constantino, Vanessa R R Cunha, Michele A Rocha, Mariana P Figueiredo, Vagner R Magri, Denise Eulalio, Gustavo F Perotti, Marcos A Bizeto, Willian F Zambuzzi and Ivan H J Koh)
- Layered Double Hydroxides as Hosts of Active Molecules for Food Packaging Applications (Giuliana Gorrasi and Andrea Sorrentino)
Readership: Graduate students and industrial researchers interested in Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH).
Key Features:
- Reports on the most recent applications of the LDH
- Deals with never-before-addressed topics such as: the study of LDH properties with density functional theory; LDH as catalysts for water oxidation; LDH delamination; preparation of LDH with core-shell structure and LDH-based hierarchically structured nanocomposites
- Written by prominent scientists in the field of Catalysis (Prof. Didier Tichit, Prof. Alceo Macchioni), of synthesis and manipulation of LDH (Prof. Qiang Wang and Prof. Takayoshi Sasaki), of biomaterials (Prof. Vera R L Constantino), of polymeric composites (Prof. Giuliana Gorrasi) and of theoretical study (Prof. Alexandre A Leitão)
