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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Zn/Al layered double hydroxide was synthesized in micro-emulsion system with the oil phase comprising of cyclohexane + TX100 (surfactant) + n-hexanol (co-surfactant). Aqueous NaOH solution was used as the precipitating agent. The XRD pattern showed Zincite as the primary and hydrotalcite as the secondary phase. The d003 diffraction peak corresponded to interlayer hydroxide ion. There was no interlayer NO3- ion. The synthesized LDH showed much higher BET surface area (116.3 m2/g) than similar LDH synthesized by conventional co-precipitation technique (4.2 m2/g). Well defined flaky nano-crystals having an average dimension of 5-20 nm were observed by HRTEM.