Investigation of acid-base properties of catalysts obtained from layered double hydroxides

Layered double hydroxides (LDH) materials in the lamellar or mixed-oxide form, which can be obtained by controlled calcination, have shown very attractive properties as catalysts in a wide variety of base-catalyzed reactions. They have also been largely used as supports or precursors of supported metal catalysts exhibiting a basic character and a particular metal-support interaction.