Organo-LDH synthesized via tricalcium aluminate hydration in the present of Na-dodecylbenzenesulfate aqueous solution and subsequent investigated by near-infrared and mid-infrared

• Na-dodecylbenzenesulfate (SDBS) has been successfully intercalated into a Ca based LDH host structure.
• The materials was characterized by mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy combined with near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy technique.
• MIR combined with NIR spectra offered an effective method to illustrate this intercalation.

Na-dodecylbenzenesulfate (SDBS), a natural anionic surfactant, has been successfully intercalated into a Ca based LDH host structure during tricalcium aluminate hydration in the presence of SDBS aqueous solution (CaAl-SDBS-LDH). The resulting product was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), mid-infrared (MIR) spectroscopy combined with near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy technique, thermal analysis (TG–DTA) and scan electron microscopy (SEM). The XRD results revealed that the interlayer distance of resultant product was expanded to 30.46 Å. MIR combined with NIR spectra offered an effective method to illustrate this intercalation. The NIR spectra (6000–5500 cm−1) displayed prominent bands to expound SDBS intercalated into hydration product of C3A. And the bands around 8300 cm−1 were assigned to the second overtone of the first fundamental of CH stretching vibrations of SDBS. In addition, thermal analysis showed that the dehydration and dehydroxylation took place at ca. 220 °C and 348 °C, respectively. The SEM results appeared approximately hexagonal platy crystallites morphology for CaAl-SDBS-LDH, with particle size smaller and thinner.

Novel organo-LDH nanohybrids were successfully synthesized by hydration of C3A in the presence of SDBS aqueous solution, which was examined by the combination of the MIR and NIR spectroscopic methods complemented with XRD, TG-DTA and SEM analysis. And the d-value of resulting product was enhanced to 30.46 Å.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide