Synthesis and release behavior of bactericides intercalated Mg–Al layered double hydroxides

In this paper, two charge-neutral and poorly water-soluble bactericides (BC), hexaconazole and triadimenol, were first encapsulated in micelles derived from anionic surfactant, calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (DBS), and then were successfully intercalated into the gallery of Mg–Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) by using ion exchange, coprecipitation and reconstruction methods, respectively, to obtain BC–LDHs nanohybrids. The loading amounts of hexaconazole-LDHs nanohybrids are obviously higher than those of triadimenol-LDHs nanohybrids. The release kinetics of bactericides from the nanohybrids was investigated. It was found that the bactericide release kinetic processes of the nanohybrids can be described with pseudo-second-order model. The initial release rates and equilibrium percent releases of the nanohybrids are obviously dependent of synthesis methods. The nanohybrids can well control the release of bactericides, showing they are a potential pesticide controlled-release formulation.