Structural characterization of hexadecyltrimethylammonium-smectite composites and their potentiometric electrode applications

- Surfactant cations intercalated with different molecular arrangements into smectite layers.
- The electrophoretic mobility values indicate that excess surfactant loadings also create positive charges on the organosmectites surfaces.
- A novel potentiometric SCN− selective electrode was fabricated based on modified smectite.