Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Catalytic Applications of Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) (pp. 1-32)
Cristina I. Fernandes, Pedro D. Vaz and Carla D. Nunes (CQB, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, and others)

Chapter 2 – Synthesis of Zn2+-Layered Double Hydroxides with Interlayer Amino Acid Anions (pp. 33-50)
Thomas Kühn and Herbert Pöllmann (Soil Science, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany, and others)

Chapter 3 – Synthesis and Characterization of Manganese Containing Layered Double Hydroxides (LDH‟s) (pp. 51-72)
Uwe König and Herbert Pöllmann (PANalytical B.V. , Netherlands, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)

Chapter 4 – Treatment of Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxides with Mg−Al Oxide Obtained by the Thermal Decomposition of Mg−Al Layered Double Hydroxide (pp. 73-100)
Tomohito Kameda and Toshiaki Yoshioka (Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan)

Chapter 5 – LDH Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Size Control and Applications in Nanomedicine (pp. 101-120)
Ricardo Rojas, Dariana Aristizabal Bedoya, Cecilia Vasti and Carla E. Giacomelli (INFIQC-CONICET. Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina)

Chapter 6 – Layered Double Hydroxides and Certain Environmental Applications (The Contribution of LGICT) (pp. 121-132)
George Z. Kyzas and Kostas A. Matis (Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Kavala, Greece and Kostas A. Matis, Laboratory of General & Inorganic Chemical Technology, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

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