Research Article

Simultaneous Intercalation of 1-Naphthylacetic Acid and Indole-3-butyric Acid into Layered Double Hydroxides and Controlled Release Properties

Table 1

Basal spacing, chemical composition, and surface properties of prepared nanohybrids.

Sample (Å)Mg/Al
ratioa
NAA
(wt%)b
IBA
(wt%)b
BET surface area
(m2 g−1)
BJH desorption pore volume
(m3 g−1)
BET average pore diameter
(Å)

MgAl-NAA/IBA-LDHs20.12.2322.122.641.150.29128.3

Chemical compositionc

·0.86H2O

acalculated from ICP data.
bcalculated from UV-vis data, CHON analysis.
ccalculated from CHON analysis, UV-vis, ICP, and TG-DTA data.