Intercalation of both CTMAB and Al13 into montmorillonite

Abstract. Clays intercalated with both organic cations and hydroxy-metal cations, also known as inorganic–organic clays (IOCs), have drawn great interests in the recent years because they possess the properties of both organoclays and pillared layered clays (PILCs). In this work, cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTMAB) and hydroxy-aluminum ([Al13O4(OH)24(H2O)12]7+ or Al13) were selected a…