The role of soft colloidal templates in the shape evolution of flower-like MgAl-LDH hierarchical microstructures

Abstract

Flower-like MgAl-SDS-LDH microstructures with a hierarchical porous structure with both large and small mesopores on their surface were synthesized by a self-assembly route, employing the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) as a soft template.