Abstract
l-cystine and l-cysteine have been intercalated into magnesium–aluminum layered double hydroxide by the methods of coprecipitation and ion-exchange. The structure and composition of the intercalated materials have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy and elemental analysis. For l-cysteine intercalated composites, two kinds of well-crystallized materials with different basal spacing were obtained, as a result of the different charge on an ion and orientation of the gallery anions. The schematic models of the intercalation structures were proposed. In addition, the thermal decomposition of l-cystine and l-cysteine intercalated LDHs has been investigated by means of thermogravimetry and differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA).
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