Delamination-restacking

Fig. 1.19 Intercalation of enzymes at the galleries of layered a-zirconium phosphate following a delamination-restacking mechanism.

Fig. 9 Scanning electron micrographs of a Zn2Al/Cl, and its PSS derivatives obtained b via monomer intercalation c followed by in situ polymerization, or d by direct polymer incorporation using the memory effect with e subsequent hydrothermal treatment and f after a delamination-restacking process. The bar represents 5 xm. Reprinted from [43] and [48] with permission from ACS and RSC, respectively...

Delamination and entrapping-restacking is a method that profits from the possibility of swelling the host solids by separation of their layers using an appropriated solvent or some specific treatment and then adding the monomer or the polymer to be intercalated. 

Leroux, F. Adachi-Pagano, M. Intissar, M. ChauviCTe, S. Forano, C. Besse, J.P. Delamination and restacking of layered double hydroxides. J. Mater. Chem. 2001, 11, 105-112. 

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