Dendritic silica@aqueous miscible organic-layered double hydroxide hybrids.

We present the synthesis of a series of hierarchical Silica@Layered Double Hydroxide (SiO2@LDH) core@shell hybrid materials that have been post-treated using the Aqueous Miscible Organic Solvent Treatment (AMOST) method. The Silica@Aqueous Miscible Organic-Layered Double Hydroxide (SiO2@AMO-LDH) hybrids exhibit composition flexibility with radially oriented AMO-MgyAl-CO3-LDH nanosheets resulting in a new dendritic morphology.