A MFI zeolite nanosheet-pillared montmorillonite clay (MPC) composite material has been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions by a recrystallization method. The hierarchical porous material possesses uniform micropores in the crystalline zeolite pillars and uniform mesopores between the 10 65 A MFI zeolite nanosheet-pillared montmorillonite clay (MPC) with uniform hierarchical structure was synthesized by a recrystallization method.

A series of highly dispersed nickel nanoparticles (with a uniform size of 4.7 nm) between the lamellae of silica pillared clay was synthesized, which exhibit high catalytic performance for the hydrodechlorination of chlorobenzene.

A series of copper-doped mesoporous silica pillared clay (Cu-MSPC) with high catalytic performance on the hydroxylation of benzene to phenol have been synthesized with a facile process. The high conversion (31.1%) and selectivity (96%) toward phenol are achieved with only 4.16% copper loading. The characterization results show that the copper of these materials is doped in the intergallery silica pillar, leading to the high catalytic performance at low copper loadings. Meanwhile, the formation of Cu-MSPC structure is proposed.

A series of Fe 3 O 4 @mesoporous-silica-pillared clays (Fe 3 O 4 @MSPCs) with different pore size are synthesized using cationic polymeric surfactant templating. These materials possess uniform pore size and the magnetic nanoparticles generated onto the intergallery silica pillar. The polymeric surfactant (PVA-1488) plays a key role to tune both the pore size of the materials and the particle size of Fe 3 O 4 . These materials show better performance of lysozyme loading and releasing, as a potential slow-releasing delivery for macromolecule drugs.