“…Intercalation of organic anions, such as surfactants, into the interlayer can alter LDH surface properties from hydrophilic to hydrophobic and result in enhanced sorption capacity for nonionic organic pollutants [24]. Recently, a few reports [20,21,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30] have been published on the use of organic-modified LDH for removing organic pollutants from water and results indicate the further potential of these materials for that purpose. For example, previous study [25] found that sorption of large guest molecules, e.g., pyrene, by an organic acidexchanged Li/Al-LDH could be regulated by varying the chain length of the carboxylic acids or type of anion with LDH.…”