Microwave Effect on Clay Pillaring -- Pillared Interlayered Clays as Adsorbents of Gases and Vapors -- Characterization and Catalytic Performance of Montmorillonites with Mixed Aluminium/Lanthanide Pillars -- Synthetic Hectorite: Preparation, Pillaring and Applications in Catalysis -- Transition Metal Oxide-Pillared Clay Catalyst: Synthesis to Application -- Use of Pillared Clay-Based Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment Through Fenton-Like Processes -- Catalytic Wastewater Treatment Using Pillared Clays -- Fe–Al-Pillared Clays: Catalysts for Wet Peroxide Oxidation of Phenol -- Pillared Clay-Supported Noble Metal and Metal Oxide Catalysts for Complete Oxidation of VOCs -- Clay Materials for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO x -- Pillared Clay Catalysts in Green Oxidation Reactions -- Heterogeneous Catalysis by Polyoxometalate-Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxides -- Basicity, Catalytic and Adsorptive Properties of Hydrotalcites -- Mesoporous Phosphate Heterostructures: Synthesis and Application on Adsorption and Catalysis -- Recent Advances in the Preparation and Application of Mesoporous Aluminophosphate-Based Materials -- Heterogeneous Complex Catalysts Having Ionically Macrocyclic Complex Bonded to Montmorillonite Clay for Industrial Reactions.

Since the first works introducing the aluminum intercalated clay family in the early 1970s, interest in the synthesis of pillared interlayered clays has increased tremendously, especially research into the properties and applications of new synthesis methods. The need for solids that could be used as cracking catalysts with larger pores than zeolitic materials has spurred the synthesis of new porous materials from clays. This book reviews the properties and applications of pillared clays and other layered materials used as catalysts, focusing on: - the acidity of pillared clays and the effect it has on catalytic performance - the use of pillared clays as supports for catalytically active phases, and the use of the resulting solids in environmentally friendly reactions - the comparison between the reactions of pillared clays and anionic clays.