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Fig. 23.1 Exfoliated structure.

Fig. 23.2 Intercalated structure.

chains intercalate, and the solvent is displaced from within the silicate interlayers, and
eventually, a multilayered structure is obtained [6,8,11]. As compared with the melt
intercalation, this method is considered as environmentally unfriendly because a large
amount of solvent is used in this process.