“…Layered Hydroxide Salts (LHSs) with the general formula M II (OH) 2Àx X x $nH 2 O (X ¼ anions like nitrate or carboxylate, M ¼ Ni, Co, Cu, and Zn) have been the subject of intense study in the past decade, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] especially due to their peculiar anionic exchange properties 12,[14][15][16] which result in original tunable functional materials in various elds including electrodes in alkaline cells, 17,18 magnetism, 3,8,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] magneto-optics, 34,35 photovoltaics, 36 pressure induced transitions, 32 drug delivery, 37 sensors 38,39 and are also precursors of functional oxides. [40][41][42] The main synthesis route to these compounds consists of the neutralization of an aqueous solution of nitrate or acetate salt...…”