“…There are reports on the preparation of a number of nanocomposites of layered solids with a variety of guest species which include polymers [3,4], biopolymer [5] and carbon nanotubes [6]. Delamination, a process unique to layered solids [7,8], has much to offer in the preparation of nanocomposites as this process gives monolayer colloidal dispersion of layered solids which has the potential to blend layered solids with almost any type of guest species. We have recently shown the use of this method in the preparation of a number of composites such as layered solid-nanoparticle [9], MgAl LDH-CoAl LDH [10] and α-nickel hydroxide-α-cobalt hydroxide [11] composites.…”