“…Layered double hydroxides (LDH), also termed anionic clays belong to clay minerals (Forano et al, 2013 ) with a brucite like layered structure and a general formula , where M 2+ and M 3+ are divalent and trivalent cations, and A n− interlayered anions. Although they are rarely observed in the natural state, this family of materials can be easily prepared in the laboratory by different methods such as coprecipitation using NaOH, urea hydrolysis, sol-gel, and epoxide methods (Tokudome et al, 2016 ; Prevot and Tokudome, 2017 ; Tichit et al, 2019 ). Based on fine control of the synthesis conditions, matrices with a tunable chemical composition are prepared by varying the nature of M 2+ and M 3+ , their ratio and the type of anion intercalated which can range from simple inorganic anions, polyoxometalates (Liu et al, 2020 ) and organic or even bioorganic anions bearing carboxylate, sulfonate, or phosphonate groups (Taviot-Guého et al, 2018 ).…”