Functionalization of the internal surfaces of layered cadmium thiophosphate with cationic surfactants: adsolubilization of uncharged organic molecules

Ion-exchange intercalation of the cationic surfactant cetyl trimethylammonium in layered CdPS3 leads to the formation of an intercalated bilayer within the galleries, thereby converting the internal surface of the layers from hydrophilic to hydrophobic. Several uncharged organic ‘guest’ molecules were found to be solubilized in the intercalated bilayer ‘host’.