Patent ID: 7476639

Claim:
A method for producing a catalytically active layered silicate, with one or more intercalated layers, comprising: (1) adding a metal solution to a layered silicate to form a mixture; (2) drying the mixture to generate metal atom pillars that support the respective intercalated layers, to obtain a dry substance; (3) dry-mixing a transition metal salt where the transition metal is selected from the group consisting of copper, titanium, indium, cerium, and lanthanum with the dry substance obtained in (2) to generate a dry mixture; and (4) shock-heating the dry mixture obtained in (3) at a heating rate of about 100° C./10 min or greater to disperse the transition metal atoms into the intercalated layer to achieve a homogeneous distribution of dehydrated metal atom pillars in the intercalated layers and to simultaneously calcinate the dry mixture.