Delamination and intercalation of a layered microporous aluminophosphate [Al3P4O16](3-).3[CH3CH2NH3](+) (AlP) were carried out in water/ethanol/amine and water/methanol/amine solutions. A good colloidal dispersion and saturated amine intercalates of the aluminophosphate can be obtained in solutions with dielectric constants in the range 50-70 and an amine concentration of 10 mmol/g AlP. The saturated C-2-C-12 amine intercalates of All? with an even number of carbon atoms are packed with alkylamine bilayers tilted at an angle of 44.8degrees in the interlayer region. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.