Development and characterisation of multi-form composite materials based on silver nanoclusters and cellulose nanocrystals

Supramolecular self-assembly, based on non-covalent interactions, has been used as an effective method to obtain various functional materials. In this work, a water soluble atomically precise Ag NCs(NH4)9[Ag9(C7H4SO2)9] (Ag9-NCs, [Ag9(mba)9], H2mba = 4-mercaptobenzoic acid) and cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) were used to prepare supramolecular hydrogels by self-assembly, and these hydrogels have been characterized by using various techniques. The...