Fig. 1.
Mixed-dimensional assembly of TpTGCl and CNFs. a A schematic illustration showing the assembly process and the interactions. b TEM image of TpTGCl (scale bar, 500 nm). c HRTEM image of TpTGCl (scale bar, 5 nm) with FFT (top-right, scale bar, 2 nm-1) and IFFT images (bottom-right, scale bar, 5 nm). d AFM image and height profile of TpTGCl (scale bar, 500 nm). e AFM image and height profile of CNFs (scale bar, 1 μm). f TEM image of TpTGCl@CNFs-X nanocomposites (scale bar, 100 nm). g Tyndall scattering effect in the aqueous solution of TpTGCl@CNFs-X nanocomposites. h MD simulations of the calculated non-bonded interaction energy between TpTGCl and CNFs