Self-assembly of water-soluble silver nanoclusters: superstructure formation and morphological evolution

Supramolecular self-assembly, based on non-covalent interactions, has been employed as an efficient approach to obtain various functional materials from nanometer-sized building blocks, in particular, [Ag₆(mna)₆]⁶⁻, mna = mercaptonicotinate (Ag₆-NC).