STUDY OF METAL-CLUSTERS INTERCALATION INTO CELLULOSE BY WAXS, SPECTROSCOPIC, AND MICROSCOPIC METHODS

Cellulose substrates are increasingly used as supports and fillers in medicine, as membranes and components of organic sensors. In the prese nt paper the WAXS as well as SEM, TEM, XRF, EDXA, ESCA, FTIR, Raman, a nd C-13 NMR were used to study methods of metal clusters intercalation (taking as an example silver clusters) into the cellulose matrix and changes of cellulose structure in the resulting samples in bulk after this intercalation. Clusters in matrix can be formed simultaneously wi th the appearance of the metal phase proper on the cellulose surface. Some paths for intercalation of regularly distributed highly dispersed metal particles are shown.