SAXS curves for CNC and CNC-MNP cryogel scaffolds are shown in Figures and, respectively. The x-axis of the SAXS curves is the scattering vector q, which relates to a length scale by 2𝜋 𝑞 . As such, the noise-excluding q range between qmin =0.065 and q max = 1.3 nm -1 in this experiment reveals nanoscale insights of approximately 96.7 -4.83 nm. Two q ranges of interest were examined, namely the low-q region (Figure , region 1) of 96.7 -27.3 nm, and the mid-q region (Figure , region 2) of 27.3 -4.83 nm. In the low-q region, the slope of the scattering curve of all CNC and CNC-MNP cryogel scaffolds displayed 𝐼(𝑞) ∝ 𝑞 -4 power-law decay. The power law q -4 suggests that the CNCs aggregated to form distinctive interfaces and well-defined shapes , which is indeed observed by the SEM of aggregated CNC sheets making up the walls of the macroporous scaffolds (Figure , Figure ). Moving towards the mid-q region, the power law relations deviated from q -4 . The mass fractal dimensions calculated for the mid-q region are 2.9 for all pure CNC samples. For samples with incorporated MNPs, the mass fractal dimensions notably reduced to 2.1 -2.3 (Table ), revealing a decrease in the compactness of the network structure (39, 50) likely due to the accommodation of nanoparticles.