The nanoparticle-Equilibrium polymer (or Wormlike micellar) system shows
morphological changes from percolating network-like structures to
non-percolating clusters with a change in the minimum approaching distance
(EVP-excluded volume parameter) between nanoparticles and the matrix of
equilibrium polymers. The shape anisotropy of nanoparticle clusters can be
controlled by changing the polymer density. In this paper, the synergistic
self-assembly of nanoparticles inside equilibrium polymeric matrix (or Wormlike
micellar matrix) is investigated with respect to the change in the strength of
attractive interaction between nanoparticles. A shift in the point of
morphological transformation of the system to lower values of EVP as a result
of a decrease in the strength of the attractive nanoparticle interaction is
reported. We show that the absence of the attractive interaction between
nanoparticles leads to the low packing of nanoparticle structures, but does not
change the morphological behaviour of the system. We also report the formation
of the system spanning sheet-like arrangement of nanoparticles which are
arranged in alternate layers of matrix polymers and nanoparticles
