Fig. 2: Nano-structural evolution.
From: Snapshots into carbon dots formation through a combined spectroscopic approach
a SAXS patterns and model-fits (black) of CNDs at 15–240 s. b Volume-weighted size distribution of CNDs, in comparison to the mean particle diameter (black trace) as well as the mean CND spacing (white trace). c Nanoparticle diameter as well as mean CND spacing (interaction distance–mean particle diameter) of CNDs and RM, obtained from SAXS pattern fits. Error bars denote the mean fitting uncertainty over all data sets, which is (in relative terms) <10% and <20% for fitted (core- and outer-diameter) and derived (shell thickness) parameters, respectively.
