Fig. 2

Morphology of supercooled SDS micelles in fructose–urea mixture. a Background-subtracted SAXS pattern of SDS micelles in fructose–urea melt and the corresponding fit (magenta lines) using core–shell ellipsoid micelles. Error bars represent standard deviation of the mean value. SAXS curves were shifted vertically for clarity. b Relative electron density variation of micelles as obtained from indirect Fourier transformation of SAXS pattern (5% SDS) followed by deconvolution. c, d SANS pattern of deuterated SDS micelles in fructose–urea melt (70 °C, c) and at supercooled state (30 °C, d) along with fitted curves (magenta lines). Error bars represent standard deviation of the mean value. e, f HR-TEM (e) and digitally zoomed (f) images of supercooled SDS micelles at ambient temperature (scale bar 20 nm)