Figure 1
Summary of literature data for the size melting point depression versus size. Colors indicate the chemical composition groups: aqueous salt solutions (red/gold), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (black/gray), metal particles (blue), polyethlene (green). Shapes denote the method used to generate the data. HTDMA humidified tandem differential mobility analyzer52,55, MD molecular dynamics simulation66, (T)EM (transmission) electron microscopy67,68, FEE field-electron emission69, DTA differential thermal analysis70. Solid lines correspond to Eq. 2 with \(\xi =1800\,\hbox {K}\,\hbox {nm}\) (salmon) and \(\xi =300\,\hbox {K}\,\hbox {nm}\) (green). Data sources are listed in the methods section.
