Fig. 3.

Segmental analysis. (a) Schematic diagram of the R_g calculation method for chains and their segments. Blue beads represent the chain monomers, while orange beads represent a specific segment. (b) Probability distribution of the segments for different segment lengths (n_seg) at the interface (hollow symbols) and in the droplet interior (solid symbols). The segment index is represented by the index of middle bead of each segment (reference bead). When n_seg is even, the larger index between the two middle beads is considered as the segment index. (c) Normalized average R_g of the different length segments with respect to d_COM. The black dashed lines represent the boundaries of the interface. (d) R_g of segments consisting of 10 monomers as a function of d_COM. The purple line represents for the average R_g for all segments in the chain of that length. The green and red lines represent the segments located at the middle and end of the chains, respectively. (e) Angle (θ) of the different length segments with respect to d_COM. The horizontal dashed line represents the average angle for isotropic distribution of segments.