Figure 5. Statistical studies on Tc's as a function of nanorod diameter.
(a) The measured temperature scatter (ΔT=T−Taverage), which is the difference between the crystallization temperatures (Tc) and the average Tc (Taverage), and (b) the corrected sample standard deviation of nanorods with a diameter of 10, 20, 50 and 120 nm, obtained from N number of nanorods. The scatter increases with decreasing nanorod diameter, suggesting that the reduced probability of nucleation plays a critical role.
