Angular RDFs of DMAc with defined axes (top) of x along the C=O axis that approximates the direction of the dipole and z normal to the molecular plane. Inter- x (xx) angles, binned in 10° increments. Data sampled from solvents with CoM found within (i) the first SWCNT solvation shell (DMAc-SWCNT < 6.1 Å), (ii) the second SWCNT solvation shell (DMAc-SWCNT 6.1–11.9 Å) and (iii) beyond the second SWCNT solvation shell (>11.9 Å from the SWNCT wall for DMAc). The g (r , ) intensity is given by colour scale inset in each graph, and is scaled with the maximum set to the highest intensity g (r) of a given solvent-axes set. The aRDFs of all solvent molecules in the analysis cell are provided in Extended Data Fig. 6, and data scaled to the g (r) range of each individual aRDF are provided in Extended Data Fig. 7.
