The peak attributed to the organic ligands in the solvated samples is significantly broader than the organic ligand peak in the dry samples and shifted to smaller angles in the X-ray diffraction spectra. This shift to smaller angles would indicate increased spacing between the surface ligands and is expected as solvent molecules intercalate the ligand shell. This also suggests that the inter-ligand interactions in the dried nanocrystal state are almost certainly to be stronger than in the solution state. While the spectra of both myristate and stearate capped quantum dots show a similar feature, there appears to be no definitive difference between the spectra, either in position or intensity of the peak. This would indicate that the two ligand shells have similar structures and appears to contrast the different phases predicted from the modified Ising model. However, this observation may be a result of the background subtraction process or other limitations to this method.