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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 29.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Funct Mater. 2010 Nov 9;20(21):3721–3726. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201000711

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Without the microemulsion process, silane compounds did not nucleate on the surface of QDMMs and further develop into silica shells. They self-nucleated and condensed into irregularly shaped aggregates (green aggregates in the background).