Table 2.

Thermal analysis of PC-coated functionalized SiNPs with varying input DETAS % (n = 5). Data was compared to 100% DETAS to determine p-value.

Input DETAS (mol%)	PC wt. % loss ± SD	% PC coveragea	% PC predictedb	p-value
100	10.9 ± 1.7	100	100	N/A
95	9.8 ± 1.6	90	94	>0.05
88	9.1 ± 1.4	83	84	>0.05
81	7.9 ± 1.5	72	78	<0.05
73	7.7 ± 1.5	71	77	<0.05
65	7.2 ± 1.4	66	70	<0.01
39	5.9 ± 1.2	54	65	<0.001
17	5.2 ± 1.4	48	60	<0.001

^aCompared to the 100% DETAS sample using eq (2).

^bCalculated using eq (3).