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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Thin Solid Films. 2016 Jan 1;598:16–24. doi: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.11.082

Figure 4.

Figure 4

SEM study of low (top) and higher (bottom) coverage 80 nm alkyne-functionalized SiO2 nanoparticles attached to the azide-terminated surface. The process of covalent attachment is random, confirming that self-assembly is not the driving force behind the monolayer formation.