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Published in final edited form as: ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2015 Sep 24;7(39):21682–21689. doi: 10.1021/acsami.5b07631

Table 1.

Conditions Used To Prepare 85, 250, and 500 nm Dense Silica Particles

particle diameter	EtOH (mL)	H₂O (mL)	NH₄OH (M/mL)	TEOS (mL)	time (h)
85 nm	20.0	--	13.7/1.5	2 + 5 mL EtOH	1
250 nm	46.0	--	13.7/10	1 + 4 mL EtOH	2
500 nm	80.0	8.62	8.7/5.7	5.58	8