Figure 7.
Hybrid particle morphology. (A) Dissymmetrical snowman- and dumbbell-like silica/polymer colloidal particles through emulsion polymerization of MMA or St using bicationic initiator previously anchored on the silica surface. Reprinted with permission from ref. [113]. Copyright 2012 ACS. (B) Hexapods obtained by St emulsion polymerization. Reprinted with permission from ref. [112]. Copyright 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry. (C) Raspberry-like hybrids based on 1-µm silica particles. Reprinted with permission from ref. [114]. Copyright 2002 ACS. (D) Encapsulated SNPs showing the effect of the SNPs size on the morphology of the hybrid particles (scale bar: 200 nm). Reprinted with permission from ref. [116]. Copyright 2016 ACS.
