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illustrates that the shape of the PCS spheres was conserved during pyrolysis. Figure 4B shows SiC-Acr spheres synthesized from PCS/acrylic acid. The carboxylate groups were used for molecular binding of ceria [36]. Although a CeO2 shell cannot be seen on SEM pictures, the EDX-analysis of the discrete spheres
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Figure 1:
Scheme of the synthesis of CeO2/Si(O)C core–shell nanoparticles via miniemulsion technique.
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have been described for carboxylate complexes of Eu(III) [21]. The fluorescence spectrum of the modified silica shows a distinct shoulder at around λem.≈ 515 nm. This indicates a complex radiative relaxation of the formed transition metal species, the fluorescence originating from at least two