Figure 6
From: Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Surface Functionalization Strategies
Schematic for SiO2/MP-QD nanocomposites synthesis (left); TEM micrographs of a γ-Fe2O3 MPs; b SiO2/MP; c interconnected MPs and CdSe QDs (after 8 h of SiO2/MP-QD reaction); d e SiO2/MP-QD nanocomposites (after 48 h of SiO2/MP-QD reaction; note the presence of both Fe2O3 MPs and CdSe QDs (finer crystallites denoted by arrows in panel e)); and f SiO2/MP-QD nanocomposites formed at a lower CdSe concentration (0.5 mg/mL of cyclohexane); g High resolution TEM micrograph of the area marked by the arrow in (f), showing the presence of CdSe QDs and γ-Fe2O3 MPs. From [113]