Research Article

One-Step Synthesis and Characterization of Silica Nano-/Submicron Spheres by Catalyst-Assisted Pyrolysis of a Preceramic Polymer

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TEM results of the as-produced nanospheres: (a) low-magnification TEM image; (b) high-magnification TEM image; (c) EDX spectrum of the sphere as-illustrated in Figure 2(a); and (d) HRTEM image of a nanosphere and its corresponding selected-area electron diffraction pattern.
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