Control over the Stöber silica particles size within two orders of magnitude by tailoring the nucleation

A panoscopic approach for governing the size of Stöber silica particles over a wide length scale, from tens of nanometers to several microns has been suggested. Low-size particles
(10−400 nm) are obtained by changing the silica precursor, mid-size particles (0.4−0.7 mm) are synthesized with variation of ammonia concentration, large particles (up to 4 mm) are
made by successive growth method.