“…6,14 In this context, W/O's have been used in the preparation of silica, 6,15 titania, 11 perovskites, 16 semiconductor nanoparticles, 10,17,18 and even organic nanoparticles. 1 Consequently, SiO 2 nanoparticles prepared in W/O's have been reported to encapsulate a wide variety of luminescent compounds, ranging from semiconductor nanocrystals, 19,20 YF 3 nanoparticles, 9 organic/inorganic dyes, and lanthanide (Ln) chelates. 21,22 In this work, we have investigated this approach to encapsulate lanthanide chelates in silica nanoparticles prepared by the Stober method.…”