Data underlying the publication: Enhancing colloid stability of polymer microspheres in water through SiO2 coating: Effects of coating cycles and surface coverage

Dataset contains the raw data of:
	-	Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometry
		Equipment: Nicolet6700 spectrometer by ThemoFischer
		Comments:  64 repeated measurements per spectrum, background measurement was performed prior to every sample measurement
		Output:    Spectra of coated and pristine Expancel particles; wavelength (1/cm) vs absorbance (%)

	-	X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
		Equipment: Thermo Scientific K-Alpha spectrometer
		Comments:  700x400um spotsize, survey scan resolution: 1eV, resulution for C, O, N, Si, Cl: 0.1eV
		Output:    Spectra of coated and pristine Expancel particles; binding energy (eV) vs counts (CPS) 

	-	Particle size distribution
		Equipment: Malvern 3000
		Comments:  Operated at 4 bar accelerating, equipped with high energy ventury
		Output:	   Particle size distribution of Expancel powder, median binsize (um), probability density (1/um), cumulative (%)
 
	-	Low energy ion scattering
		Equipment: Double Toroidal Energy Analyser by IONTOF
		Comments:  Operated at an incident ion energy of 3000eV, scattering angle of 145degrees
		Output:    Spectra of pristine and coated particles and silica gel, Energy (eV) vs intensity (cts/nC)

	-	Environmental scanning electron microscopy
		Equipment: FEI Quanta FEG 650
		Comments:  Operated at T=0.5C and pressures between 6-8 mbar
		Output:    Unprocessed .tiff images

	-	(Focus Ion Beam) Scanning electron microscopy
		Equipment: FEI FIB/SEM Helios G4 CX 
		Comments:  3kV accelerating voltage
		Output:    Unprocessed .tiff images

	-	Focussed beam reflectance measurement
		Equipment: FBRM G400 by Mettler Toledo
		Comments:  Stirred at 100rpm, powder loading: 20g/L
		Output:    Agglomerate size (um) vs probability density (1/um)

	-	Water contact angles
		Equipment: Drop Shape Analysis System by Kruss Scientific GmbH
		Comments:  5uL droplet volume; powder was pelletized prior to experiments 
		Output:    Pristine and coated pelletized particle water contact angles (degrees) and droplet adsorption times (s)


