A surface treated particle comprising a plurality of inorganic, metallic, semi-metallic, and/or metallic oxide particles and a star-graft copolymer with looped and/or linear polymeric structure on a star-graft copolymer, obtainable by a heterogeneous polymerization reaction in the particle surface proximity, encapsulating at least a portion of said particles and a method for making the same. The surface treatment comprises: Si (w, x, y, z), where: w, x, y, and z are mole percent tetrafunctional, trifunctional, difunctional, and monofunctional monomeric units, respectively. Product(s) per se, defined as surface treated ZnO and/or TiO2, and the use of the product(s) per se in personal care formulations are excluded.