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Synthesis of Monodispersed Hollow Silica Nanospheres with Ultrafine Grain Size for Optical Polymer
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  • Xiaofeng Pei,
  • Junjie Wang,
  • Liangliang Zhang,
  • Chao Yang,
  • Changwei Cui,
  • Xiaofei Zeng,
  • Jianfeng Chen
Xiaofeng Pei
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Junjie Wang
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Liangliang Zhang
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Chao Yang
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Changwei Cui
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Xiaofei Zeng
Beijing University of Chemical Technology

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Jianfeng Chen
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
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Abstract

Hollow silica nanospheres (HSNs) have been widely used as antireflection coatings. However, it is difficult to incorporate them into optical polymer matrices because of their larger size and agglomerations problem, making the haze and transparency worse. Herein, the sub-20 nm HSNs were firstly synthesized by a reverse microemulsion method and the scale-up preparation was successfully achieved in a rotating-packed-bed reactor. The prepared nanocomposites possess super-high transparency and almost unchanged haze.