High-Performance, Single-Layer Antireflective Optical Coatings

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High-Performance, Single-Layer Antireflective Optical Coatings Comprising Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Jonathan Moghal,*,† Johannes Kobler,§ Jürgen Sauer,§ James Best,‡ Martin Gardener,‡ Andrew A.R. Watt,† and Gareth Wakefield‡ †

Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PH Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford Advanced Surfaces Group plc, Begbroke Science Park, Oxford OX5 1PF, United Kingdom § NanoScape AG, Am Klopferspitz 19, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany ‡

ABSTRACT: Mesoporous silica nanoparticles are used to fabricate antireflectance coatings on glass substrates. The combination of mesoporous silica nanoparticles in conjunction with a suitable binder material allows mechanically robust single layer coatings with a reflectance