The ability to control and modulate the interaction of light with matter is crucial to achieve
desired optical properties including reflection, transmission, and selective polarization …

Nature is a school for scientists and engineers. After four and a half billion years of stringent
evolution, some creatures in nature exhibit fascinating surface wettability. Biomimetics …

Low-cost antireflection coatings (ARCs) on large optical surfaces are an ingredient-
technology for high-performance solar cells. While nanoporous thin films that meet the zero …

A facile layer-by-layer deposition process for the fabrication of highly transparent
superhydrophobic coatings - Chemical Communications (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B900804G …

Antireflection coatings have received a great importance due to their ability to enhance the
efficiency of the solar cells and solar selective coatings by minimizing the reflections of the …

Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)–silica ORMOSIL (organically modified silicate) sols were
prepared by a one-pot sol–gel process using tetraethyl orthosilicate as an inorganic …

Here, we introduce polymer of intrinsic microporosity 1 (PIM-1) to design single-layer and
multilayered all-inorganic antireflective coatings (ARCs) with excellent mechanical …

Thick silica antireflective (AR) coatings with controlled thickness and durable AR
performance were prepared by a base-catalyzed sol− gel process using tetraethyl …

Polymer thin films for antireflection (AR) coatings are reviewed, with particular emphasis on
making different kinds of structures and establishing the relationships between structures …

Herein, we report anti-reflective and high-transmittance optical films based on nanoporous
silicon dioxide (SiO 2) fabricated from templated synthesis. Amorphous mesoporous …