Accepted Manuscript Title: Systematic Investigation of Close-Packed Silica Nanospheres Monolayer under Sintering Conditions Authors: Sakshum Khanna, Utsav, Harsh Chaliyawala, Sagar Paneliya, Debmalya Roy, Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay, Rupak Banerjee, Indrajit Mukhopadhyay PII: S0955-2219(18)30712-X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.11.047 Reference: JECS 12199 To appear in: Journal of the European Ceramic Society Received date: 26 July 2018 Revised date: 29 October 2018 Accepted date: 27 November 2018 Please cite this article as: Khanna S, Utsav, Chaliyawala H, Paneliya S, Roy D, Mukhopadhyay K, Banerjee R, Mukhopadhyay I, Systematic Investigation of Close-Packed Silica Nanospheres Monolayer under Sintering Conditions, Journal of the European Ceramic Society (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2018.11.047 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.