Accepted Manuscript Improvement of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles synthesis by hard-templating method via CTAB surfactant Mahdi Khoeini, Abolhassan Najafi, Hossein Rastegar, Mostafa Amani PII: S0272-8842(19)30664-9 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.03.125 Reference: CERI 21064 To appear in: Ceramics International Received Date: 23 January 2019 Revised Date: 12 March 2019 Accepted Date: 18 March 2019 Please cite this article as: M. Khoeini, A. Najafi, H. Rastegar, M. Amani, Improvement of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles synthesis by hard-templating method via CTAB surfactant, Ceramics International (2019), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.03.125. 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.