Under the sol-gel process conditions in the presence of citric, maleic, and phthalic acids and dioctyl phthalate spontaneous microseparation of inorganic and organic phases with the formation of transparent in the visible spectral region film coatings on glass is observed. The modified EISA method was proposed for the preparation of antireflecting coatings based on nanoporous silica with the low refractive index (1.27-1.33).Key words: sol-gel process, self assembly of mixtures of inorganic and organic phases, mesoporous materials, silica, antireflecting coatings.The method for production of the mesoporous material with a pore size of 2-4 nm has been described previously. 1 The method is based on the interaction of layered polysili cate kanemite (NaHSi 2 O 5 •3H 2 O) with alkyltrimethylam monium chloride (cation active surfactant). The cation exchange reaction affords a kanemite-surfactant com plex. After the complex was heated to 700 °С in air, the surfactant thermally decomposes to form the mesoporous material with a specific surface of 900 m 2 g -1 .Then the matrix synthesis of mesoporous silicates and aluminosilicates was discovered. 2-6 The group of meso porous materials M41S (MCM 41 is hexagonal me sophase, MCM 48 is cubic mesophase, and MCM 50 is lamellar mesophase) with a well developed uniform sys tem of nanosized structures was obtained 2-6 by the solgel process in the presence of the cation active surfactant. The efforts in this field increased rapidly due to the relative feasibility of the synthesis of new mesoporous materials and wide possibilities of their practical use in catalysis, microelectronics, optics, and as sensors. 7-16 Noniono genic and high molecular weight surfactants (amphiphilic binary and ternary block copolymers) were involved in the matrix synthesis of mesoporous materials. Mesopo rous xerogels based on both silica and other oxides were synthesized.In addition to two above methods of matrix synthesis of mesoporous materials, 1-16 the sol-gel synthesis of me soporous metal oxides was described using substances that are neither surfactants, nor amphiphilic block copoly mers. 17,18 It was shown that hydrolysis of tetraethoxy silane (TEOS) in the presence of 2 hydroxy 1,4 butane dicarboxylic acid, 2,3 dihydroxy 1,4 butanedicarboxylic acid in a dioxane solution afforded xerogels as powders with the pore size 4.5 nm. Analogous results were obtained with glucose and citric acid. 19,20It seemed reasonable to use possibilities of the third synthesis method for the production of transparent thin (100-200 nm) films of nanoporous silica on silicate glass. These films with a low refractive index can serve as effi cient antireflecting coatings.New concepts on self assembly of mixtures of inorgan ic and organic phases under the sol-gel process condi tions are described in the present work.We used the method of film deposition on the support known as the evaporation induced self assembly (EISA) technique. The technique involves depositing a coating on an underlayer by a spin or dip coating from a d...