The invention is about the preparation of novel highly transparent
zeolite-doped polymer and zeolites monolayers.External coating of the
zeolite crystals by covalently linked functionalized alkoxysilane
derivatives allows for an efficient dispersion of the nano zeolite
particles into an organic liquid monomer; the following co-polymerisation
process leads to a hard, insoluble and transparent material containing
said zeolites. Optical properties such as colour, refractive index, Abbe
number or photochromism can be fine tuned by simply changing zeolite
loading, while transparency is maintained.