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In view of the control of the formation of silica conversion coatings on galvanized substrates, the interaction between silica nanoparticles and dissolved zinc species was studied as a function of pH. The influence of the concentration of zinc species, mostly Zn 2+ and ZnOH + , on the ionization of the silica surface was measured and modelized using the triple layer model and a single...