Abstract: A glazing capable of gradient opacity includes a first glass substrate (110) and a second glass substrate (110), a first interlayer (214) and a second interlayer (116), provided between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, and a switchable film (130) provided between the first interlayer and the second interlayer. The switchable film includes a switchable material layer (220) having first and second surfaces (SF1, SF2) opposite each other, wherein the switchable material layer (220) has an uneven effective thickness. A first conductive layer (226) and a second conductive layer (128) sandwich the switchable material layer (220), and a first polymer film (222) and a second polymer film (124) sandwich the switchable material layer and the first and second conductive layers.

Abstract: An automotive laminated glass includes a thermoplastic interlayer film, a curved first glass sheet, and a curved second glass sheet. The thermoplastic interlayer film is disposed between the first and second glass sheets. The first glass sheet is a 0.7- to 3-mm thick non-chemically strengthened glass sheet including a convex-side first main surface and a concave-side second main surface facing the thermoplastic interlayer film. The second glass sheet is an ion-exchanged, 0.3- to 1.5-mm thick chemically strengthened glass sheet including a convex-side third main surface facing the thermoplastic interlayer film and a concave-side fourth main surface. The second glass sheet is thinner than the first glass sheet, and is adjusted to have a curvature equal to the curvature of the first glass sheet. A compressive stress layer on the concave-side fourth main surface is thicker than a compressive stress layer on the convex-side third main surface.

Abstract: A glazing applicable to multiple illumination products comprises a first glass substrate having first and second surfaces, a second glass substrate having third and fourth surfaces, a polymer interlayer laminated between the first and second substrates, and a coating including a first luminescent material and being applied on one of the third and fourth surfaces of the second glass substrate, for emitting light to both of the interior and exterior.

Abstract: A treatment method according to the present invention includes bringing a metal oxyfluoride of the general formula: MO(6-x)/2Fx (where 0<x<6; and M=W or Mo) into contact with a fluorine-containing gas at a reaction temperature higher than or equal to 0° C. and lower than 400° C., thereby converting the metal oxyfluoride to a metal hexafluoride of the general formula: MF6 (where M=W or Mo). This treatment method enables conversion of the metal oxyfluoride to the high vapor pressure compound without the use of a plasma generator and can be applied to cleaning of a metal fluoride production apparatus or cleaning of a film forming apparatus.

Abstract: A laminated glazing having a first glass substrate (104) and a second glass substrate (108) and a polymer interlayer laminated between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, being formed with a light path (120) formed in any one or combination of the first and second glass substrates and the polymer interlayer for guiding light emitted from a light source (112), a light introduction surface (110) for introducing the light emitted from the light source into the light path, and a light extraction surface (130,150) for extracting, from the light path, the light to either one or both of an interior and an exterior of the first and second glass substrates.

Abstract: By fluorinating 1,2,3,3-tetrachloro-1-propene (1230xd) using hydrogen fluoride as a fluorinating agent, an efficient method for producing 1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluoro-1-propene (1232xd) is provided. Through this composition including 1232xd, there are also provided an environmentally friendly composition having excellent ability to dissolve various organic matters, a method for cleaning an article using the composition, a method for producing a lubricant solution using the composition, and a method for producing a component provided with a lubricant coating film.

Abstract: A tungsten hexafluoride manufacturing method of the present invention includes a reaction step of reacting tungsten containing arsenic or an arsenic compound with a gas of a fluorine element-containing compound so as to obtain a mixture containing tungsten hexafluoride and a trivalent arsenic compound, and a distillation step of distilling and purifying the mixture so as to separate and remove a fraction containing the trivalent arsenic compound and to obtain tungsten hexafluoride.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laminated glazing having an information acquisition system viewing area formed to have a pattern in optical power.

Abstract: An electrolytic solution for a nonaqueous electrolyte battery according to the present invention includes: (I) at least one kind of silane compound represented by the following general formula (1); (II) at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a cyclic sulfonic acid compound and a cyclic sulfuric ester compound; (III) a nonaqueous organic solvent; and (IV) a solute. The nonaqueous electrolyte battery with this electrolytic solution achieves a good balance between improvement of high-temperature storage characteristics under high-temperature conditions of 70° C. or higher and reduction of gas generation during high-temperature storage. Si(R1)x(R2)4-x??(1) In the general formula (1), R1 is each independently a carbon-carbon unsaturated bond-containing group; R2 is each independently selected from a fluorine group and a C1-C10 linear or C3-C10 branched alkyl group which may have a fluorine atom and/or an oxygen atom; and x is an integer of 2 to 4.

Abstract: It is provided a glass window for a vehicle, comprising: an antenna configured to receive a radio wave; and a noise rejecting pattern configured to absorb noise that reaches the antenna, wherein, an electronic device configured to acquire information outside the vehicle through the glass window is mounted on or close to the glass window, wherein the noise rejecting pattern includes a first conductor coupled to a vehicle body for giving an earth potential at a high frequency, and a second conductor extending from the first conductor to exist between the antenna and the electronic device, and wherein the second conductor is placed closer to the antenna than to the electronic device.

Abstract: A dry etching method according to the present invention includes etching silicon nitride by bringing a mixed gas containing hydrogen fluoride and a fluorine-containing carboxylic acid into contact with the silicon nitride in a plasma-less process at a temperature lower than 100° C. Preferably, the amount of the fluorine-containing carboxylic acid contained is 0.01 vol % or more based on the total amount of the hydrogen fluoride and the fluorine-containing carboxylic acid. Examples of the fluorine-containing carboxylic acid are monofluoroacetic acid, difluoroacetic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, difluoropropionic acid, pentafluoropropionic acid, pentafluorobutyric acid and the like. This dry etching method enables etching of the silicon nitride at a high etching rate and shows a high selectivity ratio of the silicon nitride to silicon oxide and polycrystalline silicon while preventing damage to the silicon oxide.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a water-repellent protective film-forming liquid chemical capable of achieving an improved water repellency imparting effect. The water-repellent protective film-forming liquid chemical according to the present disclosure contains the following compositions: (I) an aminosilane composition of the following general formula [1]; (II) a silicon compound of the following general formula [2]; and (III) an aprotic solvent, wherein the amount of the component (I) contained is 0.02 to 0.5 mass % based on the total amount of the components (I) to (III).

Abstract: Provided is a fluorine-containing polymer which has no perfluoroalkyl group of 4 or more carbon atoms and which, when formed together with a photoacid generator into a film, shows water repellency after film formation, but becomes hydrophilic by the action of an acid generated under light irradiation, and thus serves as a pattern forming material capable of forming a film with high sensitivity and resolution. A fluorine-containing polymer according to the present invention has a repeating unit of the formula (1) where R1 is a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a C1-C10 alkyl group; R2 to R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 alkyl group; X is a single bond or a divalent group; Y is a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl or carboxylate (—COOR) group; R is a C1-C3 fluoroalkyl group; and seven or less of hydrogen atoms contained in the substituent group may be substituted with fluorine.

Abstract: The etching method of the present invention includes the step of supplying a first mixed gas containing a ?-diketone-containing etching gas and a nitrogen oxide gas to a target having, on a surface, both a first metal film containing cobalt, iron, or manganese and a second metal film containing copper, thereby selectively etching the first metal film over the second metal film, or the step of supplying a second mixed gas containing a ?-diketone-containing etching gas and oxygen gas to the target, thereby selectively etching the second metal film over the first metal film.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to a vehicle glazing (e.g., vehicle windshield) having an opaque enamel printed opening for an information acquisition system and a darkening source within the opaque enamel printed opening to reduce optical transmittance distortion and improve performance of information acquisition systems (e.g., an imaging system, electric sensor(s), video camera(s), distance sensor(s)) associated with a vehicle. The darkening source, which may not undergo extreme heat treatment above 500 deg. C., provides a darkening source open area within the opaque enamel print open area, wherein the darkening source open area provides an opening through which the information acquisition system may receive information from outside a vehicle.

Abstract: The selective film deposition method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes depositing a film of an organic matter represented by the following formula (1) on a substrate having a structure where a first surface region containing at least one of a metal or a metal oxide and a second surface region containing a nonmetallic inorganic material are both exposed, selectively in the first surface region than in the second surface region, wherein N represents a nitrogen atom; and R1 represents a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group optionally containing a hetero atom or a halogen atom, R2, R3, R4, and R5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group optionally containing a hetero atom or a halogen atom, where the hydrocarbon group covers a branched or cyclic hydrocarbon group when containing 3 or more carbon atoms.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to producing an electrically connected coated substrate. An example method comprises providing a coating on a surface of a substrate; and applying an electrically conductive material to the coating. The electrically conductive material is not heated above 500° C.

Abstract: Laminated glass for a vehicle front window includes a curved first glass plate having a trapezoidal or rectangular shape; a second glass plate having the same shape as the first glass plate; and an intermediate film disposed between the first and second glass plates. An imaging section of an image projected from an imaging device incorporated in a dash board on a driver's seat side is included in an indoor side surface of the laminated glass in a state in which the laminated glass is incorporated in a vehicle body. The intermediate film is provided with a wedge angle profile in a longitudinal direction and a horizontal direction of the laminated glass, and a thickness based on the wedge angle profile of the intermediate film based on the wedge angle profile continuously decreases from an upper side to a lower side and continuously decreases in a direction from a driver's seat side to a passenger seat side.

Abstract: A laminated automotive glazing (10) designed to utilize such as, e.g., a camera (18) or sensor, includes a first glass substrate (22) facing a vehicle exterior having a first side S1 and a second side S2, a second glass substrate (24) facing a vehicle interior having a third side S3 and a fourth side S4, the fourth side S4 facing the vehicle interior, and an interlayer (26) laminated between the first and second glass substrates. A correcting structure (32) is molded on at least a portion of the fourth side S4 of the second glass substrate (24) for improving optical properties of light transmitting through the first and second glass substrates (22, 24) and the interlayer (26).

Abstract: The dry etching method of the present invention etches a metal film formed on a surface of a workpiece by bringing etching gases each containing a ?-diketone into contact with the metal film. The method includes: a first etching step of bringing a first etching gas containing a first ?-diketone into contact with the metal film; and a second etching step of bringing a second etching gas containing a second ?-diketone into contact with the metal film after the first etching step. The first ?-diketone is a compound capable of forming a first complex through a reaction with the metal film. The second ?-diketone is a compound capable of forming a second complex having a lower sublimation point than the first complex through a reaction with the metal film.