Abstract: Glass articles including one or more 3D printed surface features attached to a surface of a substrate at a contact interface between the 3D printed surface feature and the surface. The 3D printed surface feature(s) include a glass or a glass-ceramic, a compressive stress region at an exterior perimeter surface of the 3D printed surface feature(s), and a central tension region interior of the compressive stress region. The 3D printed surface feature(s) may be formed of a contiguous preformed material 3D printed on a surface of a substrate. The compressive stress region of a 3D printed surface feature may be formed using an ion-exchange process.

Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes a silicate-containing glass and crystals within the silicate-containing glass. The crystals include non-stoichiometric tungsten and/or molybdenum sub-oxides, and the crystals are intercalated with dopant cations.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to glass articles that include mechanically durable glass compositions having high liquidus viscosity. The glass articles may include glass compositions having from 50 mol. % to 80 mol. % SiO2; from 7 mol. % to 25 mol. % Al2O3; from 2 mol. % to about 14 mol. % Li2O; 0.4 mol. % P2O5; and less than or equal to 0.5 mol. % ZrO2. The quantity (Al2O3 (mol. %)-R2O (mol. %)-RO (mol. %)) is greater than zero, where R2O (mol. %) is the sum of the molar amounts of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, Rb2O, and Cs2O in the glass composition and RO (mol. %) is the sum of the molar amounts of BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZnO in the glass composition. A molar ratio of (Li2O (mol. %))/(R2O (mol. %)) may be greater or equal to 0.5. In embodiments, the glass composition may include B2O3. The glass compositions are fusion formable and have high damage resistance.

Abstract: A laminate glass-ceramic article is provided that includes: a core glass layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers, each having a CTE that is lower than or equal to the first CTE of the core glass layer. A first of the clad glass-ceramic layers is laminated to a first surface of core glass layer and a second of the clad glass-ceramic layers is laminated to a second surface of the core glass layer. Further, a total thickness of the plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers is from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm. In addition, each of the glass-ceramic layers includes: an alumino-boro-silicate glass, 0 mol %?MoO3?15 mol %, and 0 mol %?WO3?15 mol %, the WO3 (mol %) plus the MoO3 (mol %) is from 0.7 mol % to 19 mol %.

Abstract: Laminated glass-based articles are provided. The glass-based articles include at least a first glass-based layer, a second glass-based layer, and a polymer layer disposed between the first and second glass-based layers. The first glass-based layer includes a compressive stress. A difference between the coefficient of thermal of expansion of the first glass-based layer and the coefficient of thermal of expansion of the second glass-based layer is greater than or equal to 0.4 ppm/° C. Methods of producing the laminated glass-based articles are also provided.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to low temperature moldable sheet forming glass compositions and glass articles formed from the same. In various embodiments, the glass composition comprises from about 60 mol. % to about 67 mol. % SiO2, from about 6 mol. % to about 11 mol. % B2O3, from about 4.5 mol. % to about 11 mol. % Li2O, Al2O3, Na2O, and K2O. The glass composition also includes greater than about 2 mol. % RO, where RO are divalent metal oxides, and R2O from about 14 mol. % to about 20 mol. %, where R2O are alkali metal oxides. The glass composition also has a glass transition temperature Tg of less than about 500° C., a softening point of less than about 650° C., and a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of less than about 85×10?7K?1.

Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).

Abstract: The embodiments described herein relate to glass articles that include mechanically durable glass compositions having high liquidus viscosity. The glass articles may include glass compositions having from 50 mol. % to 80 mol. % SiO2; from 7 mol. % to 25 mol. % Al2O3; from 2 mol. % to about 14 mol. % Li2O; 0.4 mol. % P2O5; and less than or equal to 0.5 mol. % ZrO2. The quantity (Al2O3 (mol. %)-R2O (mol. %)-RO (mol. %)) is greater than zero, where R2O (mol. %) is the sum of the molar amounts of Li2O, Na2O, K2O, Rb2O, and Cs2O in the glass composition and RO (mol. %) is the sum of the molar amounts of BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, and ZnO in the glass composition. A molar ratio of (Li2O (mol. %))/(R2O (mol. %)) may be greater or equal to 0.5. In embodiments, the glass composition may include B2O3. The glass compositions are fusion formable and have high damage resistance.

Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than about 0.7·t up to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t) and a maximum central tension in the range from about 80 MPa to about 100 MPa. In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a value at a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the value to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.

Abstract: A method of minimizing the formation of a rhodium-platinum defect in a glass or glass ceramic material or in the melt thereof is provided. The method includes providing a vessel made of a platinum-rhodium alloy for use in a manufacturing process for obtaining the material, and an interface between the vessel and the melt is present. The method can include providing sufficient partial pressures of hydrogen outside and inside the vessel for controlling the partial pressure of oxygen in a region of the melt adjacent to the interface. A method of minimizing the formation of, or counteracting the impact of, a localized thermal, electrical, or composition cell in the melt during a manufacturing process is also provided. The method can include adding a multivalent compound to the melt, adding a mixer to the finer tube, adding a mixing step to the manufacturing process, or amplifying the mixing.

Abstract: Manufacturing glass ceramic materials comprises ceramming a glass to grow a crystalline tungsten bronze phase comprising nanoparticles having a formula MxWO3, where M includes a dopant cation, and where 0<x<1.

Abstract: A glass-ceramic includes glass and crystalline phases, where the crystalline phase includes non-stoichiometric suboxides of titanium, forming ‘bronze’-type solid state defect structures in which vacancies are occupied with dopant cations.

Abstract: Foldable substrates comprise a first outer layer comprising a first major surface, a second outer layer comprising a second major surface, and a core layer positioned therebetween. The core layer may comprise a first central surface area positioned between a first portion and a second portion of the first outer layer, and the core layer comprising a second central surface area positioned between a third portion and fourth portion of the second outer layer. Some foldable substrates comprise a first portion comprising a first depth of compression, a first depth of layer, and a first average concentration. The central portion may comprise a first central depth of compression, a first central depth of layer, and a central average concentration. Methods comprise chemically strengthening a foldable substrate. Some methods comprise etching the foldable substrate and then further chemically strengthening the foldable substrate.

Abstract: An ion exchangeable glass having a high degree of resistance to damage caused by abrasion, scratching, indentation, and the like. The glass comprises alumina, B2O3, and alkali metal oxides, and contains boron cations having three-fold coordination. The glass, when ion exchanged, has a Vickers crack initiation threshold of at least 10 kilogram force (kgf).

Abstract: Polymer-based portions comprise an index of refraction ranging from about 1.49 to about 1.55. In some embodiments, the polymer-based portion comprises the product of curing 45-75 wt % of a difunctional urethane-acrylate oligomer with 25-55 wt % of a difunctional cross-linking agent and optionally a reactive diluent. In some embodiments, the polymer-based portion comprises the product of curing 75-100 wt % of a reactive diluent and optionally one or more a difunctional urethane-acrylate oligomer and/or a difunctional cross-linking agent. Adhesives comprise an index of refraction ranging from about 1.49 to about 1.55. In some embodiments, the adhesive comprises the product of heating 10-35 wt % of a silane-hydride-terminated siloxane and 65-90 wt % of a vinyl-terminated siloxane. In some embodiments, the adhesive comprises the product of irradiating a thiol-containing siloxane and a photo-initiator with at least one wavelength of light that the photo-initiator is sensitive to.

Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.

Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-ceramic, glass-ceramic article or glass-ceramic window that includes 40 mol %?SiO2?80 mol %; 1 mol %?AI2O3?15 mol %; 3 mol %?B2O3?50 mol %; 0 mol %?R2O?15 mol %; 0 mol %?RO?2 mol %; 0 mol %?P2O5?3 mol %; 0 mol %?SnO2?0.5 mol %; 0.1 mol %?MoO3?15 mol %; and 0 mol %?WO3?10 mol % (or 0 mol %<MoO3?15 mol %; 0.1 mol %?WO3?10 mol %; and 0.01 mol %?V2O5?0.2 mol %), wherein the WO3 (mol %) plus the MoO3 (mol %) is from 1 mol % to 19 mol %, and wherein R2O (mol %) minus the AI2O3 (mol %) is from ?12 mol % to 4 mol %, are disclosed.

Abstract: A group of glass compositions in the Li2O—Al2O3—SiO2—B2O3 family that can be chemically strengthened in single or multiple ion exchange baths containing at least one of NaNO3 and KNO3 for a short time (2-4 hours) to develop a deep depth of layer (DOL). In some instances, the DOL is at least 70 ?m; in others, at least about 100 ?m. The ion exchanged glasses have a high damage resistance (indentation fracture toughness ranging form greater than 10 kgf to greater than 50 kgf) that is better than or at least comparable to that of sodium aluminosilicate glasses.

Abstract: Embodiments of a glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than about 0.7·t up to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer, are disclosed. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t) and a maximum central tension in the range from about 80 MPa to about 100 MPa. In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a value at a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the value to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.

Abstract: A strengthened glass having a stress profile that differs from error-function and parabolic profiles. Stress relaxation and thermal annealing/diffusion effects, which occur at longer ion exchange and/or anneal times increase the depth of compression of the surface layer. A method of achieving these effects is also provided.