Abstract: A method for producing long-term bendable glass material includes: bending a glass material in a bending radius in a range of 1 mm to 107 mm; storing the bent glass material for a time period of at least 1 day; inspecting at least a portion of the bent glass material for damage after the storing; and classifying the inspected bent glass material as a reject if damage is detected or as a long-term bendable glass material if no damage is detected.

Abstract: An optical component with improved degradation resistance is provided. The optical component includes an optical material and a coating. The optical material has a native surface that is susceptible to degradation processes. The coating is a layer of an inorganic material and is applied so as to be substantially contiguous so that there are no continuous paths between fluid surrounding the optical component and the optical material.

Abstract: A housing for an electronic component, in particular for a laser diode, is provided. The housing includes a mounting area for the electronic component and has a lateral wall provided with a feedthrough for a light guide. The base wall of a basic body of the housing has both a heat sink for a thermoelectric cooler and a plurality of feedthroughs for pins for electrically connecting the electronic component.

Abstract: A lens cap for a transistor outline (TO) package is provided that has an inner diameter of less than 4 mm. The lens cap includes a metal shell with a wall thickness of less than 0.2 mm and a thinned area surrounding the lens so that in the thinned area the wall thickness is reduced by at least 35%.

Abstract: A fitout article or article of equipment for a kitchen or laboratory is provided. The article has a lighting and separating element. The separating element in a region of the lighting element has light transmittance of at least 0.1% and less than 12%. The lighting element in the interior emits light that passes through the separating element and to the exterior. The separating element has a glass or glass-ceramic substrate having a CTE of ?6 to 6 ppm/K and has a colour locus in the CIELAB colour space with the coordinates L* of 20 to 40, a* of ?6 to 6 and b* of ?6 to 6. D65 standard illuminant light, after passing through the separating element, is within a white region W1 determined in the chromaticity diagram CIExyY?2° by the following coordinates: White region W1 x y 0.27 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.32 0.37 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.34 0.36 ?0.29.

Abstract: A glass has a transmission throughout a wavelength range of from 207 nm to 222 nm of at least 60%, measured at a thickness of 1 mm. The glass is a borosilicate glass having a total platinum content of not more than 3.5 ppm, and a hydrolytic resistance characterized by an extracted Na2O equivalent in ?g per g glass determined according to ISO 719 of not more than 250 ?g/g.

Abstract: A glass has a transmittance at a wavelength of 220 nm of at least 30% and a transmittance at a wavelength of 200 nm of less than 4.0%, the glass having a total platinum content of less than 3.5 ppm. A device and a sterilizer include a light source configured to output ultraviolet light and a lamp cover covering the light source and including the glass.

Abstract: A method of structuring a glass element having a first side face and a second side face is provided. The method includes the steps of: producing a filament-shaped flaw in the glass element with a pulsed laser beam along a focus line; etching to remove glass in the filament-shaped flaw to form a wall extending from the first side face towards the second side face, the wall having a boundary line that is tapered at a vertex between the wall and the first side face with a taper angle with respect to a perpendicular of the first side face; and adjusting the taper angle by controlling a feature of the focus line. The feature is selected from a group consisting of a position of the focus line, a length of the focus line, an intensity distribution of the focus line, and any combinations thereof.

Abstract: A glass article is composed of a glass having a demixing factor in respect of its hydrolytic resistance in a range from 0.10 to 1.65.

Abstract: At least one composite workpiece includes: a substrate body including at least one first surface and at least one second surface, the at least one first surface of the substrate body being shaped convexly at least in areas and the at least one second surface of the substrate body being shaped concavely at least in areas, and the at least one composite workpiece has a bow with an absolute value of between 0.1 ?m and 50 ?m due to the curved shape of the at least one first surface and the at least one second surface; and at least one first coating, at least the at least one first surface of the substrate body being coated at least in areas with the first coating.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium ion conductive material, preferably a lithium ion conductive glass ceramic, the material including a garnet-type crystalline phase content and an amorphous phase content. The material has a sintering temperature of 1000° C. or lower, preferably 950° C. or lower and an ion conductivity of at least 1*10?5 S/cm, preferably at least 2*10?5 S/cm, preferably at least 5*10?5 S/cm, preferably at least 1*10?4 S/cm, and the amorphous phase content includes boron and/or a composition including boron.

Abstract: A glass article layer is provided that includes at least two cylindrical glass articles extending in a z-direction and arranged side by side in an x-direction. Two spacers are provided spaced apart from one another at an interval longitudinally of the glass article in the z-direction. The spacers are arranged between the glass articles. The spacers are thread-like elements and at least one of the thread-like elements is provided at each spacer position.

Abstract: At least one system for storage of pharmaceutical compositions includes: a container including a neck and a crown that includes an upper crown surface; a stopper including a flange and a plug, the flange including a lower flange surface and a flange height; and a holding element configured to exert a force on the crown and the flange to form a horizontal contact area between the upper crown surface and the lower flange surface. The horizontal contact area has a size of 30 mm2 to 300 mm2 and the flange height is compressed at least partially in the horizontal contact area by 10% to 40%.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided which can be worn on the body or implanted into the body, such as in the form of a pulse watch and/or a smartwatch and/or an implant. The electronic device includes a photoplethysmographic measuring device. A transmitter diode and a receiver diode are arranged under a window made of glass or glass ceramics. The window is implemented as a compression glass seal and/or as a fiber-optic plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened optical component comprising an optical glass, having a depth of layer (DoL) of 1.0 to 50.0 ?m, wherein the optical glass has a refractive index nd of at least 1.65, preferably at least 1.70, and wherein the optically glass comprises at least 5 mol % of a total of Li2O, Na2O and K2O or a combination of two or more thereof. The invention furthermore relates to a method for preparing the chemically strengthened optical component and the use thereof.

Abstract: An additive for electrochemical energy storages is disclosed, wherein the additive contains at least one silicon- and alkaline earth metal-containing compound V1 which in contact with a fluorine-containing compound V2 in the energy storage forms at least one compound V3 selected from the group consisting of silicon- and fluorine-containing, lithium-free compounds V3a, alkaline earth metal- and fluorine-containing, lithium-free compounds V3b, silicon-, alkaline earth metal- and fluorine-containing, lithium-free compounds V3c and combinations thereof. Also disclosed is an electrochemical energy storage containing the additive.

Abstract: A lithium-ion-conducting composite material is provided that includes at least one polymer and lithium-ion-conducting particles. The interfacial resistance for the lithium-ion conductivity between the polymer and the particles is reduced as a result of a surface modification of the particles and therefore the lithium-ion conductivity is greater than for a comparable composite material wherein the interfacial resistance between the polymer and the particles is not reduced.

Abstract: Chemically toughened glass is provided that has a depth of compressive stress for potassium of at least 4 ?m and at most 8 ?m; a compressive stress at a depth of 30 ?m due to sodium exchange of at most 200 MPa and a minimum amount of at least 90 MPa where the thickness is 0.5 mm, at least 100 MPa where the thickness is 0.55 mm, at least 110 MPa in where the thickness is 0.6 mm, at least 120 MPa where the thickness is 0.7 mm, and at least 140 MPa where the thickness is 1 mm; a ratio of sodium exchange depth, in ?m, to the thickness, in mm, that is greater than 0.130; and a normalized integral of tensile stress that is a storable tensile stress of at least 20.6 MPa and at most 30 MPa.

Abstract: A chemically toughened or chemically toughenable sheet-like glass article is provided. The glass article includes a glass with a composition having Al2O3, SiO2, Li2O, and B2O3. The glass and/or the glass article includes not more than 7 w t% of B2O3.

Abstract: A hermetically sealed package includes: a heat-dissipating base substrate configured for dissipating heat from the hermetically sealed package; a cap arranged on the heat-dissipating base substrate, the cap and the heat-dissipating base substrate jointly forming at least a part of the package; at least one functional area hermetically sealed by the package; at least one laser bonding line configured for hermetically sealing the package, the laser bonding line having a height perpendicular to a bonding plane of the laser bonding line.