Abstract: A composition comprising: a)one or more film forming resins having at least one functional group capable of polymerization; b) one or more adhesion promoters comprising compounds containing one or more unsaturated groups capable of free radical polymerization and one or more trialkoxy silane groups; c) one or more fillers capable of imparting abrasion resistance to the composition; d) one or more compounds which is reactive with the film forming resin which also contains an acidic moiety; and e) one or more compounds comprising a siloxane backbone and one or more active hydrogen groups capable of reacting with the functional groups on a glass bonding adhesive: one or more second adhesion promoters comprising one or more silicon, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, or metal containing compounds; organic materials having reactive groups reactive with reactive groups on the surface of substrates or adhesives; or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A preform for forming a hollow-core, slotted photonic band-gap (PBG) optical fiber for use in an environmental sensor, and methods of forming such a fiber using the preform are disclosed. The preform comprises a slotted cladding tube that surrounds a slotted, hollow-core PBG cane. The slots in the cladding tube and PBG cane are longitudinally formed and substantially aligned with each other. When the preform is drawn, the slots merge to form an elongated side opening or slot in the resulting hollow-core PBG fiber.

Abstract: A flexible substrate for a TFT includes a metal substrate having a predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion, and a buffer layer on the metal substrate, the buffer layer including a silicon oxide or a silicon nitride, wherein the predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal substrate satisfies an equation as follows, ? f + 0.162 × ( 1 - v f ) E f ? ? s ? ? f + 0.889 × ( 1 - v f ) E f Ef representing Young's modulus of the buffer layer, vf representing Poisson's ratio of the buffer layer, ?f representing a coefficient of thermal expansion of the buffer layer, and ?s representing the predetermined coefficient of thermal expansion of the metal substrate.

Abstract: Clear or tinted window panes of glass or plastic having a pattern or dots, vertical lines, horizontal lines or a combination of vertical and horizontal lines in a regular pattern on a surface of the pane, the pattern being visible to the avian eye to prevent birds from striking or colliding with the window pane and having optical characteristics of ultraviolet reflection separated by ultraviolet absorption.

Abstract: A process for producing a wipe-proof anti-reflection layer on a borosilicate glass body is described, in which the borosilicate glass body is coated with a coating solution having a composition of 1-6% by weight of HCl, 0.5-7% by weight of SiO2 sol (solids content), 0.5-5% by weight of H2O, and 85-98% by weight of a readily volatile water-soluble organic solvent. The borosilicate glass body that is to be coated contains, in % by weight based on oxide content: 63-76 of SiO2, >11-20 of B2O3, 1-9 of Al2O3, 3-12 of alkali metal oxide(s), 0-10 of alkaline earth metal oxide(s), 0-2 of ZnO, 0-5 of TiO2, 0-1 of ZrO2, 0-1 of Nb2O5, and 0-1 of WO3.

Abstract: The present invention may provide a structure capable of obtaining a higher difference in refractive indices between that of a transparent material and that of a cavity, than in the past, and a manufacturing method thereof, and the present invention provides a structure having a transparent material and an internal cavity which is formed by irradiating said transparent material with a pulse laser beam having a pulse width of 10×10?12 seconds or less, and wherein refractive index of said transparent material at d line is nd?1.3.

Abstract: A strengthened glass article having a central tension that is below a threshold value above which the glass exhibits frangible behavior. The central tension varies non-linearly with the thickness of the glass. The glass article may be used as cover plates or windows for portable or mobile electronic devices such as cellular phones, music players, information terminal (IT) devices, including laptop computers, and the like.

Abstract: A glass bonding material contains vanadium and phosphor as main glass components, and comprises in amounts converted as oxides of the elements in the components, 45 to 60% by weight of V2O5, 15 to 30% by weight of P2O5, 5 to 25% by weight of BaO, or contains a glass comprising at least vanadium, phosphor, barium and antimony, wherein the glass comprises in amounts converted as oxides, 15 to 35% by weight of BaO and Sb2O3 in total, and a weight ratio of BaO/Sb2O3 or Sb2O3/BaO is 0.3 or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides, in a HUD device employing a high-functional windshield such as a sound-insulation glass having a multi-layer interlayer, a windshield for a vehicle which does not produce double images and has excellent visibility without deteriorating functionality of the windshield. In a laminated glass having a multi-layer interlayer having a wedge-shaped thickness profile sandwiched by glass sheets, the multi-layer interlayer has layers having different hardness, the thickness of first resin layers having high hardness is at least 0.3 mm in a region within 400 nm from a lower side, which prevents the generation of optical distortion of the laminated glass and efficiently prevents double display images.

Abstract: A sealing glass of a low melting point phosphate glass composition contains 15 to 35% of BaO and Sb2O3 (in total) and the ratio by weight of BaO to Sb2O3 or Sb2O3 to BaO is 0.3 or less. Particularly the transition metal is vanadium and the glass contains V2O5 of 45 to 60 wt % as vanadium oxide and P2O5 of 15 to 30 wt % as phosphorus oxide. The bonding material is a mixture of a filler and a vanadate-phosphate glass that contains V2O5 of 45 to 60%, P2O5 of 20 to 30%, BaO of 5 to 15%, TeO2 of 0 to 10%, Sb2O3 of 5 to 10%, and WO3 of 0 to 5%. The particle size of the filler is in the range of 1 to 150 ?m and the ratio of filler is 80% by volume or less of the adhesive glass.

Abstract: Disclosed are a heat transfer medium and a heat transfer method that uses the heat transfer medium. The heat transfer medium comprises a light-transparent substrate coated with a plurality of nano particles. The nano particles absorb light incident thereon to thereby produce heat, which is transferred to a target object to be heated. Nano particles can be applied onto a target object. After heating, the particles are removed by etching. Nano particles can be selectively applied to the light-transparent substrate or directly to a target object to be heat so as to localize heat-production and thus heat selective portions of the target object.

Abstract: An aircraft transparency in a glass piece, wherein the glass piece includes a chemically tempered first major surface and a chemically tempered opposite second major surface, a first case depth begins at the first major surface, a second case depth begins at the second major surface, and a tensile stress zone is within the glass piece between the end points of the first and the second case depths. The glass between the end points of the first and second case depth has a glass composition including: Ingredient Percent by weight SiO2 60 to 75; Al2O3 18 to 28; and Li2O 3 to 9, and the glass has at least one of the following properties (a) a log 10 viscosity temperature of at least 1413° F. and (b) a liquidus temperature of at least 2436° F.

Abstract: A glass pane is provided. A marking field that includes an uneven surface structure is located on a limited area of a smooth side surface of the glass pane. The limited area is smaller than a total area of the side surface of the glass pane, and the uneven surface structure is more rough than portions of the side surface of the glass pane that are outside of the limited area of the side surface of the glass pane. A marking layer is located on the marking field so as to create an intimate adhesive bond between the marking layer and the marking field. The marking layer includes a color containing a thermochromic pigment that visually indicates that a heat treatment has been carried out on the glass pane by being irreversibly modified at a temperature at which the heat treatment is conducted.

Abstract: A transparent fire-resistant glazing which includes at least one intumescent layer of a hydrated alkaline metal silicate between two glass sheets. The intumescent alkaline metal silicate layer has an SiO2/M2O molar ratio between 3.5 and 7 and a water content from 33 to 43% by weight. Their preparation incorporates a drying step.

Abstract: A modification process of the synthetic quartz powder, which can make a quartz glass product hardly having bubbles at the time of fusing, is provided, along with a modification process of the synthetic quartz powder and a glass product using said modified quartz powder are provided, wherein the synthetic quartz powder is kept in helium atmosphere at least in the temperature falling process, when the amorphous synthetic quartz powder produced by the sol-gel method is carried out by heat treatment in a vacuum furnace at more than the degas temperature and less than the baking temperature, wherein the highest temperature in the helium atmosphere is preferably set to from more than 700° C. to less than 1400° C., and the helium atmosphere is kept to less than 400° C.

Abstract: A glass sheet laminate structure (10) produced by laminating at least three glass sheets (20) each having a thickness of less than 1 mm through an intermediate layer (30) between two adjacent glass sheets. The maximum variation ?Hmax of the interval H between two adjacent glass sheets opposed to each other through the intermediate layer in connection with the central portion and the opposite end portions satisfies a relationship of 0 ?m<?Hmax<200 ?m.

Abstract: A protective plate for a plasma display comprises conductive substrate for protecting a plasma display and an electrode in electrical contact with the conductive substrate.

Abstract: Ceramics are made of preceramic paper or board structures in a particular shape previously represented in a paper structure, in which the preceramic papers or boards have a content of ceramic fillers between 30 and 95 wt-%, with the ceramic fillers having a particle size <30 ?m. A method for manufacturing such ceramics and the use thereof are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a ultra-hydrophilic and antibacterial thin film coated metal product, and its manufacturing method. In order to easily produce an air conditioning metal material having excellent hydrophilic performance, aging property, corrosion resistance and antibacterial property on an industrial production scale without a special preprocess or postprocess, an anticorrosive thin film is selectively formed on both surfaces of a metal substrate sheet, and an ultra-hydrophilic and antibacterial Ti—(Ag, Cu and/or Co)—O—C group compound thin film is coated on both surfaces of the metal substrate sheet on which the anticorrosive thin film has been or not been formed. The metal substrate sheet is mechanically processed into a target shape.

Abstract: An interface forming method includes forming a first layer containing a first chemical element and chemisorbing on the first layer an interface layer containing at least one monolayer of the first chemical element intermixed with a second chemical element different from the first chemical element. A second layer comprising the second chemical element can be formed on the interface layer. The first layer might not substantially contain the second chemical element, the second layer might not substantially contain the first chemical element, or both. An apparatus can include a first layer containing a first chemical element, an interface layer chemisorbed on the first layer, and a second layer containing a second element on the interface layer. The interface layer can contain at least one monolayer of the first chemical element intermixed with a second chemical element different from the first chemical element.