Abstract: A method for manufacturing a solar-control laminated glass including an outer and inner glass plate and an interlayer sandwiched between the outer and the inner glass plate, the method including providing the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate; forming a solar-control coating on a surface of at least one of the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate; heating the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate; hot-bending the heated outer glass plate and the heated inner glass plate respectively to obtain a glass-plate shape suitable for a subsequent pairing; pairing the hot-bent outer glass plate and the hot-bent inner glass plate, and inserting the interlayer between the outer glass plate and the inner glass plate to form an assembly; and heating and pressurizing the assembly to laminate the outer glass plate, the interlayer, and the inner glass plate together to form a laminated glass.

Abstract: The computer-implemented method for glass bending includes obtaining a deviation of a real shape of a glass from a desired shape of the glass, the glass is produced by a glass bending process; determining a variation of at least one parameter associated with the glass bending process, at least in part based on the deviation of the real shape from the desired shape; and adjusting the at least one parameter based on the variation for compensation of the deviation.

Abstract: A method for locating, in a deposition line including a succession of compartments, an origin of a defect affecting a stack of thin layers deposited on a substrate in the compartments, in which each thin layer is deposited in one or more successive compartments of the deposition line and pieces of debris remaining on the surface of a thin layer deposited in a compartment act as masks for the subsequent depositions of thin layers and are the origin of defects, includes obtaining at least one image showing the defect, determining, from the at least one image, a signature of the defect, the signature containing at least one characteristic representative of the defect, and identifying at least one compartment of the deposition line liable to be the origin of the defect from the signature of the defect and using reference signatures associated with the compartments of the deposition line.

Abstract: A process for preparing a glass product with marking and the glass product with marking obtained according to the process thereof are described. The process includes 1) coating an ink composition onto a surface of a glass substrate, and 2) heating the glass substrate obtained in step 1). The obtained glass product includes a marking that contains particles having a size of from 150 to 600 nm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining a material comprising a substrate coated on at least one part of at least one of its faces with at least one functional layer, said process comprising: a step of depositing the or each functional layer, then a step of depositing a sacrificial layer on said at least one functional layer, then a step of heat treatment by means of radiation chosen from laser radiation or radiation from at least one flash lamp, said radiation having at least one treatment wavelength between 200 and 2500 nm, said sacrificial layer being in contact with the air during this heat treatment step, then a step of removing the sacrificial layer using a solvent, said sacrificial layer being a monolayer and being such that, before heat treatment, it absorbs at least one part of said radiation at said at least one treatment wavelength and that, after heat treatment, it is capable of being removed by dissolution and/or dispersion in said solvent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for simultaneous bending of superposed glass sheets comprising the use of a parting agent that generates gas evolution under the bending conditions.

Abstract: A method for locating, in a deposition line including a succession of compartments, an origin of a defect affecting a stack of thin layers deposited on a substrate in the compartments, in which each thin layer is deposited in one or more successive compartments of the deposition line and pieces of debris remaining on the surface of a thin layer deposited in a compartment act as masks for the subsequent depositions of thin layers and are the origin of defects, includes obtaining at least one image showing the defect, determining, from the at least one image, a signature of the defect, the signature containing at least one characteristic representative of the defect, and identifying at least one compartment of the deposition line liable to be the origin of the defect from the signature of the defect and using reference signatures associated with the compartments of the deposition line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heating element comprising a substrate (1) equipped with a thin-film multilayer, the thin-film multilayer comprising a film (3) suited to being heated, this film having a sheet resistance of between 20 and 200 ?/square, the heating element also comprising two conductive collectors suited to being fed with electrical voltage, the film suited to being heated being a transparent electrically conductive oxide film and the film (3) suited to being heated not being machined and being electrically connected to the two conductive collectors, the film (3) suited to being heated having a thickness of between 50 nm and 300 nm. The invention allows a heating element, with a film suited to being heated that is simple to manufacture, to be easily installed in an electric vehicle or easily connected to the national grid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining a material comprising a substrate coated on at least one part of at least one of its faces with at least one functional layer, said process comprising: a step of depositing the or each functional layer, then a step of depositing a sacrificial layer on said at least one functional layer, then a step of heat treatment by means of radiation chosen from laser radiation or radiation from at least one flash lamp, said radiation having at least one treatment wavelength between 200 and 2500 nm, said sacrificial layer being in contact with the air during this heat treatment step, then a step of removing the sacrificial layer using a solvent, said sacrificial layer being a monolayer and being such that, before heat treatment, it absorbs at least one part of said radiation at said at least one treatment wavelength and that, after heat treatment, it is capable of being removed by dissolution and/or dispersion in said solvent.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a mask having submillimetric openings, in which: for a masking layer, a solution of colloidal nanoparticles that are stabilized and dispersed in a first solvent is deposited, the particles having a given glass transition temperature Tg, the drying of the masking layer is carried out at a temperature below the temperature Tg until a mask having a two-dimensional network of submillimetric openings is obtained with substantially straight mask area edges, in a zone referred to as a network mask zone, a zone free of masking is formed on the face by mechanical and/or optical removal of at least one peripheral portion of the network mask zone. The invention also relates to the network mask and the grid with an electroconductive solid zone that are thus obtained.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining a hydrophobic coating on a substrate, preferably consisting of a glass material, a ceramic or a glass-ceramic, said process being characterized in that it comprises: a) a first deposition step, consisting in applying a primer first layer essentially consisting of the silicon oxycarbide SiOxCy type on said substrate, said primer layer having an RMS surface roughness of greater than 4 nm; b) an activation step, in which said SiOxCy primer layer is activated by a plasma of a gas chosen from the noble gases of the Ar or He type and the gases N2, O2 or H2O or by a plasma of a mixture of these gases; and c) a second deposition step, in which a hydrophobic coating comprising at least one fluorocompound, preferably a fluoroalkylsilane, is deposited on said first layer. The invention also relates to hydrophobic glazing comprising or formed by a substrate as defined above, this glazing being in particular used as glazing for transport vehicles or for buildings.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a submillimetric electroconductive grid coated with an overgrid on a substrate includes: the production of a mask having submillimetric openings by the deposition of a solution of colloidal polymeric nanoparticles that are stabilized and dispersed in a solvent, the polymeric particles having a glass transition temperature Tg and the drying of the masking layer at a temperature below the Tg until the mask, with straight edges, is obtained, the formation of the electroconductive grid by a deposition of electroconductive material, referred to as grid material, a heat treatment of the masking layer with the grid material at a temperature greater than or equal to 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to: a glazing substrate, characterised in that it is equipped with a layer consisting of crystallites of at least 25 nm in size, directly covered with a layer consisting of crystallites of at most 10 nm in size; its manufacturing process; and its application to a low-E glazing unit or in solar control.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a mask having submillimetric openings, in which: for a masking layer, a first solution of colloidal nanoparticles in a first solvent is deposited, the particles having a given glass transition temperature Tg, the drying of the masking layer, known as the first masking layer, is carried out at a temperature below said temperature Tg until a mask having a two-dimensional network of substantially straight-edged submillimetric openings, that defines a mask zone known as a network mask zone is obtained, a solid mask zone is formed by a liquid deposition, on the face, of a second masking zone, the solid mask zone being adjacent to and in contact with the network mask zone, and/or at least one cover zone is formed, the cover zone being in contact with the network mask zone, and/or after the drying of the first masking layer, a filled mask zone is formed by filling, via a liquid route, openings of a portion of the network mask zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heating element comprising a substrate (1) equipped with a thin-film multilayer, the thin-film multilayer comprising a film (3) suited to being heated, this film having a sheet resistance of between 20 and 200 ?/square, the heating element also comprising two conductive collectors suited to being fed with electrical voltage, the film suited to being heated being a transparent electrically conductive oxide film and the film (3) suited to being heated not being machined and being electrically connected to the two conductive collectors, the film (3) suited to being heated having a thickness of between 50 nm and 300 nm. The invention allows a heating element, with a film suited to being heated that is simple to manufacture, to be easily installed in an electric vehicle or easily connected to the national grid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent glass substrate, associated with a transparent electro-conductive layer capable of constituting an electrode of a photovoltaic cell and composed of a doped oxide, characterized by the interposition, between the glass substrate and the transparent electroconductive layer, of a mixed layer of one or more first nitride(s) or oxynitride(s), or oxide(s) or oxycarbide(s) having good adhesive properties with glass, and one or more second nitride(s) or oxynitride(s) or oxide(s) or oxycarbide(s) capable of constituting, possibly in the doped state, a transparent electroconductive layer; a method for producing this substrate; a photovoltaic cell, a tempered and/or curved glass, a shaped heating glass, a plasma screen and a flat lamp electrode having this substrate.

Abstract: A roofing product can include roofing granules that can include substrates and a coating covering the substrates of the roofing granules. The substrates can be in the form of base particles, such as ceramic base particles or proppants, or base particles having a coating with an L* of at least approximately 55. In a particular aspect, a coating at an exposed surface of the roofing granule can include a compound that includes a metallic element; and nitrogen, carbon, or a combination of nitrogen and carbon. In another aspect, the coating has a relatively low L*, reasonably high solar reflectance, and good emissivity. The coating can be formed on a substrate using a fluidized bed. In a particular aspect, the coating can be performed as a chemical vapor deposition or a sol-gel process. If needed or desired, the roofing granules can be doped to achieve their desired properties.

Abstract: A material includes a glass substrate provided on at least one portion of one of its faces with a photocatalytic coating based on titanium dioxide that covers at most 15% of the subjacent surface, the photocatalytic coating being in the form of a two-dimensional network of interconnected strands.

Abstract: A roofing product can include roofing granules that can include base particles and a coating covering the base particles of the roofing granules. In a particular aspect, the coating can include a compound that includes a metallic element; and nitrogen, carbon, or a combination of nitrogen and carbon. In another aspect, the coating has a reflectivity of at least approximately 17% for a radiation having wavelengths in a range of 1000 nm to 2500 nm. In a further aspect, the particular coating has a coating reflectivity no greater than 99% of a TiO2 reflectivity for such radiation. A coating can be formed on a base particle of a roofing granule using a fluidized bed. In a particular aspect, coating can be performed as a chemical vapor deposition or a sol-gel process. If needed or desired, the roofing granules can be doped to achieve their desired properties.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode device bearing a structure having a textured outer surface including a substrate made of inorganic glass that forms the support of the organic light-emitting diode device, includes: manufacturing the structure having a textured outer surface including: vapor depositing, onto the substrate made of inorganic glass, a first dielectric layer of at least 300 nm in thickness at a temperature greater than or equal to 100° C. so as to form protrusions, depositing onto the first layer a second smoothing dielectric layer, having a refractive index greater than or equal to that of the first layer, and made of an essentially amorphous material so as to sufficiently smooth the protrusions and to form the textured outer surface, and depositing, directly onto the smoothing layer, an electrode in the form of layer(s), so as to form a surface that conforms substantially to the smoothed outer surface.