Abstract: A method of treating a glass cylinder for a piston-cylinder arrangement for reducing the friction of a piston on an inner cylinder wall of the glass cylinder includes: elevating surface energy of glass of an interior bounded by the inner cylinder wall and hence lowering a contact angle of the glass with water. The contact angle is lowered by: a gas discharge that acts on the glass at the inner cylinder wall and is generated by an electric or electromagnetic field; or the action of ozone on the glass surface. The glass with the lowered contact angle is contacted with water to form a water film on the contacted glass.

Abstract: A method includes: providing a glassy element including a glass mesh structure and gap fillers at least at an interface area; heating the glassy element to a temperature whereas the gap fillers are mobilized in relation to the glass mesh structure; employing a radio-frequency plasma process that utilizes a plasma; and exposing the interface area to kinetic interaction members having a kinetic energy, whereby the kinetic interaction members interact with the gap fillers, whereby gap fillers are removed from the glass mesh structure, the kinetic interaction members are selected from the group consisting of noble gas ions, including any combinations thereof, the kinetic interaction members are the plasma or are resulting from the plasma and are directed to the interface area of the glassy element as effect of having a velocity with a vector pointing towards the respective interface area of the glassy element.

Abstract: Glare-free glass articles and methods for producing are provided. The glass article includes a surface with an area having a roughness RMS from 10 nm to 1000 nm, a distinctness of image DOI from 30 to 70, a gloss value of less than 40 at a viewing angle of 60°, and a haze value, determined in transmission, of less than 3%. The area also has a ratio of mean height of peaks above core surface (Spk) to mean depth of valleys below core surface (Svk) that is equal to 1±0.1 within a measured surface area of more than 0.1 mm2 and less than 3 mm2.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical container includes an inner surface and an outer surface. At least part of the inner surface is coated with a coating to form a coated inner surface. On the coated inner surface the container, based on negative mode Time-of-Flight-Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) data, has a relative lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-incubated Multivariate Curve Resolution (MCR) score ratio of lipid factor1 of less than 0.67.

Abstract: A hollow body includes a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body. The wall includes a layer of glass and has a wall surface. The wall surface includes a surface region in which the layer of glass is at least partially superimposed by a plurality of particles. The plurality of particles is characterized by a particle size distribution having a D50 in a range from 1 to 100 ?m. A hollow body having a wall surface including a surface region which is characterized by a coefficient of dry sliding friction of less than 0.15 is also provided.

Abstract: A hollow body includes a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body. The wall comprises a layer of glass comprising a first glass composition, comprises a base surface, and has a wall surface. The wall surface comprises at least one surface region, in which the base surface is at least partially superimposed by at least one elevated region, and at least one contact region, which extends along a contact range of a height of the hollow body. The at least one elevated region comprises a further glass composition. An exterior diameter of the hollow body has a maximum throughout the contact range. The at least one surface region is at least partially positioned in the at least one contact region.

Abstract: A coated glass container includes: a glass surface; and a coating that coats at least part of the glass surface to form a coated glass surface. The coating includes at least one layer. The coated glass container fulfills the following parameter: leaching of [Na] ions after an alkaline treatment is 10 mg/l or less [Na] ions.

Abstract: A coated glass element includes: a glass surface and a coating that coats at least part of the glass surface. The coating has at least one layer. The at least one layer of the coating fulfills the following parameter: [Al+]80/[Al+]20?1.8. [Al+]20 are counts of [Al+] ions, measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), at 20% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface and [Al+]80 are counts of [Al+] ions, measured by a TOF-SIMS, at 80% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface.

Abstract: A coated container includes: a container having a surface; and a coating applied to at least part of the surface to form a coated surface. Leaching of at least one of one or more types of ions or one or more types of compounds is determined by performing an alkaline treatment on at least part of the coated surface to obtain an alkaline treated surface and performing an acidic treatment on at least part of the alkaline treated surface to obtain an acidic treated surface. The leaching of the at least one of one or more types of ions or one or more types of compounds from the coated surface is 5.00 mg/l or less.

Abstract: A coated glass element includes: a glass surface; and a coating that coats at least part of the glass surface. The coating includes at least one layer. The at least one layer of the coating fulfills the following parameter: [Si2C5H15O2?]20/[Si2C5H15O2?]80?1.0. [Si2C5H15O2?]20 are counts of [Si2C5H15O2] ions, measured by a time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS), at 20% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface and [Si2C5H15O2?]80 are counts of [Si2C5H15O2?]80 ions, measured by a TOF-SIMS, at 80% of a time a sputter gun beam needs to reach the glass surface.

Abstract: A protective glazing is provided that has long-term stability against degradation under high temperatures. The protective glazing includes a glass or glass ceramic pane having two opposite faces and being transparent in the visible spectral range and an infrared radiation reflecting coating on at least one of the faces. The coating includes a first layer on the face and a second layer deposited on the first layer. The first layer is a doped transparent conductive oxide and the second layer is an X-ray amorphous oxide layer or of a nitride layer.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for embossing a pattern into a varnish on a sheet-like substrate are provided. The method applies a planar stamp using a roller, while the apparatus includes a roller having a planar stamp.

Abstract: A process for making a functionalized hollow body includes: providing a hollow body including a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body, the wall including a layer of glass and having a wall surface with a surface region; at least partially superimposing the layer of glass in the surface region with a functionalizing composition precursor on a side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume, the functionalizing composition precursor including one or more siloxanes; and at least partially contacting the functionalizing composition precursor with a plasma, thereby obtaining the functionalized hollow body including a functionalizing composition which at least partially superimposes the layer of glass in the surface region on the side of the layer of glass which faces away from the interior volume.

Abstract: Glare-free glass articles and methods for producing are provided. The glass article includes a surface with an area having a roughness RMS from 10 nm to 1000 nm, a distinctness of image DOI from 30 to 70, a gloss value of less than 40 at a viewing angle of 60°, and a haze value, determined in transmission, of less than 3%. The area also has a ratio of mean height of peaks above core surface (Spk) to mean depth of valleys below core surface (Svk) that is equal to 1±0.1 within a measured surface area of more than 0.1 mm2 and less than 3 mm2.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for embossing a pattern into a varnish on a sheet-like substrate are provided. The method applies a planar stamp using a roller, while the apparatus includes a roller having a planar stamp.

Abstract: A glass container includes a hollow body of a glass material. The hollow body surrounds an inner volume and has a lower end and an upper end. A container opening extends through the upper end into the inner volume. The hollow body further includes a container collar surrounding the container opening, a container neck, a container shoulder, a container body, a container bottom closing the lower end, and an inner container surface facing the inner volume and an outer container surface facing away from the inner volume. The glass container is coated on its outer container surface at least partially with a coating and the coated glass container has an increased scratch resistance with respect to a contact of the glass container with at least one further glass container.

Abstract: A method of treating a glass cylinder for a piston-cylinder arrangement for reducing the friction of a piston on an inner cylinder wall of the glass cylinder includes: elevating surface energy of glass of an interior bounded by the inner cylinder wall and hence lowering a contact angle of the glass with water. The contact angle is lowered by: a gas discharge that acts on the glass at the inner cylinder wall and is generated by an electric or electromagnetic field; or the action of ozone on the glass surface. The glass with the lowered contact angle is contacted with water to form a water film on the contacted glass.

Abstract: Container precursors are provided that have a wall of glass. The wall of glass at least partially encloses an interior volume. The wall of glass has a side that faces away from the interior volume. The side is at least partially superimposed by a plurality of particles. An arrangement is also provided that includes a packaging and a multitude of the container precursors. A process for preparing a functionalised container precursor is also provided. A process for packaging pharmaceutical compositions and closed containers obtainable by this process are provided.

Abstract: A hollow body includes a wall of glass which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body. The wall of glass has a wall surface which has a surface region. At least in the surface region the wall surface has a content of N in a range from 0.3 to 10.0 at-%, and at least 5 at-% Si.

Abstract: A hollow body includes a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body. The wall comprises a layer of glass comprising a first glass composition, comprises a base surface, and has a wall surface. The wall surface comprises at least one surface region, in which the base surface is at least partially superimposed by at least one elevated region, and at least one contact region, which extends along a contact range of a height of the hollow body. The at least one elevated region comprises a further glass composition. An exterior diameter of the hollow body has a maximum throughout the contact range. The at least one surface region is at least partially positioned in the at least one contact region.