Abstract: A water-repellent glass includes a glass substrate having a first surface, and a water-repellent film deposited on the first surface of the substrate, wherein the first surface of the substrate includes a characteristic region where a part of the substrate is an aggregate of granular formations, the characteristic region including granular features seamlessly extending from the substrate, wherein when a thickness direction of the substrate is referred to as a first direction, a length of the characteristic region in the first direction is within a range of 50-2000 nm, wherein a straight line perpendicular to the first direction includes intersecting parts which intersect granular features included in the characteristic region, and an average length of the intersecting parts is within a range of 20-5000 nm, and wherein at least some of the granular features include a narrowed part where a dimension decreases toward an inner side of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a member having a recessed structure, including: (1) setting a catalyst material on a portion of a first surface of a process target, wherein the first surface is made of an element that forms a fluoride having a boiling point of 550° C. or less, and the catalyst material contains an organic compound containing a polar functional group; and (2) exposing the process target to a fluorine-containing gas at 80° C. or higher, wherein through the (2), the recessed structure is formed in the first surface under the catalyst material.

Abstract: The optical image stabilizer system according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise a set of springs connected to a lens such that the force exerted by the set of springs and the force exerted by gravity are in equilibrium. A position detection sensor may be linked to the lens and detect a current position of the lens. An accelerometer may be communicatively linked to the lens and generate a set of acceleration data corresponding to the acceleration of the lens. A control unit may be coupled to at least one of the lens, position detector sensor, and the accelerometer, and calculate a new target position for the lens. A motor may be coupled to the lens and respond to the target position received from the control unit.

Abstract: The optical image stabilizer system according to various aspects of the present technology may comprise a set of springs connected to a lens such that the force exerted by the set of springs and the force exerted by gravity are in equilibrium. A position detection sensor may be linked to the lens and detect a current position of the lens. An accelerometer may be communicatively linked to the lens and generate a set of acceleration data corresponding to the acceleration of the lens. A control unit may be coupled to at least one of the lens, position detector sensor, and the accelerometer, and calculate a new target position for the lens. A motor may be coupled to the lens and respond to the target position received from the control unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet having a fluorine concentration at one surface larger than a fluorine concentration at the other surface, the surfaces being opposite to each other in a thickness direction, in which the following Formula (1) is satisfied and the amount of fluorine contained in the glass is more than 0.23 mol %·?m and 21 mol %·?m or less on a depth-direction profile by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in which a horizontal axis expresses depth and a vertical axis expresses fluorine concentration (mol %). The fluorine concentration is an average fluorine concentration (mol %) by SIMS in the depth of from 1 to 24 ?m. 0.1??F/?H2O??(1) (?F and ?H2O are described in the specification).

Abstract: A glass sheet includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface in a thickness direction. X represented by the following formula (1) is ?0.29<X<0.29: A×?1H/30Si+B×?Na2O+C×?Sn+D×?F=X (1). F0-3 determined according to the following formula (II) is 0.02 or more: F0-3=[average fluorine concentration (wt %) by SIMS at depth of 0 to 3 ?m in first main surface]×3 (II).

Abstract: A glass sheet has one surface and the other surface facing the one surface in a thickness direction, wherein a fluorine concentration (average fluorine concentration by SIMS at a depth of 1 to 24 ?m) in the one surface is higher than that in the other surface. The following expression is satisfied: 0.07??F/?H2O. ?F (mol %) is a value obtained by subtracting an average fluorine concentration in the surface having the lower fluorine concentration from that in the surface having the higher fluorine concentration, and ?H2O (mol %) is an absolute value of a value obtained by subtracting an average H2O concentration in the surface having the higher fluorine concentration from that in the surface having the lower fluorine concentration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a float glass plate that is formed by continuously supplying a molten glass onto a molten metal in a bath and allowing the molten glass to flow on the molten metal, wherein the float glass plate satisfies the following expression (1) when, on a coordinate axis that is parallel to a through-thickness direction and has, as an origin, an arbitrary point on a principal surface which is positioned on the molten metal side in the bath among both principal surfaces of the float glass plate, a water concentration in glass at a coordinate x (?m) indicating a distance from the origin is represented by C(x) (mass ppm), the thickness of the float glass plate is represented by D (?m), a maximum value of the C(x) is represented by Ca (mass ppm), and a coordinate at which the C(x) is maximum is represented by Da (?m). [ Math . ? 1 ] 0.5 < ? 0 Da ? ( Ca - C ? ( x ) ) ? ? x Ca × D × 100 ? 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet having a fluorine concentration at one surface larger than a fluorine concentration at the other surface, the surfaces being opposite to each other in a thickness direction, in which the following Formula (1) is satisfied and the amount of fluorine contained in the glass is more than 0.23 mol %·?m and 21 mol %·?m or less on a depth-direction profile by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in which a horizontal axis expresses depth and a vertical axis expresses fluorine concentration (mol %). The fluorine concentration is an average fluorine concentration (mol %) by SIMS in the depth of from 1 to 24 ?m. 0.1??F/?H2O ??(1) (?F and ?H2O are described in the specification).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet having a fluorine concentration at one surface larger than that at the other surface, in which the following Formula (1) is satisfied and the amount of fluorine contained in the glass is more than 0.23 mol %·?m and 21 mol %·?m or less on a depth-direction profile by SIMS. The fluorine concentration is an average fluorine concentration (mol %) by SIMS in the depth of from 1 to 24 ?m. 1?x??(1) (x is a maximum depth (?m) in which a slope at an arbitrary depth xi (?m) in the fluorine concentration profile by SIMS satisfies the following Formula (2)). [F(xi+0.1)?F(xi)]/0.1=?0.015??(2) (F(xi) represents a fluorine concentration (mol %) by SIMS at the depth xi (?m)).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a float glass containing a step of melting a glass raw material, a step of forming the glass melted by the preceding step into a glass ribbon while floating the glass on a molten metal, and a step of annealing the glass ribbon. In the forming step, a fluid containing a molecule having a fluorine atom is sprayed onto the glass ribbon to control a fluorine amount in the depth of up to 30 ?m in the thickness direction from the upper surface of the glass ribbon to more than 0.23 mol %·?m.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass sheet having an amount of fluorine contained in the glass of more than 0.23 mol %·?m and 21 mol %·?m or less on a depth-direction profile by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) in which a horizontal axis expresses depth and a vertical axis expresses fluorine concentration (mol %). According to the glass sheet of the present invention, warpage after chemical strengthening can be reduced and polishing treatment or the like before the chemical strengthening can be simplified or omitted.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing granules, wherein a component in an exhaust gas discharged from a glass melting furnace can be reused as a raw material for alkali-free glass, and a heating and drying step is not required for the reuse. Exhaust gas G1 formed in a process for melting a raw material of glass containing a boron component is brought in contact with contacting liquids L1 and L2 to obtain treated liquids S1, S2 and S3 having the boron component in the exhaust gas G1 dissolved therein; magnesium hydroxide is added to the mixture of the treated liquids in a treated liquid tank 14 to obtain a liquid containing a boron component and a magnesium component; by using the liquid, a granulation liquid is prepared; and in the presence of the granulation liquid, a raw material mixture for producing alkali-free borosilicate glass is granulated to produce granules.

Abstract: A transparent member includes a plate having a first surface, and a second surface provided on an opposite side from the first surface. The first surface includes one or a plurality of troughs formed on the first surface, and the first surface contains fluorine atoms.

Abstract: A glass sheet has one surface and the other surface facing the one surface in a thickness direction, wherein a fluorine concentration (average fluorine concentration by SIMS at a depth of 1 to 24 ?m) in the one surface is higher than that in the other surface. The following expression is satisfied: 0.07??F/?H2O. ?F (mol %) is a value obtained by subtracting an average fluorine concentration in the surface having the lower fluorine concentration from that in the surface having the higher fluorine concentration, and ?H2O (mol %) is an absolute value of a value obtained by subtracting an average H2O concentration in the surface having the higher fluorine concentration from that in the surface having the lower fluorine concentration.

Abstract: A glass sheet includes 4 mol % or more of Al2O3. In the glass sheet, a surface Na2O amount in one surface of the glass sheet is lower than the surface Na2O amount in the other surface of the glass sheet by 0.2 mass % to 1.2 mass %.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a float glass plate that is formed by continuously supplying a molten glass onto a molten metal in a bath and allowing the molten glass to flow on the molten metal, wherein the float glass plate satisfies the following expression (1) when, on a coordinate axis that is parallel to a through-thickness direction and has, as an origin, an arbitrary point on a principal surface which is positioned on the molten metal side in the bath among both principal surfaces of the float glass plate, a water concentration in glass at a coordinate x (?m) indicating a distance from the origin is represented by C(x) (mass ppm), the thickness of the float glass plate is represented by D (?m), a maximum value of the C(x) is represented by Ca (mass ppm), and a coordinate at which the C(x) is maximum is represented by Da (?m). [ Math . ? 1 ] 0.5 < ? 0 Da ? ( Ca - C ? ( x ) ) ? ? x Ca × D × 100 ? 2.

Abstract: To provide a process for producing granules, wherein a component in an exhaust gas discharged from a glass melting furnace can be reused as a raw material for alkali-free glass, and a heating and drying step is not required for the reuse. Exhaust gas G1 formed in a process for melting a raw material of glass containing a boron component is brought in contact with contacting liquids L1 and L2 to obtain treated liquids S1, S2 and S3 having the boron component in the exhaust gas G1 dissolved therein; magnesium hydroxide is added to the mixture of the treated liquids in a treated liquid tank 14 to obtain a liquid containing a boron component and a magnesium component; by using the liquid, a granulation liquid is prepared; and in the presence of the granulation liquid, a raw material mixture for producing alkali-free borosilicate glass is granulated to produce granules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a float glass manufactured by causing a molten glass continuously supplied onto a molten tin in a bath to flow on the molten tin toward an outlet of the bath, in which the float glass satisfies the following formula (1). According to the present invention, a high-quality float glass and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. [ Math . ? 1 ] ? 0 Da ? ( Ca - C ? ( x ) ) ? ? ? x Ca × D × 100 ? 0.

Abstract: To provide a method whereby it is possible to produce an alkali-free glass having little bubbles therein and excellent in homogeneity and flatness. A method for producing an alkali-free glass, which comprises melting a glass raw material containing a silicon source, followed by forming, wherein as the silicon source, a silica sand is used which has a median particle diameter D50 of from 20 ?m to 80 ?m and which contains particles having a particle diameter of at most 2 ?m at a ratio of at most 0.3 vol % and particles having a particle diameter of at least 100 ?m at a ratio of at most 2.5 vol %.