Abstract: A glass element having a thickness from 25 ?m to 125 ?m, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress GI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing neutral color antireflective glass substrates by ion implantation, the method including ionizing a N2 source gas so as to form a mixture of single charge and multicharge ions of N, forming a beam of single charge and multicharge ions of N by accelerating with an acceleration voltage A between 20 kV and 25 kV and setting the ion dosage at a value between 6×1016 ions/cm2 and ?5.00×1015×A/kV+2.00×1017 ions/cm2. A neutral color antireflective glass substrates including an area treated by ion implantation with a mixture of simple charge and multicharge ions according to the method.

Abstract: A multi-layer conductive coating is substantially transparent to visible light, contains at least one conductive layer comprising silver that is sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers, and may be used as an electrode and/or conductive trace in a capacitive touch panel. The multi-layer conductive coating may contain a dielectric layer of or including zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO2) and/or silicon nitride, and may be used in applications such as capacitive touch panels for controlling showers, appliances, vending machines, electronics, electronic devices, and/or the like. The coating may have increased resistivity, and thus reduced conductivity, compared to pure silver layers of certain coatings, in order to allow the silver-based coating to be more suitable for use as touch panel electrode(s).

Abstract: A method for the joining of ceramic pieces with a hermetically sealed joint comprising brazing a layer of joining material between the two pieces. The ceramic pieces may be aluminum nitride or other ceramics, and the pieces may be brazed with a high purity silicon or a silicon alloy under controlled atmosphere. The joint material is adapted to later withstand both the environments within a process chamber during substrate processing, and the oxygenated atmosphere which may be seen within the interior of a heater or electrostatic chuck.

Abstract: The invention relates to a head-up display device for representing information in a field of view of an observer. The head-up display device comprises at least one projection device, a deflection device which comprises at least one deflection element at which incident light beams are deflected, a sensor device, and a control device. The sensor device is used for detecting data of at least one test beam which is incident on the deflection device. The control device is used for determining at least one aberration caused by the deflection device and for determining at least one correction signal in real time.

Abstract: Provided is an interlayer film for laminated glass with which both the reflected double images and the transmitted double images can be suppressed in the laminated glass.

Abstract: A negative-temperature-coefficient thermistor component includes a core. Surfaces of the core are partially covered with a first insulating layer. Surfaces of the core are partially covered with a second insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer overlap each other on a first side surface and a second side surface, each of which is one of the surfaces of the core.

Abstract: Systems and methods for texturing substrates (e.g., glass, metal, and the like) and the textured substrates produced using such systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary textured substrate includes a surface having a portion with a root-mean-square roughness between 40 to 1000 microns and an autocorrelation function greater than 0.5 for distances less than 50 microns. An exemplary system for texturing a substrate includes a plunger with a textured surface, where a portion of the textured surface has a root-mean-square roughness between 40 to 1000 microns and an autocorrelation function greater than 0.5 for distances less than 50 microns. An exemplary method for texturing a substrate includes the steps of generating a pattern defining a texture, and 3-D printing the pattern on the substrate to form the texture.

Abstract: A device comprising: a portion of semiconductor; a portion of superconductor arranged to a enable a topological phase having a topological gap to be induced in a region of the semiconductor by proximity effect; and a portion of a non-magnetic material comprising an element with atomic number Z greater than or equal to 26, arranged to increase the topological gap in the topological region of the semiconductor.

Abstract: A heat ray shielding fine particle dispersion body and a heat ray shielding laminated transparent substrate that as well as exhibit heat ray shielding properties and suppressing a scorching sensation on the skin when used in structures such as window materials and the like, also enable usage of communication devices, imaging devices, sensors and the like that use near-infrared light interposing the heat ray shielding film or the heat ray shielding glass, containing a transparent thermoplastic resin, and wherein heat ray shielding fine particles are dispersed in the transparent thermoplastic resin, the heat ray shielding fine particles having elements L, M, tungsten, and oxygen, and a hexagonal crystal structure represented by a general formula (LAMB) WCOD, wherein the element L is an element selected from K, Rb, Cs, and the element M is one or more elements selected from K, Rb, and Cs and is different from the element L.

Abstract: In at least one example, a composition for surface activation of an aerospace vehicle consists essentially of an organic solvent present in an amount from about 95 to about 99.5 volume percent, a transition metal alkoxide present in an amount from about 0.5 to about 5 volume percent, and a water content in an amount from about 0 to about 5 volume percent. In at least one example, a method of sealing a surface of an aerospace vehicle includes applying the composition to a surface of an aerospace vehicle. The composition applied to the surface is dried to form a transition metal oxide from the transition metal alkoxide. Excess of the transition metal oxide is removed from the surface. A sealant is applied over a remaining layer of the transition metal oxide on the surface.

Abstract: A glazing article, includes a substrate made of glass or made of organic substance, on the surface of which are deposited a layer or a stack of layers conferring, on the article, a functionality, in particular solar protection, thermal insulation or anticondensation properties, with a total thickness of between 5 nanometers and 400 nanometers, an organic film covering the layer or the stack of layers, the thickness of the polymer film being between 300 nanometers and 10 micrometers, wherein a texturing element is present under the layer or the stack of layers, the roughness of the surface of the texturing element being such that: the arithmetic mean deviation Ra is between 50 nm and 2 micrometers, limits included, the base length RSm is between 5 micrometers and 300 micrometers, limits included.

Abstract: A method for generating alkali metal in a zero oxidation state includes reacting an alkali metal compound having a —S-M substituent, where M is an alkali metal and S is sulfur, with gold in a zero oxidation state to release the alkali metal in the zero oxidation state. For example, an alkali metal alkylthiolate can be reacted with a gold in a zero oxidation state to release the alkali metal in the zero oxidation state. As another example, an alkali metal sulfide can be reacted with gold in a zero oxidation state to release the alkali metal in the zero oxidation state. The alkali metal may be used in various applications including vapor cells, magnetometers, and magnetic field measurement systems.

Abstract: A strengthened glass container or vessel such as, but not limited to, vials for holding pharmaceutical products or vaccines in a hermetic and/or sterile state. The strengthened glass container undergoes a strengthening process that produces compression at the surface and tension within the container wall. The strengthening process is designed such that the tension within the wall is great enough to ensure catastrophic failure of the container, thus rendering the product unusable, should sterility be compromised by a through-wall crack. The tension is greater than a threshold central tension, above which catastrophic failure of the container is guaranteed, thus eliminating any potential for violation of pharmaceutical integrity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ultraviolet-shielding glass sheet including a glass composition based on soda-lime glass, the glass composition containing iron oxide and TiO2 as coloring components. The glass sheet has a thickness of 1 to 5 mm, and an ultraviolet transmittance (Tuv 380) as determined at the thickness according to ISO 9050:1990 is 1.5% or less.

Abstract: There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which discoloration in the colored part can be suppressed. An interlayer film (1) for laminated glass according to the present invention has a colored part (X) that is colored in plan view, and a non-colored part (Y) that is not colored in plan view; the interlayer film does not contain or contains a light stabilizer in the colored part; the interlayer film contains a light stabilizer in the non-colored part; and a content of the light stabilizer in the entire non-colored part is larger than a content of the light stabilizer in the entire colored part.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing antireflective glass substrates by ion implantation, comprising selecting a source gas of N2, or O2, ionizing the source gas so as to form a mixture of single charge and multicharge ions of N, or O, forming a beam of single charge and multicharge ions of N, or O by accelerating with an acceleration voltage A between 13 kV and 40 kV and setting the ion dosage at a value between 5.56×1014×A/kV+4.78×1016 ions/cm2 and ?2.22×1016×A/kV+1.09×1018 ions/cm2, as well as antireflective glass substrates comprising an area treated by ion implantation with a mixture of simple charge and multicharge ions according to this method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are graphene coatings characterized by a porous, three-dimensional, spherical structure having a hollow core, along with methods for forming such graphene coatings on glasses, glass-ceramics, ceramics, and crystalline materials. Such coatings can be further coated with organic or inorganic layers and are useful in chemical and electronic applications.

Abstract: A laminated glass article includes a glass core layer having a core modulus Ecore and a glass cladding layer adjacent to the core layer and having a cladding modulus Eclad. Eclad can be at least 5 GPa less than Ecore. A modulus ratio Ecore/Eclad can be at least 1.08. The cladding layer can have a compressive stress resulting from a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) contrast between the core layer and the cladding layer and/or subjecting the laminated glass article to an ion exchange treatment to form an ion exchanged region at an outer surface of the cladding layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a thin film on a substrate which includes a step of reacting a precursor compound with a Lewis base. The precursor compound has a transition metal and one or more alkyl-1,3-diazabutadiene ligands is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glass sheet having a good property of blocking transmission of ultraviolet light, having a low to moderate visible transmittance, being relatively thin, being capable of substantially blocking transmission of solar ultraviolet light, and also having a good solar shielding property. The glass sheet of the present invention has a thickness of 1 to 5 mm, a Tuv 380 of 1.5% or less, a Tuv 400 of 2.5% or less, a visible transmittance (YA) of 5 to 40%, and a solar transmittance (TG) of 5 to 45%, and is formed from a glass composition, wherein the glass composition includes: 1.0 to 5.0 wt % T-Fe2O3; 1.0 to 5.0 wt % TiO2; and 50 to 600 wt. ppm CoO as coloring components in addition to predetermined base composition, a FeO ratio is 5 to 40%, and the sum of T-Fe2O3 multiplied by 2 and TiO2 is 7.0% or more.

Abstract: A glass article is provided having from greater than or equal to about 40 mol % to less than or equal to about 68 mol % SiO2, less than or equal to about 11 mol % Al2O3, an R2O:R?O molar ratio of from greater than or equal to about 1:1 to less than or equal to about 2:1, and an MgO:CaO molar ratio of from greater than or equal to about 0.6:1 to less than or equal to about 1.8:1. The class article may also include a compressive stress layer on at least one surface thereof, the compressive stress layer having a compressive stress that is greater than or equal to about 800 MPa, and a depth that is greater than or equal to about 20 ?m.

Abstract: Partially transparent devices and methods that reduce actual and/or perceived glare by incorporating absorbing materials are described. Actual and/or perceived glare can be reduced by multi-path absorption in the device. Perceived glare is further reduced by accounting for the psychophysics of human visual perception as a function of wavelength, orientation, and field illuminance.

Abstract: The present application discloses forming self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) by exposing the substrate at least twice to SAM precursors with intervening cooling of a substrate.

Abstract: A first object of the invention is to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass which has excellent sound insulating properties and heat shielding properties, and a laminated glass using the same. Further, a second object of the invention is to provide an interlayer film for laminated glass capable of maintaining the sound insulating properties, weather resistance, and heat creep resistance at a high level even if the thickness is reduced, and a laminated glass using the same. The invention relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass, including at least one layer A containing a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein a laminated glass in which the interlayer film for laminated glass is disposed between two clear glasses with the total thickness of the clear glasses being 4 mm or less has a visible light transmittance of 70% or more and an average transmittance of infrared light in the wavelength range of 800 to 1,100 nm of 72% or less.

Abstract: A thermistor element includes an element body made of ceramic and including first and second end surfaces opposite to each other and a peripheral surface located between the first end surface and the second end surface, first and second external electrodes respectively covering the first and second end surfaces and portion of the peripheral surface adjacent to the respective first and second end surfaces. The first and second external electrodes include electrode layers including an underlayer and a metal plating layer, the underlayer of the first external electrode includes, adjacent to or in a vicinity of the second external electrode, two second external electrode side corner portions that are thin and adjacent to each other, and the underlayer of the second external electrode includes, adjacent to or in a vicinity of the first external electrode, two first external electrode side corner portions that are thin and adjacent to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a milling block (1) for producing partial or total prostheses, comprising a prosthesis base (3) to be processed according to the shape of the jaw, on which synthetically moulded teeth (5), preferably a full set of teeth, are provided, a milling block system consisting of a first milling block for the upper set of teeth and a second milling block for the lower set of teeth, and a method for producing partial or total prostheses.

Abstract: An article comprises a body having a coating. The coating comprising a eutectic system having a super-lattice of a first fluoride and a second fluoride. The coating includes a glaze on a surface of the coating, the glaze comprising the eutectic system having the super-lattice of the first fluoride and the second fluoride.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a kind of machinable glass ceramic which can be chemically toughened. The machinable and chemically toughenable glass ceramic, which comprises, as represented by weight percentage based on the following compositions, 25-75 wt % of SiO2, 6-30 wt % of Al2O3, 0.1-30 wt % of Na2O, 0-15 wt % of K2O, 0-30 wt % of B2O3, 4-35 wt % of MgO, 0-4 wt % of CaO, 1-20 wt % of F, 0-10 wt % of ZrO2, 0.1-10 wt % of P2O5, 0-1 wt % of CeO2 and 0-1 wt % of SnO2, wherein P2O5+Na2O>3 wt %, and Al2O3+Na2O+P2O5>17 wt %. Mica crystalline phase can be formed in the glass ceramic and the glass ceramic can be chemically toughened by one step, two steps or multiple steps with depth of K-ion layer of at least 15 ?m and surface compress stress of at least 300 MPa. The profile on depth of the ion exchange layer follows the complementary error function. Hardness can be improved by at least 20% after chemical toughening. The dimension deviation ratio is less than 0.06% by ion-exchanging.

Abstract: A low-E coating has good color stability (a low ?E* value) upon heat treatment (HT). The provision of an as-deposited crystalline or substantially crystalline layer of or including zinc oxide, doped with at least one dopant (e.g., Sn), immediately under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver in a low-E coating has effect of significantly improving the coating's thermal stability (i.e., lowering the ?E* value). One or more such crystalline, or substantially crystalline, layers may be provided under one or more corresponding IR reflecting layers comprising silver.

Abstract: A low-E coating has good color stability (a low ?E* value) upon heat treatment (HT). Thermal stability may be improved by the provision of an as-deposited crystalline or substantially crystalline layer of or including zinc oxide, doped with at least one dopant (e.g., Sn), immediately under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver; and/or by the provision of at least one dielectric layer of or including at least one of: (a) an oxide of silicon and zirconium, (b) an oxide of zirconium, and (c) an oxide of silicon. These have the effect of significantly improving the coating's thermal stability (i.e., lowering the ?E* value).

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an improved, surface-treated copper foil that is resistant to rusting and discoloration. More specifically, the surface-treated copper foil is chromium-free and includes: (a) a copper foil; optionally, (b) a barrier layer on one or both sides of the copper foil, the barrier layer comprising Ni, Zn, Co, Mn, Sn or a mixture thereof; and (c) an organic layer coupled to the one or both sides of the copper foil or one or both barrier layer(s), wherein the sum total of the N, S, and Si elements of the organic layer is more than 5 normalized atomic %.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes carbon-carbon composite articles having oxidation protection coatings for limiting thermal and catalytic oxidation reactions and methods for applying oxidation protection coatings to carbon-carbon composite articles.

Abstract: A laminated glass for vehicle with an inner mirror mounted to an opening of a vehicle body includes a laminated glass including a vehicle outside glass plate, and a vehicle inside glass plate bonded to the vehicle outside glass plate via an intermediate film; and an inner mirror mounted to the laminated glass via a mirror base. A plate thickness of the vehicle inside glass plate is less than a plate thickness of the vehicle outside glass plate, and is 1.3 mm or less. The vehicle inside glass plate has a cutout portion in at least a part of an upper edge. The mirror base is mounted to a vehicle interior surface of the vehicle outside glass plate through the cutout portion of the vehicle inside glass plate.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interlayer film for laminated glass comprising: (a) polyvinyl butyral (PVB) resin having an average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) from about 175,000 to about 210,000 Dalton; and (b) about 30 to about 50 parts per hundred (pph) of a plasticizer. The interlayer film interposed between two glass sheets forms laminated glass having a pummel adhesion value that is greater in an outer area of the laminated glass than in a middle area of the laminated glass after the laminated glass has been maintained at 50° C. and 95% relative humidity (RH) for 28 days. The laminated glass exhibits improved durability and does not delaminate over time, even in the presence of high temperature and humidity conditions.

Abstract: A front quarter glass includes a window plate, a frame-like black ceramic layer on a peripheral portion of an interior side surface, and an anti-fogging film provided in a region excluding an entire peripheral portion of the window plate. A boundary is between the regions where the anti-fogging film is provided and not provided, has no perspective distortion, and has a boundary line of 10-200 ?m that is visually recognized by scattering of incoming light. An outer periphery of the anti-fogging film is located is located 8 mm (0.31 inch) inside from an inner periphery of the black ceramic layer in a first region. The first region is to less than 50% of an entire inner periphery including a lower front portion. The outer periphery of the anti-fogging film is located 8-35 mm (0.31-1.38 inches) inside the inner periphery of the black ceramic layer in a second region excluding the first region.

Abstract: Provided is an ultraviolet-radiation absorbing glass product, characterized by: having a transmittance of ultraviolet radiation (TUV), as specified by ISO 9050: 2003, of 2% or less at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm, and transmittance of visible light (TVA) of 8 to 28% inclusive, based on the Standard Illuminant A at a plate thickness of 3.5 mm; and the color of the glass, as denoted by the chromaticity coordinates x, y in the XYZ color coordinate system based on a 2-degree visual field of the Standard Illuminant C as specified by JIS Z8701: 1999, satisfying the following expressions (1) and (2). (1) y??0.735×x+0.544 (2) y?1.389×x?0.

Abstract: A method for making low emissivity panels, including control the composition of a barrier layer formed on a thin conductive silver layer. The barrier structure can include a ternary alloy of nickel, titanium, and niobium, which showed improvements in overall performance than those from binary barrier results. The percentage of nickel can be between 5 and 15 wt %. The percentage of titanium can be between 30 and 50 wt %. The percentage of niobium can be between 40 and 60 wt %.

Abstract: A composite stack may include a first substrate layer, a functional layer that includes silver, a first blocker layer that includes a corrosion resistant material and a second blocker layer that includes a blocker material selected from any one of Ti, Ni, Cr, Cu, Al, Mg, NiCr, or alloys thereof. The second blocker layer may be adjacent to the first blocker layer. The composite stack may further have a VLT of at least about 50% and a TSER of at least about 30%. The composite stack may also or in the alternative have an emissivity of not greater than about 20%.

Abstract: An infrared anti-reflection film structure, an anti-reflection film layer, including a material of zinc oxide, comprising a top anti-reflection film layer and a bottom anti-reflection film layer, wherein the top anti-reflection film layer is disposed on a top side of the base material and the bottom anti-reflection film layer is disposed on a bottom side of the base material; and the base material is manufactured by a floating zone crystal growth method. Through the silicon base material manufactured by the high purity crystal growth method, the silicon base material replaces germanium as the high refractive index material and base material. And coating the anti-reflection film layer on the surface of the silicon base material, so as to apply the infrared anti-reflection film structure to the thermal imaging technology.

Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body, a thin film layer disposed to cover a pair of end surfaces and four side surfaces, a first external electrode and a second external electrode, and internal conductors, wherein each of the first external electrode and the second external electrode has first electrode layers disposed on the thin film layer and electrically connected to the internal conductors, and second electrode layers disposed to cover the first electrode layers, and a thermal conductivity of the second electrode layers is lower than a thermal conductivity of the first electrode layers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a conductive paste and a method for producing solar cell by using the same. The conductive paste comprises at least silver powders and a composite glass frit comprising a first type of glass frit containing lead oxides and silicon oxides and a second type of glass frit containing tellurium oxides and zinc oxides wherein the first type of glass frit and the second type of glass frit are in a weight ratio of 93:7 to 44:56.

Abstract: Partially transparent devices and methods that reduce actual and/or perceived glare by incorporating absorbing materials are described. Actual and/or perceived glare can be reduced by multi-path absorption in the device. Perceived glare is further reduced by accounting for the psychophysics of human visual perception as a function of wavelength, orientation, and field illuminance.

Abstract: A vacuum heat insulator includes inner box (403), external plate (401), and gas barrier container (402). Gas barrier container (402) includes core material (423), first member (421) that has a box shape including a first opening portion, and second member (422) that tightly closes the first opening portion. Core material (423) is disposed inside first member (421). Inner box (403) includes a second opening portion. Gas barrier container (402) is disposed inside inner box (403). The second opening portion is closed by external plate (401). First member (421) has such a shape that an outer face of first member (421) fits with an inner face of inner box (403).

Abstract: A multi-layer conductive coating is substantially transparent to visible light, contains at least one conductive layer comprising silver that is sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers, and may be used as an electrode and/or conductive trace in a capacitive touch panel. The multi-layer conductive coating may contain a dielectric layer(s), and may be used in applications such as capacitive touch panels for controlling showers, appliances, vending machines, electronics, electronic devices, and/or the like. In certain example embodiments, different electrodes of the touch panel may be formed by different silver based layers of the same or different multi-layer coatings. In patterning the electrodes, different laser scribing wavelengths may be used to pattern different respective silver based layers, of the same or different multi-layer coating(s), in certain example embodiments.

Abstract: The present specification relates to a conductive structure body and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are glass-based articles having a first surface having an edge, wherein a maximum optical retardation of the first surface is at the edge and the maximum optical retardation is less than or equal to about 40 nm and wherein the optical retardation decreases from the edge toward a central region of the first surface, the central region having a boundary defined by a distance from the edge toward a center point of the first surface, wherein the distance is ½ of the shortest distance from the edge to the center point.

Abstract: Embodiments include a system and method for applying a masking material to a glass unit. In an embodiment, the method can include applying a masking material to a roller, cutting the masking material on the roller, and transferring the masking material from the roller to a glass unit. Other embodiments are also included herein.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass capable of exhibiting high deaeration properties even in a nip roll method and hardly forming air bubbles to enable the production of a highly visible laminated glass, and a laminated glass including the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass, having a large number of recesses and a large number of projections on at least one surface, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom and being regularly adjacent to each other in parallel with one another, the recesses each having a groove shape with a continuous bottom having a ratio (R/Sm×100) of a radius of rotation R of the bottom to an interval Sm between the recesses of 15% or higher.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising applying a first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure, forming a sealing slurry comprising at least one of acid aluminum phosphate or orthophosphoric acid, applying the sealing slurry to the base layer, and heating the composite structure to a second temperature sufficient to form a sealing layer on the base layer.