Asymmetrically strengthened glass articles, methods for producing the same, and use of the articles in portable electronic device is disclosed. Using a budgeted amount of compressive stress and tensile stress, asymmetric chemical strengthening is optimized for the utility of a glass article. In some aspects, the strengthened glass article can be designed for reduced damage, or damage propagation, when dropped.

Coated glass-based articles and methods of manufacture disclosed. An article comprises a chemically strengthened glass-based core substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a chemically strengthened glass-based first cladding substrate having a third surface directly bonded to the first surface to provide a first core-cladding interface and a chemically strengthened glass-based second cladding substrate having a fourth surface directly bonded to the second surface to provide a second core-cladding interface, wherein the core substrate is bonded to the first cladding substrate and the second cladding substrate, and there is a coating on the first cladding substrate.

Coated glass-based articles and methods of manufacture disclosed. An article comprises a chemically strengthened glass-based core substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a chemically strengthened glass-based first cladding substrate having a third surface directly bonded to the first surface to provide a first core-cladding interface and a chemically strengthened glass-based second cladding substrate having a fourth surface directly bonded to the second surface to provide a second core-cladding interface, wherein the core substrate is bonded to the first cladding substrate and the second cladding substrate, and there is a coating on the first cladding substrate.

A method of inkjet printing a gradient dielectric element in a deposition and photo-polymerization process. The method comprises: providing a plurality of complex-dielectric-inks that are inkjet printable including a nanocomposite-ink with an organic-matrix and a nanoparticle filler dispersed within. The plurality of complex-dielectric-inks have a first complex-dielectric-ink having a first photoinitiator and a second complex-dielectric-ink with a second photoinitiator. The first and second complex-dielectric-ink have different wavelength selective photo-polymerization absorption bands such that spectrally discrete exposure results in different degrees of polymerization of the first and second complex-dielectric-ink. The method further comprises providing an optical source to polymerize the complex-dielectric-inks, depositing droplets of the plurality of complex-dielectric-ink and curing the plurality of complex-dielectric-inks, wherein deposition of the plurality of layers result in a volumetric nanoparticle concentration gradient.

The present invention relates to a curable composition, providing, upon curing, an abrasion-resistant, transparent, antistatic coating, comprising carbon nanotubes and a binder comprising at least one epoxysilane compound, preferably an epoxyalkoxysilane, and optionally fillers such as nanoparticles of non electrically conductive oxides and/or additional binder components such as tetraethoxysilane. The invention further relates to optical articles comprising a substrate, and, starting from the substrate, an abrasion- and/or scratch-resistant coating, and an antistatic coating formed by depositing directly onto said abrasion- and/or scratch-resistant coating the above referred curable composition. The obtained optical articles exhibit antistatic properties, high optical transparency with about 91-92% of transmittance, low haze and improved abrasion resistance.

The present invention provides an organic-inorganic composite resin, which is derived from: (A) an inorganic portion comprising (a.sub.1) one or more siloxane monomers of formula (R.sup.1).sub.nSi(OR.sup.2).sub.4-n, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and n are as defined in the specification; (a.sub.2) an acidic catalyst, (a.sub.3) silica, and (a.sub.4) a siloxane oligomer; and (B) an organic portion comprising (b.sub.1) one ore more acrylic monomers; wherein the weight ratio of the inorganic portion to the organic portion ranges from 2:8 to 8:2. The present invention also provides a coating composition comprising the aforementioned organic-inorganic composite resin and a hardener. The present invention further provides a reinforced substrate coated with the aforementioned coating composition.

A layered structure for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) device, the layered structure including a light-transmissive substrate and an internal extraction layer formed on one side of the light-transmissive substrate, in which the internal extraction layer includes (1) a scattering area containing scattering elements composed of solid particles and pores, the solid particles having a density that decreases as it goes away from the interface with the light-transmissive substrate, and the pores having a density that increases as it goes away from the interface with the light-transmissive substrate, and (2) a free area where no scattering elements are present, formed from the surface of the internal extraction layer, which is opposite to the interface, to a predetermined depth.

A nanocomposite solid material includes nanoparticles of a metal coordination polymer with CN ligands comprising M.sup.n+ cations, in which M is a transition metal and n is 2 or 3; and anions [M′(CN).sub.m].sup.x− in which M′ is a transition metal, x is 3 or 4, and m is 6 or 8. The M.sup.n+ cations of the coordination polymer are bound through an organometallic bond to an organic group of an organic graft chemically attached inside the pores of a support made of porous glass. The material can be used in a method for fixing (binding) a mineral pollutant, such as radioactive cesium, contained in a solution by bringing the solution in contact with the nanocomposite solid material.

Glass compositions and high-modulus, and high-strength glass fibers made therefrom, being capable of economical, continuous processing and suitable for the production of high-strength and/or high stiffness, low-weight composites, such as windturbine blades, the glass composition comprises the following constituents in the limits defined below, expressed as weight percentages: between about 56 to about 61 weight percent SiO.sub.2; between about 16 to about 23 weight percent Al.sub.2O.sub.3, wherein the weight percent ratio of SiO.sub.2/Al.sub.2O.sub.3 is between about 2 to about 4; between about 8 to about 12 weight percent MgO; between about 6 to about 10 weight percent CaO, wherein the weight percent ratio of MgO/CaO is between about 0.7 to about 1.5; between about 0 to about 2 weight percent Na.sub.2O; less than about 1 weight percent Li.sub.2O; and total residual transition metal oxides of less than about 2 weight percent.

There are provided a liquid composition capable of forming a coating film securing colorless transparency, being excellent in weather resistance, suppressing occurrence of bleedout, and having sufficiently ultraviolet absorbing function and the infrared absorbing function, and a glass article having a coating film formed by this composition. A liquid composition for forming a coating film contains an infrared absorbent selected from a tin-doped indium oxide, an antimony-doped tin oxide, and a composite tungsten oxide; an ultraviolet absorbent selected from a benzophenone-based compound, a triazine-based compound, and a benzotriazole-based compound; predetermined amount of a dispersing agent having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000; predetermined amount of a chelating agent relative forming a complex with the infrared absorbent and having a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000, the complex exhibiting substantially no absorption with respect to light having a visible wavelength; a binder component; and a liquid medium.