Antireflective nanoparticle coatings and methods of forming the coatings on substrates are disclosed. One method for forming an antireflective coating includes depositing a nanoparticle coating layer on a substrate, wherein the nanoparticle coating layer includes a colloidal solution of nanoparticles and a solidifying material. The solidifying material includes a silica precursor. The method further includes curing the solidifying material to form silica inter-particle connections between adjacent nanoparticles and between at least some of the nanoparticles and the substrate to bind the nanoparticles to each other and to the substrate to form the antireflective coating.

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.

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.

Compositions and methods for improved materials and material laminates with graphitic or inorganic/organic nanomaterials are presented. Graphitic or inorganic/organic nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes, carbon nanofibers, graphenes or graphene oxides, are introduced into an aqueous composition as fillers to provide a graphitic or inorganic/organic nanocomposite. Such composition may be used as laminates to improve adhesion between a film and a layer of material or between layers of materials and to increase not only strength properties, but also to provide other desired properties such as electronic properties, UV absorbing/blocking, optical-limiting, anti-reflective, fire-retardant, conducting, anti-microbial properties or pigmentation to say material. By tailoring the composite formulations with multiple graphitic or organic/inorganic nanomaterials, the resulting materials laminates become multifunctional and can be used for a variety of applications.

A glazing, which may be translucent, includes at least one design, which may be transparent. The glazing includes a substrate having two main outer surfaces, at least one of which is a textured surface, made of a dielectric material having a refractive index n1 and at least a part of the textured surface of the substrate is coated with a sol-gel layer made of a dielectric material having a refractive index n2.

An interlayer film for laminated glass of the present invention comprises at least an absorption region in which a skin absorption energy rate (X1) of a laminated glass is 25% or less, provided that the laminated glass is produced using two clear glass plates having a solar transmittance of 87.3% based on JIS R 3106.

A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic glass composition is described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for preparing a glass composition, including heating a borosilicate glass comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide to form a phase-separated glass comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains. The method includes removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated glass and depositing a hydrophobic silane to provide a porous glass having a hydrophobic silane layer disposed on a portion of the surface thereof, a total pore volume of 15-50 vol. %, and an average pore diameter of 20-300 nm. The method includes, within at least a portion of the volume of the porous glass, forming an aerogel precursor, and converting at least a portion of the aerogel precursor to an aerogel.

Provided is a transparent substrate with a coating film having excellent ultraviolet absorbing ability and scratch resistance while maintaining visible light transmittance at high level. The transparent substrate with the coating film includes a transparent substrate, and a coating film formed at least at a part of a surface of the transparent substrate. The coating film contains a silicon oxide matrix and a specific ultraviolet absorbent, and has a thickness of 3 to 10 μm. The transparent substrate with the coating film has a transmittance of light with a wavelength of 400 nm of 10% or less, and a visible light transmittance of 50% or more, no scratch is visually recognized by a specific scratch resistance test for surface of the coating film, and a value where YI of the transparent substrate is subtracted from YI of the transparent substrate with the coating film is 10 or less.

A glass or ceramic dishware item with an image disposed thereon is provided. The image is transferred, at ambient temperature, to the surface of the dishware from an ink composite by using a silicone transfer substrate. The ink composite is dispensed by an inkjet head. Methods and systems for producing ink composites and dishware using ink composites are also provided.

The invention relates to an article comprising a substrate having at least one main surface coated with a layer L of a material M obtained by vacuum deposition, by co-evaporation, of at least one metallic compound A chosen from alkaline-earth metal fluorides and of at least one organic compound B, the material M having a refractive index at the wavelength of 632.8 nm ranging from 1.38 to 1.47. According to the invention: the organic compound B comprises an organosilicon compound or a mixture of organosilicon compounds; and the deposition of the compound B, in gaseous form, is carried out in the presence of an ion bombardment.