A substrate is coated on one face with a thin-films stack having reflection properties in the infrared and/or in solar radiation including a single metallic functional layer, based on silver or on a metal alloy containing silver, and two antireflection coatings. The coatings each include at least one dielectric layer. The functional layer is positioned between the two antireflection coatings. At least one of the antireflection coatings includes an intermediate layer including zinc oxide Zn.sub.1O.sub.1+x with 0.05<x<0.3 and having a physical thickness of between 0.5 nm and 20 nm, or between 2.5 nm and 10 nm.

A process for obtaining an item including a substrate made of glass or glass ceramic coated on at least one portion of at least one of its faces with a stack of thin-layers including no silver layers and including at least one thin layer of a transparent electrically conductive oxide, the process including: a step of depositing the stack, in which step the thin layer of a transparent electrically conductive oxide and at least one thin homogenizing layer are deposited, the thin homogenizing layer being a metal layer or a layer based on a metal nitride other than aluminum nitride, or a layer based on metal carbide; then a heat treatment step in which the stack is exposed to radiation.

A dielectric mirror includes a coating having alternating high and low index layers. The mirror coating has no metallic reflective layer of Al or Ag in certain example embodiments, and may have film side and/or glass side visible reflection of from about 50-90% (more preferably from about 60-80% and most preferably from about 65-75%) and visible transmission of from about 10-50% (more preferably from about 10-40% or 20-40%) in certain example embodiments.

A dielectric mirror includes a coating having alternating high and low index layers. The mirror coating has no metallic reflective layer of Al or Ag in certain example embodiments, and may have film side and/or glass side visible reflection of from about 50-90% (more preferably from about 60-80% and most preferably from about 65-75%) and visible transmission of from about 10-50% (more preferably from about 10-40% or 20-40%) in certain example embodiments.

A dielectric mirror includes a coating having alternating high and low index layers. The mirror coating has no metallic reflective layer, and may have film side and/or glass side visible reflection of from about 50-90% (more preferably from about 60-80% and most preferably from about 65-75%) and visible transmission of from about 10-50% (more preferably from about 20-40%, and most preferably from about 25-35%).

The invention provides a glass sheet or another transparent substrate on which there is provided a static-dissipative coating. The static-dissipative coating includes a film comprising titania. The film comprising titania preferably is exposed so as to define an outermost face of the static-dissipative coating. The static-dissipative coating is characterized by an indoor dust collection factor of less than 0.145.

Certain example embodiments relate to a layer of or including Ti.sub.1-xSi.sub.xO.sub.y and/or a method of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the Ti.sub.1-xSi.sub.xO.sub.y-based layer may be substoichiometric with respect to oxygen. In certain example embodiments of this invention, the layer may include Ti.sub.1-xSi.sub.xO.sub.y where x is from about 0.05 to 0.95 (more preferably from about 0.1 to 0.9, and even more preferably from about 0.2 to 0.8, and possibly from about 0.5 to 0.8) and y is from about 0.2 to 2 (more preferably from about 1 to 2, and even more preferably from about 1.5 to 2, and possibly from about 1.9 to 2). The layer may have an index of refraction of from about 1.6 to 1.9. The layer may also be used with a transparent conductive oxide in a transparent conductive coating.

A glazing for minimizing or preventing bird collisions with windows or other glazings, the glazing comprising at least one substrate, and at least one anti-reflective coating, wherein said coating is deposited directly, or indirectly, on the substrate in a patterned arrangement comprising a plurality of separate elements. In one embodiment, the elements comprise a plurality of stripes, in another a plurality of dots. Embodiments may comprise an additional coating, for example a UV reflectance coating.

A coated glass sheet including a glass substrate and a UV reflecting coating on at least one major surface of the glass substrate. The UV reflecting coating consists of first, second, and third layers in this order moving away from the glass substrate, where the first and third layers include a dielectric material selected from the group consisting of a mixed oxide of titanium and zirconium, and a mixed nitride of zirconium and silicon, and the second layer includes silicon oxide SiOx.

A dielectric mirror includes a coating having alternating high and low index layers. The mirror coating has no metallic reflective layer of Al or Ag in certain example embodiments, and may have film side and/or glass side visible reflection of from about 50-90% (more preferably from about 60-80% and most preferably from about 65-75%) and visible transmission of from about 10-50% (more preferably from about 10-40% or 20-40%) in certain example embodiments.