A double-layer system includes a metal layer facing away from a viewer and a coating facing the viewer. In order to make the layer system production process as simple as possible and to provide a sputter deposition method that dispenses entirely with the use of reactive gases in the sputtering atmosphere or requires only a small amount thereof, the coating is in the form of an optically partially absorbing layer which has an absorption coefficient kappa of less than 0.7 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness ranging from 30 to 55 nm.

A first coating is provided on a first side of a glass substrate, and a second coating is provided on a second side of the glass substrate, directly or indirectly. The coatings are designed to reduce color change of the overall coated article, from the perspective of a viewer, upon heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering and/or heat strengthening) and/or to have respective reflective coloration that substantially compensates for each other. For instance, from the perspective of a viewer of the coated article, the first coating may experience a positive a* color value shift due to heat treatment (HT), while the second coating experiences a negative a* color shift due to the HT. Thus, from the perspective of the viewer, color change due to HT (e.g., thermal tempering) can be reduced or minimized, so that non-heat-treated versions and heat treated versions of the coated article appear similar to the viewer.

A method of making a doped titanium oxide coating in a float glass manufacturing process and the coated glass article made thereby wherein the dopant is a niobium or tantalum compound. The doped titanium oxide coating preferably exhibits an electrical conductivity>110.sup.3 S/cm.

A single layered smart window may include a substrate; and a single layered coating formed on the substrate, wherein the coating includes a composite of a vanadium oxide and a low reflective material. The single layered smart window has high visible light transmittance and is capable of blocking infrared ray as a temperature is increased.

According to one embodiment, a method for producing a coated glass article may include applying an anti-reflective coating onto a glass substrate. The glass substrate may include a first major surface, and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The anti-reflective coating may be applied to the first major surface of the glass substrate. A substrate thickness may be measured between the first major surface and the second major surface. The glass substrate may have an aspect ratio of at least about 100:1. The coated glass article may have a reflectance of less than 2% for all wavelengths from 450 nanometers to 700 nanometers. The anti-reflective coating may include one or more layers. The cumulative layer stress of the anti-reflective coating may have an absolute value less than or equal to about 167,000 MPa nm.

A coated article includes an applied transparent electrically conductive oxide film of niobium doped titanium oxide. The article can be made by using a coating mixture having a niobium precursor and a titanium precursor. The coating mixture is directed toward a heated substrate to decompose the coating mixture and to deposit a transparent electrically conductive niobium doped titanium oxide film on the surface of the heated substrate. In another coating process, the mixed precursors are moved toward the substrate positioned in a plasma area between spaced electrodes to coat the surface of the substrate. Optionally, the substrate can be heated or maintained at room temperature. The deposited niobium doped titanium oxide film has a sheet resistance greater than 1.2 ohms/square and an index of refraction of 1.00 or greater. The chemical formula for the niobium doped titanium oxide is Nb:TiO.sub.x where X is in the range of 1.8-2.1.

A light-transmitting structure is disclosed. The light-transmitting structure includes a glass-based substrate that has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. The glass-based substrate comprises a first composition that is transparent and has a first refractive index n.sub.1. The light-transmitting structure further includes a plurality of surface regions fused with the glass-based substrate to define a light-scattering surface interposed with the first major surface. Each surface region comprises a second composition that is transparent and has a second refractive index n.sub.2 that is different than the first refractive index n.sub.1. The first major surface and the light-scattering surface define an interface to an ambient environment.

A top plate for a cooking device including a displaying region capable of showing information given from a display and a non-displaying region blocking visible light includes a glass substrate having a cooking surface on which a utensil is to be put and an underside surface opposite to the cooking surface; a dielectric multi-layer provided on the underside surface of the glass substrate; a light transmissive layer provided on a portion of the dielectric multi-layer overlapped with the displaying region and containing a transparent material; and a light blocking layer provided on a portion of the dielectric multi-layer overlapped with the non-displaying region, wherein the top plate has a reflectance in a range of 40% to 80%, and an absolute value of a difference in refractive index between the light transmissive layer and the light blocking layer is 0.1 or less.

A laminated pane includes an outer and an inner pane each having an outer-side surface and an interior-side surface and a thermoplastic intermediate layer. The interior-side surface of the outer pane and the outer-side surface of the inner pane are connected to one another via the thermoplastic intermediate layer, a reflective layer is arranged in at least a first sub-region of the laminated pane on the interior-side surface of the inner pane directly adjacent to the surroundings, which reflective layer is configured to reflect p-polarized light of a light source, an opaque cover layer is arranged at least in a second sub-region of the laminated pane. Starting from the interior-side surface, the reflective layer includes an optically high refractive index layer with a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.7 and an optically low refractive index layer with a refractive index of less than or equal to 1.6.

Embodiments of a color-neutral anti-reflective coating and articles including the same are described. In one or more embodiments, a substrate includes a first major surface and an anti-reflective coating disposed on the first major surface of the substrate and having a reflective surface opposite the first major surface. In one or more embodiments, a point on the reflective surface has a single-surface reflectance under a D65 illuminant with an angular color variation, E that is less than 5, where E.sub.={(a*.sub.1a*.sub.2).sup.2+(b*.sub.1b*.sub.2).sup.2}, and a*.sub.1 and b*.sub.1 are color values a* and b* values of the point measured from a first angle .sub.1, and a second angle .sub.2, where .sub.1 and .sub.2 are any two different viewing angles at least 5 degrees apart in a range from about 10 to about 60 relative to a normal vector of the reflective surface.