The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a glass article in which an antifouling layer is removed easily and in a short time from the glass article on which the antifouling layer has been formed. The present invention also provides a glass article including a region having an antifouling layer and a region having no antifouling layer.

A titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide thermosensitive film material and a preparation method thereof are provided, which relate to a technical field of uncooled infrared detectors and electronic films. The vanadium dioxide thermosensitive film material is prepared by using titanium and ruthenium as co-dopants, including a substrate and a titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide layer, wherein in the titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide layer, atomic percentages of the titanium, the ruthenium and the vanadium are respectively 4.0-7.0%, 0.5-1.5% and 25.0-30.0%, and a balance is the oxygen. The present invention also provides a preparation method of a titanium-ruthenium co-doped vanadium dioxide thermosensitive film material, including a step of using a titanium-ruthenium-vanadium alloy target as a source material and using a reactive sputtering method, or using a titanium target, a ruthenium target and a vanadium target as sputtering sources and using a co-reactive sputtering method.

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.sub. 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.

A glass-based assembly includes a glass substrate and a coating layer coupled to the glass substrate. Ultimate strength of the glass substrate with the coating layer overlaying and coupled thereto is greater than that of the glass substrate alone, without the coating layer.

A glass-based assembly includes a glass substrate and a coating layer coupled to the glass substrate. Ultimate strength of the glass substrate with the coating layer overlaying and coupled thereto is greater than that of the glass substrate alone, without the coating layer.

An optics system component has a stainable glass substrate, an optical coating comprising alternating layers of dielectric materials, and a buffer layer positioned on the stainable glass substrate between the substrate and the optical coating. The buffer layer comprises a dielectric material and has a thickness of less than about 20 nm.

A cover glass includes a glass substrate and an antireflection film disposed on at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate, and the at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate has one or more cracks formed therein, the crack(s) each having a length of 5 m or less, and a difference a* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed and a difference b* in b* value between any two points within the surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed satisfy the following expression:

{(a*).sup.2+(b*).sup.2}4.

Composite nano- and micromaterials and methods of making and using same. The composite materials comprise crystalline materials (e.g., binary and ternary vanadium oxides) in an amorphous or crystalline material (e.g., oxide, sulfide, and selenide materials). The materials can be made using sol-gel processes. The composite materials can be present as a film on a substrate. The films can be formed using preformed composite materials or the composite material can be formed in situ in the film forming process. For example, films of the materials can be used in fenestration units, such as insulating glass units deployed within windows.

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.

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.