A cover glass includes: a glass substrate having a convex and concave shape formed on at least one of surfaces thereof by an antiglare treatment; and an antireflection film disposed on the surface of the glass substrate, the surface having the convex and concave shape. In the cover glass, a difference a* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film is present 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 is present satisfy the following expression: {(a*).sup.2+(b*).sup.2}4.

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.

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 glass-based assembly includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate comprising a surface. The surface has flaws, such as a population of small cracks extending into the surface, whereby the substrate is weakened relative to ideal strength thereof. The assembly further includes a coating coupled to the substrate and overlaying at least some of the flaws. Ultimate strength of the substrate with the coating coupled thereto is greater than that of the substrate alone, without the coating.

A coated glass article includes a coating formed over a glass substrate. The coating comprises an optional base layer of an oxide of silicon, a first coating layer of an oxide of titanium, niobium or chromium, a second coating layer of an oxide of silicon, and a third coating layer of an oxide of tin. The coated glass article exhibits a Tvis of 40%-55% and an Rf of 40%-60%. A video display can be mounted behind the coated glass article, such that when the video display is in operation it is visible through the coated glass article and when the video display is not in operation is it concealed by the coated glass article.

A ceramic-like structure includes: a transparent substrate; an ink layer; and a ceramic-like film layer. The ceramic-like film layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the ink layer, and includes a first high-refractive-index material layer, a first low-refractive-index material layer, a second high-refractive-index material layer, and a second low-refractive-index material layer that are stacked on each other. Refractive indexes of the first high-refractive-index material layer and the second high-refractive-index material layer are greater than about 2.3, and refractive indexes of the first low-refractive-index material layer and the second low-refractive-index material layer are less than about 1.6.

The present invention provides scalable, solution based processes for manufacturing electrochromic materials comprising metal oxide films for use in electrochromic devices. The electrochromic material comprises a transparent conductive substrate coated with an electrochromic metal oxide film, wherein the metal oxide film is formed by a process comprising the steps of: a) providing the conductive substrate; b) coating the substrate with a solution of one or more metal precursors; and c) exposing the coated substrate to near-infrared radiation, UV radiation and/or ozone in an aerobic atmosphere. The present invention also provides electrochromic devices incorporating these electrochromic materials.

A coated article including a first antireflective (AR) coating supported by a glass substrate, wherein the first coating may include, moving away from the glass substrate: a dielectric first high index layer; a dielectric first low index layer; a dielectric second high index layer; a dielectric second low index layer comprising an oxide of silicon; a dielectric third high index layer comprising an oxide of niobium; a dielectric first medium index layer, wherein the third high index layer comprising the oxide of niobium is located between and directly contacting the second low index layer comprising the oxide of silicon and the first medium index layer; a dielectric third low index layer; and an overcoat layer; wherein the first coating contains no IR reflecting layer based on silver and/or gold; wherein, from the perspective of a viewer of the coated article, the first coating may be configured so that the coated article has a film side reflective E* value of no greater than 3.0 upon heat treatment of at least about 580 degrees C. The E* value(s) may be measured either with a substantially symmetrical/similar AR coating on the other side of the same glass substrate, or absent any AR coating on the other side of the glass substrate.

A phosphor device includes: a substrate; a phosphor layer including pores; a reflection layer between the substrate and the phosphor layer; a joint layer between the substrate and the reflection layer, the joint layer containing a first metal; and a metal layer between the reflection layer and the joint layer, the metal layer containing a second metal having a melting point higher than a melting point of the first metal. The reflection layer has a multilayer structure obtained by alternately stacking a high-refractive layer and a low-refractive layer having a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the high-refractive layer.

A glass-based assembly includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate comprising a surface. The surface has flaws, such as a population of small cracks extending into the surface, whereby the substrate is weakened relative to ideal strength thereof. The assembly further includes a coating coupled to the substrate and overlaying at least some of the flaws. Ultimate strength of the substrate with the coating coupled thereto is greater than that of the substrate alone, without the coating.