A surface-treating agent including (A) a compound represented by the following formula (A1) or formula (A2), and (B) a compound represented by the following formula (B1) or formula (B2), and containing at least one of a compound represented by formula (A2) or a compound represented by formula (B2) as defined herein:

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A process for manufacturing an electrochromic glazing, including an electrochromic stack including a first transparent conductive layer, a layer of an electrochromic material, a layer of an ionically conductive electrolyte, a counter electrode layer, a second transparent conductive layer, the process including providing a first and a second glass panel; depositing a first and a second transparent conductive layer on respectively the first and second glass panel; depositing a layer of a material on the first transparent conductive layer and a counter electrode layer on the second transparent conductive layer; depositing the layer of an ionically conductive electrolyte on one or other of the layers of an electro0chromic material or counter electrode layer; assembling the two glass panels to form a laminated glazing. A heat treatment is performed to heat treat a transparent conductive layer of a glass panel via a rapid heating device before assembling the glass panels.

According to the embodiments provided herein, a method for sputtering a TCO material onto a substrate includes process conditions that produce a textured topography at the interfaces of various layers. The textured topography can include an average roughness from about 5 to about 40 nm. The process conditions can include providing oxygen in the sputtering environment at a flow rate of from 0 to about 30 sccm; or heating the substrate to at least 200; or increasing the magnetic field strength to above 40 mT. The textured topography creates interfacial transition areas which have hybrid physical properties compared to their constituent materials.

Methods of processing coated articles, such as transparencies, are provided comprising flash annealing one or more layers of the coated article. The one or more layers may be reflective metallic layers, such as silver layers, or comprise a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide, or a semiconductor.

The present disclosure relates generally to methods for the integration of electrochromic films onto a substrate, such as a glass window, and the systems/structures formed via such methods.

An article coated by a multi-layer coating stack includes: the article; and the multi-layer coating stack including: a first layer including a metal oxide or a metal nitride arranged over the article; a functional layer including indium doped tin oxide arranged over the first layer; and a second layer including a silicon oxide arranged over the functional layer.

A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen or roof. The method includes the deposition (b) of an enamel layer on a stack of thin layers deposited on a first glass sheet as well as the deposition (c), at least on the enamel layer, of refractory particles based on oxides, of metals or carbides, at least one dimension of which is larger than 30 μm. The stack of thin layers is completely dissolved by the enamel layer at the end of a bending procedure (d) carried out before laminating (e) the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet by a lamination interlayer.

In a manufacturing method of a glass roll, a transport device transports a glass film coupled to lead films via coupling portions. The transport device separates the lead films and/or the coupling portions from a heating roller when the lead films and/or the coupling portions pass by the heating roller.

Substrate with transparent outer layer, wherein a transparent interdigital structure is disposed between the substrate and the outer layer.

An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embodiment, the article has a ΔE of at most 6.5. In another embodiment, the coating includes a plurality of layers including a first layer having a refractive index of at least 2.2 and a thickness of at least 10 nm. The coating can be used to help reduce color differences seen when the non-light-transmitting, variable transmission device is taken to different transmission states. In a particular embodiment, the coating can provide a good balance between color difference and luminous transmission.