A rotatable sputtering target is provided for use in a sputtering system having a plurality of hollow sleeves of sputtering material arranged on a hollow e backing tube so as to form an annular space that is occupied by a bonding agent and a thermally conductive element which is a woven metal mesh.

A transparent substrate provided with a multi-layered coating is provided, the coating including the following in an order from the substrate: a first dielectric film including one or more dielectric layers, a first metallic protective layer, a first metallic layer having an infrared (IR) reflection characteristic, a second metallic protective layer, a second dielectric film including two or more dielectric layers, a third metallic protective layer, a second metallic layer having an infrared (IR) reflection characteristic, a fourth metallic protective layer, and a third dielectric film D3 including one or more dielectric layers, wherein the dielectric layer includes a metal oxide, a metal nitride, or a metal oxynitride, the metallic layer is silver (Ag) or a silver (Ag)-containing metal alloy, a normal emissivity is 2.0% or less, and a difference between a coated surface reflectance and an uncoated surface reflectance is 21% or more.

A method of depositing a copper film on a major surface of a glass sheet includes determining a desired range of a property of the copper film, correlating a thermal history of the glass sheet to the desired range of the property of the copper film, and depositing the copper film on the major surface of the glass sheet, wherein the property of the copper film deposited on the glass sheet is within the desired range. Correlating the thermal history of the glass sheet to the desired range of the property of the copper film can include heat treating glass sheet prior to depositing the copper film on the glass sheet.

Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to encapsulated optical devices and methods for fabricating the encapsulated optical devices. In one or more embodiments, a method for encapsulating an optical device includes depositing a metallic silver layer on a substrate, depositing a barrier layer on the metallic silver layer, where the barrier layer contains silicon nitride, a metallic element, a metal nitride, or any combination thereof, and depositing an encapsulation layer containing silicon oxide on the barrier layer.

A standalone lithium ion-conductive sulfide solid electrolyte can include a freestanding inorganic vitreous sheet of sulfide-based lithium ion conducting glass capable of high performance in a lithium metal battery by providing a high degree of lithium-ion conductivity while being highly resistant to the initiation and/or propagation of lithium dendrites. Such an electrolyte is also itself manufacturable, and readily adaptable for battery cell and cell component manufacture, in a cost-effective, scalable manner. Methods of making and using the electrolyte, and battery cells and cell components incorporating the electrolyte are also disclosed.

A glass plate with an antifouling layer, including: a glass plate having a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and an end face connecting the first principal surface and the second principal surface; an adhesive layer formed from the first principal surface to the end face of the glass plate; and an antifouling layer formed on the adhesive layer.

The present disclosure relates to the field of vapor deposition technologies, and discloses a vapor deposition method. The vapor deposition method includes: applying an exciting acoustic wave to the target, such that particles in a predetermined location of the target break away from the target and adhere to a predetermined region of the substrate when an energy of the particles is higher than an energy required for the particles to break away from the target. By using the vapor deposition method, losses of vapor deposition materials may be avoided, utilization of the vapor deposition materials may be increased, and thus costs may be reduced.

A method for producing an article including a substrate and a surface-treating layer formed from a surface-treating agent containing a fluorine-containing silane compound formed thereon, the method including: simultaneously depositing Si and another metal on the substrate to form an intermediate layer containing a composite oxide containing Si; and forming a surface-treating layer directly on the intermediate layer, wherein, the fluorine-containing silane compound is at least one fluoropolyether group-containing compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2):

R.sup.F1.sub.α—X.sup.A—R.sup.Si.sub.β  (1)

R.sup.Si.sub.γ—X.sup.A—R.sup.F2—X.sup.A—R.sup.Si.sub.γ  (2)

where R.sup.F1, R.sup.F2, R.sup.Si, X.sup.A, α, β and γ are as defined herein.

A low-E coating has good color stability (a low ΔE* value) upon heat treatment (HT). Thermal stability may be improved by the provision of an as-deposited crystalline or substantially crystalline layer of or including zinc oxide, doped with at least one dopant (e.g., Sn), immediately under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver; and/or by the provision of at least one dielectric layer of or including an oxide of zirconium. These have the effect of significantly improving the coating's thermal stability (i.e., lowering the ΔE* value). An absorber film may be designed to adjust visible transmission and provide desirable coloration, while maintaining durability and/or thermal stability. The dielectric layer (e.g., of or including an oxide of Zr) may be sputter-deposited so as to have a monoclinic phase in order to improve thermal stability.

A layer of or including substoichiometric zirconium oxide is sputter deposited on a glass substrate via a substoichiometric zirconium oxide inclusive ceramic sputtering target of or including ZrO.sub.x. The coated article, with the substoichiometric ZrO.sub.x inclusive layer on the glass substrate, is then heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) in an atmosphere including oxygen, which causes the substoichiometric ZrO.sub.x inclusive layer to transform into a scratch resistant layer of or including stoichiometric or substantially stoichiometric zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO.sub.2), and causes the visible transmission of the coated article to significant increase.