A method for simultaneously tempering and coating glass, including heating a glass substrate, depositing a textured buffer layer on the glass substrate, depositing a material on the buffer layer, depositing O.sub.2, and rapidly cooling the glass substrate by introducing a gas. This includes coating the glass substrate with crystalline sapphire or a low E film, for example.

A heat treatment process includes irradiating a substrate including a glass sheet coated on one of its faces with a stack of thin layers, under an atmosphere containing oxygen (O.sub.2), with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength comprised between 500 and 2000 nm, the electromagnetic radiation being emitted by an emitter device placed facing the stack of thin layers, a relative movement being created between the emitter device and the substrate, so as to raise the stack of thin layers to a temperature at least equal to 300 C. for a brief duration shorter than one second, wherein the last layer of the stack, making contact with the atmosphere, called the overcoat, is a metal layer of indium or of an indium-based alloy.

A method for preparing a cover substrate is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a substrate with an anti-reflection film formed thereon, wherein the anti-reflection film includes a first layer, and the first layer includes silicon oxide; and treating the first layer of the anti-reflection film with fluoride-based plasma to form a hydrophobic layer on the first layer, wherein a fluorine-containing radical in the fluoride-based plasma is reacted with the silicon oxide in the first layer to form the hydrophobic layer, wherein the fluoride-based plasma is decomposed from a fluoride-based compound by using microwave, and the fluoride-based compound includes NF.sub.3 or SF.sub.6.

A substrate with a switchable surface has been developed that can rapidly switch its surface character such as between two distinct liquid-repellent modes: (1) a superhydrophobic mode and (2) a slippery mode. Such surfaces have demonstrated adaptive liquid repellency and water harvesting capabilities.

In certain example embodiments, a coated article includes a carbon-doped zirconium based layer before heat treatment (HT). The coated article is heat treated sufficiently to cause the carbon-doped zirconium oxide and/or nitride based layer to result in a carbon-doped zirconium oxide based layer that is scratch resistant and/or chemically durable. The doping of the layer with carbon (C) has been found to improve wear resistance.

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.

The invention provides a glass pane that has a transparent electrically conductive coating on a surface of the glass pane, such that the glass pane has a coated surface. The coated surface has a central region and a perimeter region. The transparent electrically conductive coating has a higher electrical conductivity at the central region than it does at the perimeter region. In some embodiments, the coated glass pane is part of an IG unit. Also provided are methods of producing a coated glass pane having an anti-condensation perimeter region.

The present invention relates to a functionalized substrate comprising a substrate (10) and a near infrared absorbing coating (20), wherein said near infrared absorbing coating (20) comprises near infrared absorbing nanoparticles (21) comprising indium, tin, zinc, antimony, aluminum, tungsten or mixtures thereof. In an embodiment, the near infrared absorbing coating (20) further includes an inorganic matrix (22, 23, 24).

The invention provides a glass pane that has a transparent electrically conductive coating on a surface of the glass pane, such that the glass pane has a coated surface. The coated surface has a central region and a perimeter region. The transparent electrically conductive coating has a higher electrical conductivity at the central region than it does at the perimeter region. In some embodiments, the coated glass pane is part of an IG unit. Also provided are methods of producing a coated glass pane having an anti-condensation perimeter region.

The invention provides a glass pane that has a transparent electrically conductive coating on a surface of the glass pane, such that the glass pane has a coated surface. The coated surface has a central region and a perimeter region. The transparent electrically conductive coating has a higher electrical conductivity at the central region than it does at the perimeter region. In some embodiments, the coated glass pane is part of an IG unit. Also provided are methods of producing a coated glass pane having an anti-condensation perimeter region.