A laminated glazing includes two transparent substrates which are separated by a lamination interlayer, and intended for fitting out buildings or vehicles. One of the transparent substrates is coated with a functional coating capable of acting on solar radiation and/or infrared radiation, and a low emissivity (so-called “low E”) coating is provided on one of the faces of the second substrate.

Provided is a Low-E glass plate protection method capable of preventing or inhibiting Low-E layer alteration. The protection method includes a step of applying a protective sheet to a surface of a Low-E glass plate having a Low-E layer comprising a zinc component. Here, the protective sheet has a PSA layer. The Low-E layer comprises a zinc component. The PSA layer includes ammonia and an acid or acid salt capable of forming a counterion to an ammonium ion.

A projection assembly for a head-up display (HUD), includes a windshield, including outer and inner panes that are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer and having an HUD region; and a projector aimed at the HUD region. The radiation of the projector is predominantly p-polarised, and the windshield is provided with a reflection coating that is suitable for reflecting p-polarised radiation. The reflection coating has exactly one electrically conductive layer based on silver, a lower dielectric layer or layer sequence whose refractive index is at least 1.9 is arranged beneath the electrically conductive layer, an upper dielectric layer or layer sequence whose refractive index is at least 1.9 is arranged above the electrically conductive layer, the ratio of the optical thickness of the upper dielectric layer or layer sequence to the optical thickness of the lower dielectric layer or layer sequence is at least 1.7.

The present document discloses a glazing in the form of a window glass or vehicle glass which comprises a transparent substrate, and a coating. The coating comprises, in order outward from the transparent substrate, an optional diffusion barrier layer, a first anti-reflective layer, an optional first seed layer, a first functional metal layer, at least one optional first blocker layer, a second anti-reflective layer, an optional second seed layer, a second functional metal layer, at least one optional second blocker layer, a third anti-reflective layer, and an optional top layer, wherein at least one of the first functional metal layer and the second functional metal layer comprises a Ag alloy consisting essentially of Ag and Al.

Provided is a carrier-attached metal foil which can suppress the number of foreign matter particles on the surface of a metal layer to enhance circuit formability, and can keep stable releasability even after heating at a high temperature of 240° C. or higher (for example, 260° C.) for a long period of time. The carrier-attached metal foil includes a carrier, a release functional layer provided on the carrier, the release functional layer including a metal oxynitride, and a metal layer provided on the release functional layer.

A coated article includes a substrate and a coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate; a first metallic layer over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the first metallic layer; and an overcoat over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer. A light absorbing layer is between second dielectric layer and the overcoat or is part of the overcoat. The light absorbing layer includes Ge, GeO.sub.x, Hf, HfO.sub.x, HfO.sub.2, NbN.sub.x, NbN.sub.xO.sub.y, Si.sub.aAl.sub.b, Si.sub.aAl.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCo.sub.b, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bCu.sub.c, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bCu.sub.cO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCr.sub.b, Si.sub.aCr.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aNi.sub.b, SiNiO.sub.x, SiO.sub.x, SnN.sub.x, SnO.sub.x, SnO.sub.xN.sub.y, TiN.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bN.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bO.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bO.sub.xN.sub.y, TiO.sub.xN.sub.y, WO.sub.x, WO.sub.2, ZnO:Co, ZnO:Fe, ZnO:Mn, ZnO:Ni, ZnO:V, ZnO:Cr, Zn.sub.aSn.sub.b, Zn.sub.aSn.sub.bO.sub.x, or any combination thereof.

The present document discloses a glazing in the form of a window glass or vehicle glass which comprises a transparent substrate, and a coating. The coating comprises, in order outward from the transparent substrate, an optional diffusion barrier layer, a first anti-reflective layer, an optional first seed layer, a first functional metal layer, at least one optional first blocker layer, a second anti-reflective layer, an optional second seed layer, a second functional metal layer, at least one optional second blocker layer, a third anti-reflective layer, and an optional top layer, wherein at least one of the first functional metal layer and the second functional metal layer comprises a Ag alloy consisting essentially of Ag with an alloying agent selected from a group consisting of Li, C, Na, Mg, Si, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, Sr, Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Rh, Pd, In, Sn, Sb, Hf, Ta, W, Pt or Au.

A composite membrane for hydrogen separation and purification, including: a modified and activated support, a Palladium (Pd) layer, and an interstice layer between the second surface-modifying layer and the Pd layer. The support includes a support substrate, a first surface-modifying layer on the support substrate, and a second surface-modifying layer on the first surface-modifying layer.

A transparent substrate includes a stack of thin layers successively including, starting from the substrate, an alternation of three metallic functional layers, in particular of functional layers based on silver or on silver-comprising metal alloy, and of four antireflective coatings, each antireflective coating including at least one dielectric layer, so that each metallic functional layer is positioned between two antireflective coatings, wherein: the thicknesses of the metallic functional layers, starting from the substrate, increase as a function of the distance from the substrate, the second metallic functional layer is directly in contact with a blocking layer, referred to as second blocking layer, chosen from a blocking underlayer and a blocking overlayer, respectively referred to as second blocking underlayer and second blocking overlayer, the second blocking underlayer and/or the second blocking overlayer exhibits a thickness of greater than 1 nm.

A glazing includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers including at least one functional metal layer and at least two antireflective coatings, each antireflective coating including at least one dielectric layer, so that each functional metal layer is positioned between two antireflective coatings. The stack includes at least one silver-based functional metal layer including at least 95.0% by weight of silver, with respect to the weight of the functional layer, and from 0.5 to 3.5% by weight of zinc, with respect to the weight of zinc and silver in the functional layer.