Provided is a transparent substrate with a multilayer thin film coating. The multilayer thin film coating includes a lower dielectric layer, a lower protective layer, a metal functional layer having an infrared reflection function, an upper protective layer, and an upper dielectric layer, which are sequentially laminated from the transparent substrate, the lower dielectric layer includes at least one barrier layer and at least one impurity collection layer, and the thickness of the metal function layer is 12 nm or more.

A coated substrate includes a coating, wherein the coating includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a. a layer of diamond-like carbon, b. a metallic multi-ply layer, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer contains b1) tin and at least one alloying element for tin, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, wherein the metallic multi-ply layer is formed from two, three, or more plies, wherein one or more plies contain tin and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for tin selected from antimony, copper, lead, silver, indium, gallium and/or germanium, are arranged alternatingly, or wherein one or more plies contain magnesium and one or more plies made of at least one alloying element for magnesium selected from aluminum, bismuth, manganese, copper, cadmium, iron, strontium, zirconium, thorium, lithium, nickel, lead, silver, chromium, silicon, tin, gadolinium, yttrium, calcium and/or antimony, are arranged alternatingly.

A coated substrate, includes a coating that includes, starting from the substrate in this order: a) a layer of diamond-like carbon (DLC), b) a metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer, and c) an oxygen barrier layer, wherein the metallic, single-ply or multi-ply layer contains b1) tin or tin and at least one alloying element for tin, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed, or b2) magnesium and at least one alloying element for magnesium, which are present unalloyed and/or alloyed. The coated substrate protects the DLC layer, as a result of which said layer can be tempered. The coating has good mechanical stability and good aging stability before heat treatment.

A material includes a transparent substrate coated on one face with a stack of thin layers successively including, starting from the face, an alternation of three silver-based functional metal layers denoted, starting from the substrate, first, second and third functional layers respectively Ag1, Ag2 and Ag3, and of four dielectric coatings denoted, starting from the substrate, M1, M2, M3 and M4, with optical thicknesses respectively To1, To2, To3 and To4. Each functional metal layer is positioned between two dielectric coatings. The geometrical thickness of the second functional layer Ag2 is less than the thickness of the first functional layer Ag1. The geometrical thickness of the second functional layer Ag2 is less than the thickness of the third functional layer Ag3. The dielectric coating M2 exhibits a lower optical thickness To2 than the optical thicknesses To1, To3 and To4 respectively of the dielectric coatings M1, M3 and M4.

A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers successively including an alternation of three silver-based functional metal layers and of four dielectric coatings so that each functional metal layer is positioned between two dielectric coatings. Absorbent material is present between the first functional layer and the second functional layer, in a total thickness Abs2 such that 1.0≤Abs2≤5.0 nm and/or absorbent material is present between the second functional layer and the third functional layer, in a total thickness Abs3 such that 1.0≤Abs3≤5.0 nm. Additionally, absorbent material is present between the face of the substrate and the first functional layer in a total thickness such that 0.0<Abs1≤0.5 nm and absorbent material is present above the third functional layer, in a total thickness Abs4 such that 0.0<Abs4≤0.5 nm.

A cooking apparatus capable of satisfying a heat reflection function while securing a transmittance by applying a variable layer to a glass sheet forming a door includes a cooking chamber, and a door configured to open and close the cooking chamber and provided with a plurality of glass sheets, the door including a variable layer provided on at least one of the plurality of glass sheets and a visible light transmittance variable depending on a temperature.

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 coating provides a high solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and a low overall heat transfer coefficient (U-value) to trap and retain solar heat. The coating and coated article are particularly useful for use in architectural transparencies in northern climates. The coating includes a first dielectric layer; a continuous metallic layer formed over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer, the metallic layer having a thickness less than 8 nm; a primer layer formed over at least a portion of the metallic layer; a second dielectric layer formed over at least a portion of the primer layer; and an overcoat formed over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer. When used on a No. 3 surface of a reference IGU, the coating provides a SHGC of greater than or equal to 0.6 and a U-value of less than or equal to 0.35.

A coated article incudes a low-emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including a material such as silver or the like. The low-E coating is designed so that the coated article can realize a low U-value in combination with a high solar heat gain (g value). In the top dielectric portion of the coating above the silver, a high-low-high refractive index sequence is provided. This allows for a low U-value and a higher g value to be obtained for a given silver thickness. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, or in other suitable applications such as monolithic window applications, laminated windows, and/or the like.

An architectural transparency includes a substrate; a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate, a first metallic layer over the first dielectric layer, a first primer layer over the first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer over the first primer layer, a second metallic layer over the second dielectric layer, a second primer layer over the second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer over the second primer layer, a third metallic layer over the third dielectric layer, a third primer layer over the third dielectric layer, and a fourth dielectric layer over the third primer layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a subcritical metallic layer.