A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a subcritical metallic layer having discontinuous metallic regions, a primer over the subcritical layer, and a second dielectric layer over the primer layer. The primer can be a nickel-chromium alloy. The primer can be a multilayer primer having a first layer of a nickel-chromium alloy and a second layer of titania. The subcritical layer can contain copper and silver.

A coated article includes a substrate and a coating applied over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes at least one metallic layer formed from one or more silver compounds doped with at least one metal selected from Groups 3 to 15 of the periodic table of the elements. Also disclosed are capsules that can absorb electromagnetic energy as well as a process of forming an antimony-doped tin oxide coating layer.

An optical coating for a glass substrate includes an inner metal or metal alloy layer, a first pair of transparent conductive oxide or dielectric layers, and a pair of outer metal or metal alloy layers. The optical coating includes an eye-weighted transmittance of less than about 20% and an eye-weighted reflectance of less than about 30%, as measured with a D65 illuminant according to the CIE 10° Standard Observer.

A composite pane includes a laminated stacking sequence composed of an outer pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an exterior-side surface and an interior-side surface, and at least one thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the interior-side surface of the outer pane to the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, wherein a heatable element is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the outer pane or on the exterior-side surface of the inner pane, and a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the interior-side surface of the inner pane and/or a thermal-radiation-reflecting coating is applied directly on the exterior-side surface of the outer pane.

A transparent structure may have structural layers such as an inner layer and an outer layer, which may be formed from glass. The transparent structure may be curved. At least one of the inner layer and the outer layer may be coated with an infrared reflection coating. The infrared reflection coating may be formed from multiple optical resonators. Each of the resonators may include two half-mirrors separated by a dielectric layer. The half-mirrors may include infrared reflective material, such as silver. At least some of the resonators may additionally include a getter layer. The getter layer may be formed from amorphous material, nanoparticles in dielectric material, or other desired material, and may protect the infrared reflective material while the infrared reflection coating is being deposited. Additionally, the getter layer may reduce the color shift exhibited by high angle light as it passes through the transparent structure.

A preparation method of an energy-saving window film used for insulating glass sputters metals, metal oxides and nitrides on a surface of a high-strength base film in a layer-by-layer manner by a magnetron sputtering process, so as to reduce an infrared emissivity of film layers and effectively block an infrared transmission without affecting a daylighting field of vision; by coating a modified polyurethane acrylate protective layer on a surface of a low radiation layer, an oxidation resistance of the coating is improved; an installation adhesive layer provides an adhesion of the film to the glass, which can enhance the impact strength of the glass and play the role of safety and explosion-proof. The energy-saving window film is applied to the insulating glass with multiple functions such as impact resistance, lightness, energy-saving heat preservation, oxidation resistance, etc., which extends the overall service life of the insulating glass.

In various embodiments, electronic devices such as touch-panel displays incorporate interconnects featuring a conductor layer and, disposed above the conductor layer, a capping layer comprising an alloy of Cu and one or more refractory metal elements selected from the group consisting of Ta, Nb, Mo, W, Zr, Hf, Re, Os, Ru, Rh, Ti, V, Cr, and Ni.

A head-up display system with an imaging unit for generating an image on a projection surface is described. The projection surface is provided for reflecting at least a part of the image. The projection surface includes a transparent screen having a transparent substrate and at least one electrically conductive coating with at least one functional layer on at least one surface of the transparent substrate.

An article includes a substrate with two main faces defining two main surfaces separated by edges, the substrate carrying a functional coating deposited over at least a portion of a main surface and a temporary protective layer deposited over at least a portion of the coating. The temporary protective layer has a thickness of at least 1 micrometer. The temporary protective layer made of polyfuran resin is obtained from a liquid composition comprising furfuryl alcohol.

A solar reflective mirror includes a parting film between solar reflecting sublayers to improve optics and stability of the solar mirror. The coating stack of the solar reflector mirror is encapsulated to increase the useable life of the solar mirror, and to eliminate the need for a permanent protection overcoat. Omission of the PPO film which is electrically non-conductive makes the coating stack electrically conductive eliminating the need for a two layer encapsulant when the encapsulant is e-coated. Another feature of the invention is applying the base coat of the encapsulant over the marginal edges of the PPO film leaving a center section without coverage and adding the top coating of the encapsulant over the base coat and the uncoated area.