A method to provide for an enameled glazing including, a glass sheet, an enamel coating on at least a part of a first surface of the glass sheet, a multilayer coating on at least a part of a first surface of the glass sheet and at least partially on top of the enamel coating, such that the enamel coating either comprises no Bi.sub.4Si.sub.3O.sub.12, or, if it comprises Bi.sub.4Si.sub.3O.sub.12, the enamel coating exhibits a crystallinity ratio <5, as measured by XRD, where the crystallinity ratio is the ratio of Bi.sub.4Si.sub.3O.sub.12/Cr.sub.2CuO.sub.4.

A coated glass article provides a visible light reflecting, solar control glazing with a low emittance, a low solar heat gain coefficient, and a low shading coefficient that can significantly improve energy costs in buildings and homes while providing a desirable neutral color for, at least, film side reflection. The low emittance characteristic of the 5 glazing would minimize any indirect heat gain from absorption.

A glazing includes at least one transparent substrate comprising a first major surface and an opposing second major surface, wherein said first major surface is coated with an electrically conductive layer and the electrically conductive layer is absent in one or more regions of the first major surface. At least a portion of the one or more regions of the first major surface, and/or corresponding regions of the opposing second major surface, bears a low-emissivity material, and the one or more regions permit the passage of electromagnetic radiation through the glazing.

A glass article having anti-sun properties includes a glass substrate having a stack of layers, which includes, successively from the surface of the substrate: a first module M.sub.1 having a layer based on a dielectric material with a thickness e.sub.1 or of a set of layers, a layer TN.sub.1 including titanium nitride with a thickness of between 2 nanometers and 80 nanometers, a second module M.sub.2 including a layer based on a dielectric material with a thickness e.sub.2 or of a set of layers based on dielectric materials with a cumulative thickness e.sub.2, an intermediate layer including at least one element selected from silicon, aluminum, titanium or a mixture of at least two of these elements is deposited between the layer TN.sub.1 and the first module M.sub.1 and/or between the layer TN.sub.1 and the second module M.sub.2, the intermediate layer having a thickness of between 0.2 nm and 6 nm.

A material includes a glass sheet coated on at least part of one of the faces thereof with a stack of thin layers, the stack of thin layers being coated on at least part of the surface thereof with an enamel layer not including bismuth, the enamel layer being coated with a non-stick layer.

A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers acting on infrared radiation including at least one functional layer. The stack includes a carbon-based upper protective layer within which the carbon atoms are essentially in an sp.sup.2 hybridization state and the upper protective layer is deposited above at least a part of the functional layer and exhibits a thickness of less than 1 nm.

A substrate having a burnable coating mask includes: a substrate having a first section and a second section; a mask coating layer over the first section of the substrate; and a functional coating layer over at least a portion of the mask coating layer and over the second section of the substrate. A method of segmenting a substrate having a layer thereover, a method of preparing a segmented substrate having a layer thereover, a segmented substrate, and a transparency are also disclosed.

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.

The present document discloses a glazing in the form of a window glass or vehicle glass which comprises a transparent glass substrate, and a coating, which comprises at least one functional metal Ag alloy coating layer. The alloy coating layer consists essentially of Ag with an alloying agent selected from a group consisting of Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ge, Zr, Nb, Mo, In, Sn, Hf, Ta or W. An alloying agent concentration is 0.15-1.35 at. %, preferably 0.20-1.00 at. % or 0.25-0.80 at. % of the Ag alloy coating layer, the rest being Ag, and the Ag alloy coating layer has a thickness of 5-20 nm, preferably 8-15 nm or more preferably 8-12 nm.

A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers acting on infrared radiation including at least one functional layer. The stack includes a protective coating deposited above at least a part of the functional layer. The protective coating includes at least one lower protective layer based on titanium and zirconium, these two metals being in the metal, oxidized or nitrided form, and at least one upper protective layer of carbon, within which layer the carbon atoms are essentially in an sp.sup.2 hybridization state, located above the layer based on titanium and zirconium.