A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer, a second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer, a third metallic layer, a fourth dielectric layer, a fourth metallic layer and a fifth dielectric layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a discontinuous metallic layer having discontinuous metallic regions. An optional primer is positioned over any one of the metallic layers. Optionally a protective layer is provided as the outer most layer over the fifth dielectric layer.

Methods of processing coated articles, such as transparencies, are provided comprising flash annealing one or more layers of the coated article. The one or more layers may be reflective metallic layers, such as silver layers, or comprise a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide, or a semiconductor.

A method for preparing a self-cleaning transparent thermal insulation nanocoating includes steps of (1) preparing an acidic aqueous solution, and adding polyoxyethylene dinonyl phenyl ether and graphene into the acidic aqueous solution; (2) preparing a transparent composite nanosol by adding titanate, zinc alkoxide, ytterbium alkoxide and siloxane into the acid aqueous solution through sol-gel reaction; (3) preparing a primary coating by spraying the transparent composite nanosol onto a glass surface; and (4) spraying a dilute alkaline solution onto the primary coating to condense and crosslink components in the primary coating, so that the self-cleaning transparent thermal insulation nanocoating is in-situ generated.

The present invention includes a method of creating electrical air gap low loss low cost RF mechanically and thermally stabilized interdigitated resonate filter in photo definable glass ceramic substrate. Where a ground plane may be used to adjacent to or below the RF filter in order to prevent parasitic electronic signals, RF signals, differential voltage build up and floating grounds from disrupting and degrading the performance of isolated electronic devices by the fabrication of electrical isolation and ground plane structures on a photo-definable glass substrate.

A material includes a transparent substrate on which is deposited a stack of layers including n silver-based metal functional layers and n+1 dielectric sets of layers, with n≥3 and each silver-based metal functional layer being placed between two dielectric sets of layers. The dielectric set of layers located below the first silver-based metal functional layer starting from the substrate and the dielectric set of layers located above the last silver-based metal functional layer starting from the substrate each include a high-refractive-index layer, the value of the index≥2.15 at the wavelength of 550 nm; the value of the refractive index of at least one of the high-index layers≥2.40 at the wavelength 550 nm; and the value of the ratio of the optical thickness of each of the high-refractive-index layers to the optical thickness of the dielectric set of layers in which it is included is included between 0.25 and 0.55.

Methods of processing coated articles, such as transparencies, are provided comprising flash annealing one or more layers of the coated article. The one or more layers may be reflective metallic layers, such as silver layers, or comprise a transparent conductive oxide, such as indium tin oxide, or a semiconductor.

An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer and other glass structures in the electronic device may be provided with coatings. An interior coating on a glass layer may include multiple layers of material such as an adhesion promotion layer, thin-film layers of materials such as silicon, niobium oxide and other metal oxides, and metals to help adjust the appearance of the coating. A metal layer may be formed on top of the coating to serve as an environmental protection layer and opacity enhancement layer. In some configurations, the coating may include four layers.

A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first metallic layer, a second dielectric layer, a second metallic layer, a third dielectric layer, a third metallic layer, a fourth dielectric layer, a fourth metallic layer and a fifth dielectric layer. At least one of the metallic layers is a discontinuous metallic layer having discontinuous metallic regions. An optional primer is positioned over any one of the metallic layers. Optionally a protective layer is provided as the outer most layer over the fifth dielectric layer.

A substrate carrier made of glass for processing a transparent or transmissive substrate by electromagnetic radiation includes a first upper side serving as a substrate support and a lower side facing away from the upper side. The substrate support and/or the lower side of the substrate carrier has a structuring produced by modifications in the substrate carrier and a material removal by action of an etching medium in respective regions of the modifications in the substrate carrier. The structuring has a plurality of adjacent and/or merging conical recesses. At least one of the conical recesses is configured as a through-hole of the substrate carrier between the substrate support and the lower side, and a plurality of other ones of the conical recesses are configured as depressions.

The present invention includes a method of creating electrical air gap low loss low cost RF mechanically and thermally stabilized interdigitated resonate filter in photo definable glass ceramic substrate. Where a ground plane may be used to adjacent to or below the RF filter in order to prevent parasitic electronic signals, RF signals, differential voltage build up and floating grounds from disrupting and degrading the performance of isolated electronic devices by the fabrication of electrical isolation and ground plane structures on a photo-definable glass substrate.