A decorative product includes a decorative layer containing nickel, chromium, and molybdenum as constituent components. The molybdenum content in the decorative layer is 50 atm % or less. The total content of nickel, chromium, and molybdenum in the decorative layer is 95 atm % or more.

A method for producing a reflector element and a reflector element are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes depositing a layer sequence on a substrate, wherein the layer sequence includes at least one mirror layer and at least one reactive multilayer system and igniting the reactive multilayer system in order to activate heat input in the layer sequence.

The object is to provide a mask blank substrate, a mask blank, and a transfer mask which can achieve easy correction of a wavefront by a wavefront correction function of an exposure apparatus. The further object is to provide methods for manufacturing them. A virtual surface shape, which is an optically effective flat reference surface shape defined by a Zernike polynomial, is determined, wherein the Zernike polynomial is composed of only terms in which the order of variables related to a radius is second or lower order and includes one or more terms in which the order of the variables related to a radius is second-order; and the mask blank substrate, in which difference data (PV value) between the maximum value and the minimum value of difference shape between a virtual surface shape and a composite surface shape obtained by composing respective surface shapes of two main surfaces is 25 nm or less, is selected.

A method for preparing a metal layer comprising: a) preparing a liquid composition comprising at least one precursor of at least one metal, at least one solvent of the precursor and at least one photo-initiator, the concentration of the precursor being at least 0.6% by weight relative to the weight of the liquid composition; b) depositing the liquid composition on a substrate forming a liquid composition deposited on a substrate; c) irradiating with a UV, Vis and IR source the liquid composition deposited on a substrate obtained at step b) forming a metal layer comprising or consisting of the metal; d) obtaining a metal layer. The present invention also relates to a material comprising a substrate and a metal layer, the metal layer being in contact with said substrate, the metal layer consisting of particles of metal in spatial contact together thereby forming a continuous metal layer of particles.

A process for obtaining a decorative mirror includes reflective regions forming a pattern and non-reflective regions, the process including providing a sheet of soda-lime-silica glass coated with a reflective coating on the entirety of one of the faces thereof, then applying a composition including a phosphate salt to the reflective coating, solely in application regions, the application regions being intended to become the non-reflective regions, then tempering the glass sheet, in which the glass sheet is subjected to a temperature of at least 550? C., causing the reflective coating to dissolve in the application regions so as to form the non-reflective regions in which the glass sheet is not coated.

A plurality of vehicular electrochromic mirror reflective elements includes first and second vehicular electrochromic mirror reflective elements, each having a respective planar rear glass shaped substrate and a respective planar front glass substrate. The planar front glass shaped substrates are cut out from a planar glass sheet. Each planar rear glass shaped substrate is joined with a respective planar front glass substrate portion of the planar glass sheet via a respective perimeter seal. With the planar rear glass shaped substrate joined with the planar front glass shaped substrate, the circumferential perimeter cut edge of the planar front glass shaped substrate and the circumferential perimeter cut edge of the planar rear glass shaped substrate are processed to provide a circumferential rounded perimeter edge of the respective vehicular electrochromic mirror reflective element having a radius of curvature of at least 2.5 mm.

A double-layer system includes a metal layer facing away from a viewer and a coating facing the viewer. In order to make the layer system production process as simple as possible and to provide a sputter deposition method that dispenses entirely with the use of reactive gases in the sputtering atmosphere or requires only a small amount thereof, the coating is in the form of an optically partially absorbing layer which has an absorption coefficient kappa of less than 0.7 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness ranging from 30 to 55 nm.

A conductive laminate includes a first organic film, a fine metal wire arranged on the first organic film, and a second organic film arranged to cover the fine metal wire, in which the fine metal wire includes a blackening layer, an intimate attachment layer, and a metal conductive layer in order from a side of the first organic film, and moisture contents of the first organic film and the second organic film are less than 3.00%.

A composite tungsten oxide film having high film smoothness, with a function to shield infrared light by reflecting infrared light by a thermal insulation, while maintaining transparency in a visible light region, and a method for manufacturing the composite tungsten oxide film, and a film-deposited base material or an article using these functions. A composite tungsten oxide film including a composition with a general formula M.sub.xW.sub.yO.sub.z as main components, wherein 0.001?x/y?1, 2.2?z/y?3.0, organic components are not contained substantially, a transmittance in a wavelength of 550 nm is 50% or more, a transmittance in a wavelength of 1400 nm is 30% or less, and also, a reflectance in a wavelength of 1400 nm is 35% or more.

A method for producing a pane having an electrically conductive coating is described. The method includes applying an electrically conductive coating onto a substrate, identifying defects of the coating, focusing the radiation of a laser having an annular beam profile on the coating, wherein the annular beam profile surrounds the defect, and producing an annular de-coated region by simultaneously removing the coating in the region of the beam profile.