A method for preparing a cover substrate is provided. The method includes the following steps: providing a substrate with an anti-reflection film formed thereon, wherein the anti-reflection film comprises a first layer with low refractive index; and treating the first layer of the anti-reflection film with fluoride-based plasma to form a hydrophobic layer on the first layer.

The invention provides a glass sheet or another transparent substrate on which there is provided a static-dissipative coating. The static-dissipative coating includes a film comprising titania. The film comprising titania preferably is exposed so as to define an outermost face of the static-dissipative coating. The static-dissipative coating is characterized by an indoor dust collection factor of less than 0.145.

Provided is a transparent structure having improved wear resistance and flexibility, and a structure according to the present invention is a nanolayered structure in which a nitride nanofilm of one or more elements selected from metals and metalloids; and a boron nitride nanofilm are alternately layered.

An article that includes: an inorganic oxide substrate having opposing major surfaces; and an optical film structure disposed on a first major surface of the substrate, the optical film structure comprising one or more of a silicon-containing oxide, a silicon-containing nitride and a silicon-containing oxynitride and a physical thickness from about 50 nm to less than 500 nm. The article exhibits a hardness of 8 GPa or greater measured at an indentation depth of about 100 nm or a maximum hardness of 9 GPa or greater measured over an indentation depth range from about 100 nm to about 500 nm, the hardness and the maximum hardness measured by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test. Further, the article exhibits a single-side photopic average reflectance that is less than 1%.

An optical filter and a method for forming the same are provided. The optical filter includes a substrate and a plurality of filter stacks formed on the substrate. Each of the plurality of filter stacks includes a higher-refractive-index layer, a medium-refractive-index layer, and a lower-refractive-index layer. The higher-refractive-index layer has a first refractive index of higher than 3.5. The medium-refractive-index layer is disposed on the higher-refractive-index layer. The medium-refractive-index layer has a second refractive index higher than 2.9 and lower than the first refractive index. The lower-refractive-index layer is disposed on the medium-refractive-index layer. The lower-refractive-index layer has a third refractive index lower than the second refractive index.

Vehicle or building glazing having a solar control property includes a glass substrate supporting a stack of layers, including successively from the surface of the substrate, a first module M.sub.1 of layer(s) based on a dielectric material with a total thickness t.sub.1, a first layer TN.sub.1 including titanium nitride with a thickness of 5 to 35 nanometers, a first module M.sub.2 of layer(s) based on a dielectric material with a total thickness t.sub.2, a second layer TN.sub.2 including titanium nitride with a thickness of 5 to 35 nanometers, a third module M.sub.3 of layer(s) based on a dielectric material with a thickness t.sub.3. The cumulative sum of the thicknesses of the TN.sub.1 and TN.sub.2 layers including titanium nitride is greater than 30 nm, t.sub.1 being less than 30 nanometers, t.sub.2 being between 10 and 100 nm and t.sub.3 being greater than 10 nanometers. The ratio t.sub.1/t.sub.3 is less than 0.6.

A material includes one or more transparent substrates including two main faces, wherein one of the faces of one of the substrates is coated with a functional coating which can have an effect on solar radiation and/or infrared radiation, and a face not coated with the functional coating of one of the substrates includes an absorbent color-adjustment coating including an absorbent layer which absorbs solar radiation in the visible part of the spectrum.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle headlamp (8) comprising a vehicle headlamp housing (9), an at least sectionally transparent cover pane (10) that closes the vehicle headlamp housing (9), a light source (11) that is accommodated in the vehicle headlamp housing (9) and serves for radiating light through the cover pane (10), and at least one motor vehicle design element (3) that is accommodated in the vehicle headlamp housing (9), wherein the at least one motor vehicle design element (3) comprises a dimensionally stable substrate (1) with at least one coated side.

In one aspect, the present invention is an organic-inorganic hybrid membrane of a cerium oxide and an organic fluorine compound, the organic-inorganic hybrid membrane satisfying the following (a), (b), and (c): (a) the visible-light transmittance is 70% or higher; (b) the UV transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm is 60% or lower; and (c) the water contact angle of the surface of the organic-inorganic hybrid membrane is 80° or higher. In another aspect, the present invention is an organic-inorganic hybrid membrane of a cerium oxide and an organic fluorine compound, the organic-inorganic hybrid membrane satisfying the following (a), (b), and (c′): (a) the visible-light transmittance is 70% or higher; (b) the UV transmittance at a wavelength of 380 nm is 60% or lower; and (c′) the water contact angle of the surface of the organic-inorganic hybrid membrane is 90° or higher. The organic fluorine compound may include a fluorine-based resin. Also disclosed are a laminate and an article that include the organic-inorganic hybrid membrane.

The invention relates to a glass substrate including a stack of coating layers having control properties, in which stack comprises at least one niobium metal layer located between a layer of a dielectric material selected from Si.sub.3N.sub.4 or TiOx and a layer of a protective metal material selected from TIN or Ni—Cr, conferring solar control and heat resistance properties on the glass substrate.