An article is described herein which includes: a transparent substrate having a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface, such that each of the substrate and the protective film have an optical transmittance of 20% or more in the visible spectrum, and such that the protective film includes at least one of: (1) a hardness of greater than 13 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich nanoindenter, or (2) an effective fracture toughness (Kc) of greater than 2.5 MPa.Math.m.sup.1/2, as measured by indentation fracture at a depth of greater than 1 μm.

A cover glass includes a glass substrate and an antireflection film disposed on at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate, and the at least one of main surfaces of the glass substrate has one or more cracks formed therein, the crack(s) each having a length of 5 μm or less, and a difference Δa* in a* value between any two points within a surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed and a difference Δb* in b* value between any two points within the surface of the cover glass on the side where the antireflection film has been disposed satisfy the following expression: √{(Δa*).sup.2+(Δb*).sup.2}≤4.

A cover panel for a fitout article or article of equipment for a kitchen or laboratory is provided. The cover panel includes a glass or glass ceramic substrate and a coating on one side of the substrate. The substrate and the coating together have a light transmittance of 1% to 70%. The coating has a colour locus in the CIELAB colour space within the range of coordinates L* of 20 to 65, a* of −6 to 6 and b* of −6 to 6. The colour locus of the D65 standard illuminant light, after passing through the substrate and the coating, is within a white region W1 determined in the chromaticity diagram CIExyY-2° by the following coordinates: TABLE-US-00001 White region W1 x Y 0.27 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.32 0.37 0.45 0.45 0.47 0.34 0.36 0.29.

An article includes: a transparent substrate having a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface, such that each of the substrate and the protective film have an optical transmittance of 20% or more in the visible spectrum, and such that the protective film includes at least one of: (1) a hardness of greater than 13 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich nanoindenter, or (2) an effective fracture toughness (Kc) of greater than 2.5 MPa.Math.m.sup.1/2, as measured by indentation fracture at a depth of greater than 1 μm.

The present specification relates to a decorative member comprising a base and inorganic layers comprising a first light absorption layer, a light reflection layer, and a second light absorption layer sequentially provided on the base, in which ΔE.sub.12 indicated in Equation 1 is 1 or more, and a method of manufacturing the decorative member.

The present disclosure provides a colored glass and a preparation method thereof. The colored glass comprises a glass substrate, layer Aed structure and a Ti alloy layer, wherein the layered structure and the Ti alloy layer are laminated on the surface of the glass substrate; the layered structure comprises alternately stacked layer A and layer B; the layer A is a SiC or NiO layer; the layer B is an MN layer, a GaN layer, a ZrO.sub.2 layer or an Nb.sub.2O.sub.5 layer; the layer A is in contact with the glass substrate, the layer B is in contact with the Ti alloy layer. The color of the glass is controlled by adjusting the thickness of the layer A and the layer B in the layered structure. The Ti alloy layer has high reflectivity, which can make the colored glass bright in color, and has a certain protective and corrosion-resistant effect.

Provided are: a low-emissivity coating comprising, in sequence, a first lower dielectric layer, a barrier layer, a second lower dielectric layer, a low-emissivity protective layer, a low-emissivity layer, a low-emissivity protective layer, and an upper dielectric layer; and a functional building material for windows and doors comprising the low-emissivity coating.

Techniques are provided for making a coated article including an antibacterial and/or antifungal coating. In certain example embodiments, the method includes providing a first sputtering target including Zr; providing a second sputtering target including Zn; and co-sputtering from at least the first and second sputtering targets in the presence of nitrogen to form a layer including Zn.sub.xZr.sub.yN.sub.z on a glass substrate. These layers may be heat-treated or thermally tempered to form a single layer including Zn.sub.xZr.sub.yO.sub.z. In other examples, two discrete layers of Zn and Zr may be formed. The coating may be heated or tempered to form a single layer including Zn.sub.xZr.sub.yO.sub.z. Coated articles made using these methods may have antibacterial and/or antifungal properties.

A glass article includes at least one glass substrate on which a stack of layers is deposited. The stack includes at least one layer consisting of a layer of silicon nitride of formulation SiN.sub.x, in which x is less than 1.25. The physical thickness of the SiN.sub.x layer is between 5 and 50 nm. The light reflection of the glass article, measured on the side of the substrate on which the stack is deposited, is greater than 20%.

This specification relates to a decoration member including: a substrate; a pattern layer comprising two or more unit pattern provided on one surface of the substrate; and an inorganic layer formed on the pattern layer, in which the inorganic layer includes a region in which a thickness t(x) of the inorganic layer formed on each unit pattern increases in a direction x in which the unit patterns are arranged.