In an aspect, a chromatic facade unit for being attached to a wall (1A) of a building (1) is disclosed that can form a facade (3) of the wall (1A). The chromatic facade unit (11) comprises a support structure (15), a chromatic reflective layer (17) formed on the support structure (15), the chromatic reflective layer (17) comprising reflective layer (43) and a chromatic diffusing layer (41), wherein the chromatic diffusing layer (41) is configured to provide for a specular reflectance that is larger in the red than in the blue and for a diffuse reflectance that is larger in the blue than in the red, and the reflective layer (43) is configured to reflect visible light having passed through the chromatic diffusing layer (41). The chromatic facade unit (11) comprises further an absorbing medium (47) provided in or on the chromatic diffusing layer (41) and/or the reflective layer (43), wherein the absorbing medium (47) is configured to absorb preferred radiation in the infrared spectrum and less in the visible spectrum. Furthermore, respective chromatic window units are disclosed to comprise a chromatic diffusing layer (41) and an absorbing medium (47).

An apparatus and a camera system are provided. The apparatus includes an imaging screen configured to diffuse incoming light, and a lens system coupled to the imaging screen and configured to focus light from the imaging screen onto a CMOS image sensor. The imaging screen includes a ceramic diffuser layer fused into a surface of a glass substrate, and a thickness of the ceramic diffuser layer is within a range of about 7-10 m.

A composite material structure including a matrix material layer; and a plurality of one-dimensional nanostructure distributed in the matrix material layer and having an electrical conductivity which is greater than an electrical conductivity of the matrix material layer, wherein the plurality of one-dimensional nanostructures includes a first one-dimensional nanostructure and a second one-dimensional nanostructure in contact with each other.

Provided is an antireflective-film attached transparent substrate having a luminous transmittance of 20% to 84% and a b* value of a transmission color being 5 or smaller under a D65 light source, in which the antireflective film has a luminous reflectance being 1% or lower and a sheet resistance being 10.sup.4/ or higher, and in which the antireflective film has a multilayer structure built up of at least two layers, at least one layer is constituted mainly of silicon oxide, and at least another layer is constituted mainly of a mixed oxide of at least one oxide of Mo and W and at least one oxide of Si, Nb, Ti, Zr, Ta, Al, Sn, and In, and has an extinction coefficient at 550 nm being in a range of 0.005 to 3.

A panel like, double-sided coated substrate and a method for production are provided. The panel like substrate includes at least two layers applied by heating, the first layer being applied on a first side of the substrate and having at least a glass component and structure-forming particles, the particles producing elevations on the first layer, and the softening temperature or the melting temperature of the particles being greater than the softening temperature of the glass component, and the second layer being applied on a second side of the substrate.

Provided is a windshield 1 suitable for preventing fogging of a glass sheet facing a light path space and for maintaining high accuracy of information acquired by an information acquisition device. A water-absorbing film 81 or an anti-fogging member 8 including the water-absorbing film 81 is disposed on a surface in contact with a light path space 41, the surface being at least one selected from a surface of a glass sheet 5 and a surface of members 61 and 62 serving the function of fixing of an information acquisition device 2 and/or light shielding for the light path space. The water-absorbing film has a saturated water absorption Ws of 1 g/m.sup.2 or more. The water-absorbing film satisfies at least one condition selected from the condition A1 that a water vapor adsorption isotherm is a downwardly convex curve at a relative humidity of 20 to 90% and the condition B1 that an increase in water absorption AbH with increasing relative humidity from 70% to 95% is more than 35% of Ws.

Disclosed is a glass window having a luminous capability, which is suitable for use in automotive applications, architectural applications, or other applications. Exemplary embodiments of a glass window having a luminous capability include one or more glass sheet layers, a thin film layer having fine particles dispersed in a matrix of a thin film material, and at least one light source for introducing light into the thin film layer. The fine particles scatter the light and generate luminousness of the glass window. Exemplary embodiments of a glass window having luminous capability may further include one or more resinous sheet layers or one or more interlayers such as a plastic film layer.

An optoelectronic component and a method for producing an optoelectronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment an optoelectronic component includes at least one laser source configured to emit at least one laser beam during operation and a self-supporting conversion element arranged in a beam path of the laser beam, wherein the self-supporting conversion element comprises a substrate followed by a first layer, the first layer being directly bonded to the substrate and comprising at least one conversion material embedded in a glass matrix, wherein the glass matrix has a proportion of 50 vol % to 80 vol % inclusive in the first layer, wherein the substrate is free of the glass matrix and of the conversion material and mechanically stabilize the first layer, and wherein the first layer has a layer thickness of less than 200 m.

A coating composition, coating glass and a method for preparation thereof, and a cooking appliance including the coating class are described. The coating composition includes a coating material and a heat conductive oxide nano powder that is 5 to 10 wt % with respect to a weight of the coating material. The coating composition provides an excellent infrared reflective function, a high transmittance, and an excellent cleaning performance.

A method for obtaining a laminated curved glazing, particularly for a motor vehicle windscreen or roof. The method includes the deposition (b) of an enamel layer on a stack of thin layers deposited on a first glass sheet as well as the deposition (c), at least on the enamel layer, of refractory particles based on oxides, of metals or carbides, at least one dimension of which is larger than 30 ?m. The stack of thin layers is completely dissolved by the enamel layer at the end of a bending procedure (d) carried out before laminating (e) the first glass sheet with an additional glass sheet by a lamination interlayer.