A method of applying a coloured coating to a decorative element such as a gemstone. The method comprises: providing an ink mixture comprising an ink and an organic carrier, the carrier comprising a polymerisable organic material; arranging the ink mixture and the decorative element in a plasma; and allowing the ink mixture to polymerise on a surface of the decorative element to form a polymerised colour coating. The polymerisable organic material may comprise a polymerisable siloxane or a polymerisable oxysilane.

Described herein are articles and methods of making articles, for example glass articles, including a sheet and a carrier, wherein the sheet and carrier are bonded together using a coating layer, which is, for example, a fluorocarbon polymer coating layer, and associated deposition methods and inert gas treatments that may be applied on the sheet, the carrier, or both, to control the fluorine content of the coating layer and van der Waals, hydrogen and covalent bonding between the sheet and the carrier. The coating layer bonds the sheet and carrier together with sufficient bond strength to prevent delamination of the sheet and the carrier during high temperature processing to while preventing a permanent bond at during high temperature processing while at the same time maintaining a sufficient bond to prevent delamination during high temperature processing.

A modular apparatus for coating glass articles with a chemical compound includes a coating hood section (10a) including a series of interconnected walls (12) defining an interior chamber (18, 20a, 20b) having an inlet (32) and an outlet (44), a blower (24) positioned at least partially in the interior chamber (18, 20a, 20b) to carry air from the inlet (32) towards the outlet (44); and a connector (50) for connecting the coating hood section (10a) to an identical coating hood section (10b). The connector (50) for connecting being defined on at least one of the interconnected walls (12) of the coating hood section (10a).

A method for producing a vehicular structure in which a transparent substrate and an adherend are bonded together by an adhesive includes pasting a protective film on, so as to cover, an adhesive arrangement area in a peripheral part of a vehicle-inner-side surface of the transparent substrate, and arranging an adhesive in the adhesive arrangement area after removing the protective film, and bonding together the transparent substrate and the adherend with the adhesive.

An energy-sensitive composition that yields a cured product with excellent thermal resistance and crack resistance, a cured product of the composition, and a method of forming a cured product. The energy-sensitive composition includes a polysilane and a thermal base generator, in which the thermal base generator includes an ionic compound and a nonionic compound. An anion moiety in the ionic compound preferably includes at least one of an anion having an oxaxanthone skeleton, an anion having a ketoprofen skeleton, and an anion having a fluorenone skeleton.

There is provided a resin composition containing a copolymer (A) containing a constitutional unit based on a silicone macromonomer (X) that contains a polyalkylsiloxane unit and a constitutional unit based on a monomer (Y) having a group represented by Formula (1) and a component (B) consisting of a silane compound or a partially hydrolyzed condensate thereof, in which with respect to the total mass of all constitutional units that constitute the copolymer (A), the total of a proportion of the constitutional unit based on the silicone macromonomer (X) and a proportion of the constitutional unit based on the monomer (Y) is 55% by mass or more.

—R.sup.1-M(R.sup.2).sub.r(OR.sup.3).sub.m-r  (1)

A substrate with a water and oil repellent layer having excellent abrasion resistance and a method for producing the substrate are provided. The substrate with a water and oil repellent layer contains a substrate, an undercoat layer formed on the surface of the substrate, and a water and oil repellent layer formed on the surface of the undercoat layer. The undercoat layer contains an oxide containing silicon and a specific element. The water and oil repellent layer is made of a hydrolytic condensation compound of a fluorinated ether compound, which is a compound represented by the formula (A1) or a compound represented by the formula (A2):

R.sup.f—O—(R.sup.f1O).sub.m—R.sup.f2[—R.sup.1—C(—R.sup.2-T).sub.a(—R.sup.3).sub.3-a].sub.b  (A1)

[(T-R.sup.2—).sub.a(R.sup.3—).sub.3-aC—R.sup.1—].sub.bR.sup.f2—O—(R.sup.f1O).sub.m—R.sup.f2[—R.sup.1—C(—R.sup.2-T).sub.a(—R.sup.3).sub.3-a].sub.b  (A2).

A liquid composition includes a thiophene polymer; and at least one polymerization component selected from the group including a monomer and an oligomer.

A composition useful for producing a superomniphobic coating on a substrate, the composition comprising a colloidal suspension of a fluorinated siloxane in a non-silicon-containing fluorinated solvent. In some embodiments, the composition further comprises particles of a hydrophobized metal oxide, e.g., silicon oxide, wherein the hydrophobized metal oxide may be fluorinated. In some embodiments, the composition further comprises a non-silicon-containing fluorinated polymer. The invention is also directed to methods for making the above composition. The invention is also directed to methods for using the above-described composition for rendering a substrate superomniphobic. The aforesaid method comprises depositing a liquid coating solution onto a substrate to form a coated substrate, followed by subjecting the coated substrate to a drying step to remove a liquid phase of the liquid coating solution, wherein the liquid coating solution comprises a colloidal suspension of a fluorinated siloxane in a non-silicon-containing fluorinated solvent.

Provided is a composite cover plate including a substrate body, wherein the substrate body includes two surfaces that are arranged opposite, at least one surface is provided with an antistatic film layer; the antistatic film layer includes a perfluoropolyether mixture and a silane coupling agent. Further provided is a method for preparing a composite cover plate, including: providing a substrate body with two surfaces that are arranged opposite, and spraying an antistatic film layer on at least one surface of the substrate body; wherein the antistatic film layer includes a perfluoropolyether mixture and a silane coupling agent. Further provided is a display device including a display module and a composite cover plate covering the surface of the display module, wherein the composite cover plate is any composite cover plate provided herein, an antistatic film layer is arranged on a side of the composite cover plate away from the display module.