Provided are methods of forming graphene laminate compositions and architectures. The method comprises: (i) contacting a graphene structure comprising one or more planar graphene sheets with a first interlayer material; (ii) depositing of a conductive material, where in the conductive material is deposited along an edge of the graphene and one end of the first interlayer; and (iii) contacting the graphene structure with a second interlayer material. Also provided are graphene laminates structures comprising doped graphene films having improved mechanical strength, electrical mobility and optical transparency.

Presented are multilayer composite panels for motor vehicles, methods for making/using such panels, and motor vehicles with transparent composite roof panels having localized reinforcement features. A sandwich-type multilayer composite panel contains one or more exterior layers each including a transparent rigid material, one or more bonding layers each including a transparent adhesive material, and one or more structural reinforcement layers each including a fiber-reinforced polymer material. Each structural reinforcement layer may be attached directly to a bonding layer and/or exterior layer. The composite panel may also include one or more IR-reflective layers, one or more light-absorbing sunshade layers, and one or more insulating low-k layers. The multilayer body panel has a plan-view profile; the individual layers extend substantially the entire length and width of the plan area, whereas the fibers in each structural reinforcement layer are localized to one or more discrete regions within the plan-view profile.

Disclosed generally herein is a laminated vehicle glazing including first and second glass sheets and a polymer interlayer interposed therebetween. The interlayer includes a major part and a stiff part adjacent to the major part. The stiff part does not surround the major part, such that the major part is along at least one edge of the laminated vehicle glazing. The stiff part includes at least one layer made of a material that has a higher Young's modulus than that of the material used in the major part. Young's modulus in the thickness direction of the stiff part is higher than that of the major part.

A composite glass pane that contains two glass panes or two polymer panes or one glass pane and one polymer pane and has at least one polymer film bonded therebetween, wherein a first type of polymer film having a first stiffness is arranged in a first, larger areal region of the composite glass pane and a second type of polymer film having a second, higher stiffness than the first polymer film is arranged in at least one second areal region.

Unidirectional ballistic glasses and methods for manufacturing the same are described herein. The unidirectional ballistic glasses, among other things, may be less susceptible to delamination resulting in greater overall life cycle and may be lighter than conventional unidirectional ballistic glasses. A unidirectional ballistic glass may include, among other things, a plurality of glass sheets that are attached to each other by one or more adhesive intermediate layers where the unidirectional ballistic glass has an exterior side and an interior side opposite from the exterior side, and the plurality of glass sheets includes an exterior glass sheet that is, among the plurality of glass sheets, nearest to or at the exterior side of the unidirectional ballistic glass, and an interior glass sheet that is, among the plurality of glass sheets, nearest to the interior side of the unidirectional ballistic glass. The unidirectional ballistic glass may further include a hydrophobic polymer layer disposed between a polycarbonate layer and the interior glass sheet, and a polyurethane layer and a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) layer that are disposed on peripheral edges of at least the interior glass sheet and the polycarbonate layer.

There is provided a multi-layered glass in which two glass plates are placed such that they form a space via a spacer placed in a peripheral part of glass plates, wherein at least one low-emissivity film, which includes a plastic film and a Fabry-Perot interference filter formed on one side or both sides of the plastic film, is placed in the space, whereby space is divided; each of gaps between the glass plates and the spacer, and between the low-emissivity film and the spacer is sealed with a primary sealing material; a gap between the glass plates outside of the primary sealing material and the spacer is sealed with a secondary sealing material; and a reinforcement material is placed inside of the secondary sealing material. The multi-layered glass has a good appearance and excellent heat-insulating properties.

Embodiments herein relate to a system and method for retaining an insulated glass subassembly including a laminated layer of glass within a frame of a fenestration unit providing protection against wind borne debris. A fenestration unit can include a frame member defining a channel with a lower end and an attachment surface thereon along with a glass subassembly including a proximal end received and seated within the channel and an outside facing surface of the exterior pane proximate the lower end of the channel. A retention member can engage the interior laminate pane, and a glazing material can be on the attachment surface at the lower end of the channel. The outside facing surface of the glass subassembly can be attached to the channel of the frame member with the glazing material. In various embodiments, methods of making a retention member are included herein. Other embodiments are also included herein.

A laminated glazing for a vehicle or a building, includes an inner structural polymer material sheet and an outer structural glass sheet having a breaking stress of from 350 to 1000 MPa under the stress characteristics of a bird strike.

Laminated glazing, once limited to just the windshield, is finding more and more application in other positions on the vehicle due to its ability to improve passenger safety, security and comfort. Problems are encountered when producing a laminated version of a tempered part with holes, because tempered glass is 4 to 5 times stronger than annealed glass. The laminate of the invention has a hole in the exterior glass layer. An insert is bonded to a cutout in the area of the hole on the interior glass layer so as to reinforce the hole and distribute the load over a wider area. The result is a laminated glazing with one or more holes that has the reliability of and is a direct replacement for a tempered part.

A laminated glazed unit includes at least first and a second elementary transparent laminated panels whose edges are next to one another and whose respective glass sheets are distinct and separated from one another, wherein the glass sheets of the first panel, on the one hand, and the glass sheets of the second panel, on the other hand, are joined together in pairs by an intermediate adhesive layer which is rigidly attached to the surface of the assembly of the first and second panels and wherein, in a region in which the first and second panels are positioned next to one another, a structuring element is inserted into the interlayer adhesive layer.