A laminate glass-ceramic article is provided that includes: a core glass layer having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE); and a plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers, each having a CTE that is lower than or equal to the first CTE of the core glass layer. A first of the clad glass-ceramic layers is laminated to a first surface of core glass layer and a second of the clad glass-ceramic layers is laminated to a second surface of the core glass layer. Further, a total thickness of the plurality of clad glass-ceramic layers is from about 0.05 mm to about 0.5 mm. In addition, each of the glass-ceramic layers includes: an alumino-boro-silicate glass, 0 mol %≤MoO3≤15 mol %, and 0 mol %≤WO3≤15 mol %, the WO3 (mol %) plus the MoO3 (mol %) is from 0.7 mol % to 19 mol %.

Light-control panels including layered optical components are described in this application. An example of a light-control panel includes first and second glazing layers, first and second transitional layers extending between the first and second glazing layers that guide light emitted from a light source, and a third glazing layer extending between the first and second transitional layers through which light emitted from the light source is guided. The light-control panel also includes a light extraction layer extending between the third glazing layer and one of the first and second transitional layers that distributes light emitted from the light source. The first and second transitional layers have refractive indices that gradually decrease from a first value at surfaces proximate to the first and second glazing layers to a second value at surfaces proximate to the third glazing layer in the stack-up of the light-control panel.

In one example, a crystal cell comprises: a first substrate, a second substrate, first spacers and second spacers sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first spacers being fixedly bonded to each of the first substrate and the second substrate, the second spacers being movable between the first and second substrates, a sealant sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and enclosing the first spacers and the second spacers, and a liquid crystal enclosed by the sealant, the first substrate, and the second substrate. Examples of a dimmable glass incorporating liquid crystal cells and methods of manufacturing the liquid crystal cells are also provided.

laminated glazing includes a first glass sheet constituting an external face of the glazing, connected to a second glass sheet by a first interlayer adhesive layer, the edge of the first glass sheet being set back with respect to that of the second, a peripheral part of the free surface of the first glass sheet, its edge face, that of the first interlayer adhesive layer and a part of the surface of the second glass sheet extending beyond the first describing a continuous stepped contour which is covered, with interposition of adhesive, with a stepped element made of polymer material which can contain reinforcing fillers, which exhibits a permeability to water vapor at most equal to 5 g/m.sup.2/day.

A hurricane-resistant laminated pane comprises a first sheet of thermally strengthened glass having a thickness in the range of from 2 to 24 mm, a second sheet of untempered glass having a thickness in the range of from 0.3 to 1 mm, and a polymer interlayer adhered between the first sheet and the second sheet. A process for making such a pane and a window comprising such a pane are also disclosed.

A laminated pane for a window includes (1) a first sheet having a first thickness and a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), (2) a second sheet of an inorganic glass having a second thickness and a second CTE, and (3) a polymer interlayer adhered between the first sheet and the second sheet including a layer of a first polymer material having a first elastic modulus and a layer of a second polymer material having a second elastic modulus, wherein the first CTE is greater than the second CTE, the second thickness is in the range of from 1 down to 0.3 mm, and the first elastic modulus is more than 20 times the second elastic modulus.

In one example, a crystal cell comprises: a first substrate, a second substrate, first spacers and second spacers sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate to define a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first spacers being fixedly bonded to each of the first substrate and the second substrate, the second spacers being movable between the first and second substrates, a sealant sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and enclosing the first spacers and the second spacers, and a liquid crystal enclosed by the sealant, the first substrate, and the second substrate. Examples of a dimmable glass incorporating liquid crystal cells and methods of manufacturing the liquid crystal cells are also provided.

Disclosed is an invention that relates to a glass construction for balustrade glazing and/or railing glazing or glass supports, comprising a composite element, which is designed as a glass laminate and consists of at least two glass panes, which are connected by an adhesive intermediate layer made of plastic. According to the invention, in particular at least one edge of the composite element has an edge protector, which is connected at least in parts to the respective end faces of the at least two glass panes of the glass laminate in such a way that the intermediate layer is protected from the effects of moisture.

A fireproof/bullet-proof safety glazing that includes a laminated assembly I of glass sheets, the laminate I, the glass sheets of which are assembled by means of thermoplastic interlayer sheets and n layers of intumescent material made from hydrated alkali silicate, with 1≤n≤3. The laminate I also includes a fireproof module comprising the n layers of intumescent material made of hydrated alkali silicate and n+1 glass sheets, the module being flanked on either side by at least one interlayer thermoplastic sheet and at least one glass sheet. The laminate I does not include organic glass sheets made from a polymer material that is rigid at ambient temperature. The glazing includes at least six glass sheets.

Laminated glass-based articles are provided. The glass-based articles include at least a first glass-based layer, a second glass-based layer, and a polymer layer disposed between the first and second glass-based layers. At least one of the first and second glass-based layers has a thickness of less than or equal to 200 μm, and the polymer layer has a thickness of less than or equal to 100 μm. The polymer layer has an elastic modulus greater than or equal to 100 MPa at a strain rate of 1/s. Methods of producing the laminated glass-based articles are also provided.