A method of making a copper-doped glass comprising placing a target glass in a container, placing a target glass in a container, surrounding the target glass with a powder mixture comprised of fused silica (SiO.sub.2) powder and copper sulfide (Cu.sub.2S) powder, such that both the target glass and the surrounding powder are contained in the container, and heating the container and the target glass and the surrounding powder mixture to a temperature of between 800° C. and 1150° C.

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 Ω/□ 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 copper-doped glass formed by placing a target glass in a container, surrounding the target glass with a powder mixture comprised of SiO.sub.2 powder and Cu.sub.2S powder, wherein the SiO.sub.2 powder and the Cu.sub.2S powder are mixed according to the formula (SiO.sub.2).sub.(1-x)(Cu.sub.2S).sub.x, where 0.01<x<0.1, and heated to a temperature of between 800° C. and 1150° C. for a duration of between 1 and 10 hours.

A glass material for enamel is provided that can be used to produce an enamel product in which a luster pigment does not dissolve in glass and can thus maintain its luster properties to provide a metallic texture and high surface gloss. The glass material for enamel in accordance with the present invention contains a frit that has a composition thereof including 40 wt % to 60 wt % of silicon dioxide, 15 wt % to 35 wt % of boron oxide, and 18 wt % or less of one or more alkali metal oxides selected from the group consisting of lithium oxide, sodium oxide and potassium oxide, and a luster pigment for providing a metallic look.

Provided is a glass that is used in a phosphor-containing wavelength conversion material and from which can be produced a wavelength conversion member less degraded in characteristics of a phosphor owing to firing during production of the wavelength conversion member and having excellent weather resistance. The glass is for use in a wavelength conversion material and contains, in terms of % by mass, 30 to 75% SiO.sub.2, 1 to 30% B.sub.2O.sub.3, over 4 to 20% Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 0.1 to 10% Li.sub.2O, 0 to below 9% Na.sub.2O+K.sub.2O, and 0 to 10% MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+ZnO.

A glass structure includes: a plurality of glass particles, each of the glass particles including SiO.sub.2, CaO and P.sub.2O.sub.5; and a bonding portion that bonds the glass particles to one another and contains hydroxyapatite, wherein at least a part of the hydroxyapatite is crystalline in the bonding portion, and wherein a porosity of the glass structure is 15% or less. A method for producing the glass structure includes: preparing a mixture by mixing a plurality of glass particles and an aqueous solution with each other, each of the glass particles including SiO.sub.2, CaO and P.sub.2O.sub.5, and the aqueous solution including calcium and phosphorus and having pH of 4.0 or more; and heating and pressurizing the mixture.

The application discloses a method for preparing a nano-quantum dot, a nano-quantum dot material, the application thereof and a quantum dot article, and relates to the technical field of quantum dot material preparation. The method for preparing the nano-quantum dot includes the following steps: rapidly solidifying a high-temperature melt in which a carrier corresponding to a target product ion/atomic group/molecular group is dissolved to obtain a carrier in which the target product nano-quantum dot is embedded. The nano-quantum dot material is prepared by using the method. The nano-quantum dot material is applied to the fields of luminescent devices, optical biological marks, disease detection, semiconductors or photoelectricity. Moreover, a quantum dot article containing the nano-quantum dot material is provided.

An optical element is provided. The optical element may comprise a material, the material being a matrix and a set of particles included in the matrix, the material having a molar fraction of SiO.sub.2 higher than or equal to 65 percent, each particle having a dimension smaller than or equal to 80 nanometers.

A method of making an antimicrobial composite article, including the steps: providing a matrix comprising a polymeric material; providing a plurality of second phase particles comprising an antimicrobial agent; melting the matrix to form a matrix melt; distributing the plurality of second phase particles in the matrix melt at a second phase volume fraction to form a composite melt; forming a composite article from the composite melt; and treating the composite article to form an antimicrobial composite article having an exterior surface comprising an exposed portion of the matrix and the plurality of second phase particles. The distributing step can employ an extrusion process. The forming a composite article step can employ an injection molding process. The treating step can employ abrading and plasma-treating the article to define the exterior surface.

Provided are a wavelength conversion member having high light extraction efficiency and excellent luminescence intensity and a light emitting device using the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 1 containing a phosphor and having a plate-like shape includes a light entrance surface 1a and a light exit surface 1b opposite to the light entrance surface 1a, wherein Ra.sub.in is 0.01 to 0.05 m and Ra.sub.outRa.sub.in is 0.01 to 0.2 m where Ra.sub.in represents a surface roughness of the light entrance surface la and Ra.sub.out represents a surface roughness of the light exit surface 1b.