The present disclosure provides a coated glass substrate, first and second coating compositions, and a process for coating the substrate. The first composition includes a source of tin, a source of fluorine, a source of titanium, and a solvent. The second composition includes a source of tin, a source of fluorine, and a solvent, and can be free of titanium. The first composition is applied to the substrate under elevated temperatures, and a first or sub layer is formed on the substrate via pyrolysis. The second composition is then applied, to form a second or top layer over the sub layer.

Various embodiments herein relate to electrochromic devices, methods of fabricating electrochromic devices, and apparatus for fabricating electrochromic devices. In a number of cases, the electrochromic device may be fabricated to include a particular counter electrode material. The counter electrode material may include a base anodically coloring material. The counter electrode material may further include one or more halogens. The counter electrode material may also include one or more additives.

A glass article including a spatial location encoding layer for use in a digital inking system, an associated electronic device, a method of making and a digital inking system are provided. The glass article utilizes a plurality of light converting regions disposed on the surface of the glass in a pattern encoding spatial location. The plurality of light converting regions are formed from an inorganic, environmentally stable material, such as alternating stacks of III-V compound materials.

Embodiments described herein relate to layered structures having a top surface which is hydrophobic for reducing the wetting of water or ice on the layered structure without requiring reapplication. In one or more embodiments, a layered structure is provided and includes a coating containing silicon, oxygen, and carbon disposed over a substrate and an interface disposed between the substrate and the coating. The substrate is at least partially transparent to visible light, a concentration of carbon in the coating is greater at a top surface of the coating than the interface, and the top surface of the coating is disposed on the opposite side of the coating than the interface.

A coated article is described herein that may comprise a substrate and an optical coating. The substrate may have a major surface comprising a first portion and a second portion. A first direction that is normal to the first portion of the major surface may not be equal to a second direction that is normal to the second portion of the major surface. The optical coating may be disposed on at least the first portion and the second portion of the major surface. The coated article may exhibit at the first portion of the substrate and at the second portion of the substrate hardness of about 8 GPa or greater at an indentation depth of about 50 nm or greater as measured on the anti-reflective surface by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test.

Durable and scratch resistant articles including low-reflectance optical coating with gradient portion. In some embodiments, an article comprises: a substrate comprising a first major surface; and an optical coating disposed over the first major surface. The optical coating comprises: a second major surface; a thickness; and a first gradient portion. A refractive index of the optical coating varies along a thickness of the optical coating. The difference between the maximum refractive index of the first gradient portion and the minimum refractive index of the first gradient portion is 0.05 or greater. The absolute value of the slope of the refractive index of the first gradient portion is 0.1/nm or less everywhere along the thickness of the first gradient portion. The article exhibits a single side photopic average light reflectance of 3% or less, and a maximum hardness from 10 GPa to 30 GPa.

The invention provides a method of making a coated glass article in which a gaseous mixture is formed including an aluminum-containing compound, a boron-containing compound, and an inert gas. This gaseous mixture is delivered to a location above a major surface of a glass substrate to deposit a coating comprising aluminum, boron, and oxygen over the major surface of the glass substrate.

An electrochromic film and an electrochromic device including the electrochromic film are disclosed. The electrochromic film includes an electrochromic layer and a passivation layer on one side of the electrochromic layer. The coloration level of the electrochromic film is different from the coloration level of the passivation layer. The film may change optical properties as a result of electrochromism according to an electrochemical reaction. The electrochromic film and the electrochromic device have improved electrochromism, excellent durability, excellent color-switching speed, and stepwise control of optical properties.

A substrate having a burnable coating mask includes: a substrate having a first section and a second section; a mask coating layer over the first section of the substrate; and a functional coating layer over at least a portion of the mask coating layer and over the second section of the substrate. A method of segmenting a substrate having a layer thereover, a method of preparing a segmented substrate having a layer thereover, a segmented substrate, and a transparency are also disclosed.

A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic coating on a substrate, such as an optical substrate, is disclosed. The method includes providing a glass layer disposed on a substrate, the glass layer having a first side adjacent the substrate and an opposed second side, the glass layer comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide in a first glass phase and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide in a second glass phase, such that a glass layer has a composition in a spinodal decomposition region. The method further includes heating the second side of the glass layer to form a phase-separated portion of the layer, the phase-separated portion comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains, and removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated portion to provide a graded layer disposed on the substrate. The graded layer has a first side disposed adjacent the substrate, the first side comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide, and opposite the first side, a porous second side comprising at least 45 wt. % silicon oxide and no more than 5 wt. % boron oxide.