A method of manufacturing a polarizing glass sheet includes subjecting, while heating, a glass preform sheet containing metal halide particles to down-drawing, to thereby provide a glass member having stretched metal halide particles dispersed in an aligned manner in a glass matrix, and subjecting the glass member to reduction treatment to reduce the stretched metal halide particles, to thereby provide a polarizing glass sheet. A shape of the glass preform sheet during the down-drawing satisfies a relationship of the following expression:
L.sub.1/W.sub.1≥1.0
where L.sub.1 represents a length between a portion in which a width of the glass preform sheet has changed to 0.8 times an original width and a portion in which the width of the glass preform sheet has changed to 0.2 times the original width W.sub.0, and W.sub.1 represents a length equivalent to 0.5 times the original width W.sub.0 of the glass preform sheet.

Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can easily reduce the leakage of excitation light in an ultraviolet range to the outside. A wavelength conversion member for use to convert excitation light having a wavelength of 250 to 280 nm to visible light contains a glass matrix and a phosphor dispersed in the glass matrix, and a total light transmittance of the glass matrix at a thickness of 1 mm is 0.1 to 80% at a wavelength of 250 to 280 nm.

The present invention relates to a divalent manganese-doped all-inorganic perovskite quantum dot glass, and constituents of the divalent manganese-doped all-inorganic perovskite quantum dot glass are as follows: B.sub.2O.sub.3: 25%-45%, SiO.sub.2: 25%-45%, MCO.sub.3: 1%-10%, Al.sub.2O.sub.3: 1%-10%, ZnO: 1%-5%, Cs.sub.2CO.sub.3: 1%-10%, PbCl.sub.2: 1%-10%, NaCl: 1%-10%, MnCl.sub.2: 1%-10%, wherein M is Ca, Sr or Ba. Preparation of the quantum dot glass is as follows: grinding each raw constituent materials and mixing well to form a mixture, melting the mixture, followed by molding, annealing and performing thermal treatment. By the thermal treatment at different temperatures, a divalent manganese-doped quantum dot glass can be obtained. The divalent manganese ions doped perovskite quantum dot glass is a kind of light-emitting material with great application prospect, for possessing good stability and rather high fluorescence quantum yield.

The glass ceramic material of the present disclosure contains a glass that contains SiO.sub.2, B.sub.2O.sub.3, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and M.sub.2O, where M is an alkali metal, and a filler that contains quartz, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and ZrO.sub.2. The glass ceramic material contains the glass in an amount of 57.4% by weight or more and 67.4% by weight or less, the quartz in the filler in an amount of 29% by weight or more and 39% by weight or less, the Al.sub.2O.sub.3 in the filler in an amount of 1.8% by weight or more and 5% by weight or less, and the ZrO.sub.2 in the filler in an amount of 0.3% by weight or more and 1.8% by weight or less.

A spark plug resistance element that includes at least one inorganic amorphous oxide and at least one first inorganic crystalline oxide having a relative dielectric permittivity of at most 15. A spark plug that includes at least one spark plug resistance element is also described.

Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can be readily adjusted in chromaticity and can be increased in productivity and a production method for the wavelength conversion member. A wavelength conversion member 1 having a first principal surface 1a and a second principal surface 1b opposed to each other includes a glass matrix 2 and phosphor particles 3 disposed in the glass matrix 2, wherein concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in the first principal surface 1a and in the second principal surface 1b are higher than concentrations of the phosphor particles 3 in surface layer bottom planes 1c and 1d located 20 μm inward from the first principal surface 1a and 20 μm inward from the second principal surface 1b, respectively.

An antimicrobial article that includes: an antimicrobial composite region that includes a matrix comprising a polymeric material, and a first plurality of particles within the matrix. The particles include a phase-separable glass with a copper-containing antimicrobial agent. The antimicrobial composite region can be a film containing the first plurality of particles that is subsequently laminated to a bulk element. The first plurality of particles can also be pressed into the film or a bulk element to define an antimicrobial composite region. An exposed surface portion of the antimicrobial composite region can exhibit at least a log 2 reduction in a concentration of at least one of Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria under a Modified EPA Copper Test Protocol.

Provided are nanophosphor-attached inorganic particles that can suppress the degradation of the nanophosphor when sealed in glass, and a wavelength conversion member using the nanophosphor-attached inorganic particles. The nanophosphor-attached inorganic particle 10 include: inorganic particles 1 having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more; and a nanophosphor 2 attached to surfaces of the inorganic particles 1.

A fluorite synthetic stone comprises: (a) a glass matrix comprising Ca, Si and O, and having a predetermined weight ratio of Ca to Si; and (b) CaF.sub.2 crystals dispersed in the glass matrix at a concentration of at least about 70 wt.%. A method of making fluorite synthetic stones includes formulating a particulate mixture comprising: CaF.sub.2 crystals at a concentration of at least about 70 wt.%; and an excipient having a predetermined weight ratio of Ca to Si. Aggregates are prepared from the particulate mixture. The aggregates are heat treated to form a plurality of fluorite synthetic stones, where each synthetic stone comprises: a glass matrix comprising Ca, Si and O; and CaF.sub.2 crystals dispersed in the glass matrix at a concentration of at least about 70 wt.%.

Optical glass, a preparation method thereof, a backlight module and a display module. The optical glass comprises a glass substrate and optical masterbatches, which are dispersed in the glass substrate, each optical masterbatch comprises a quantum dot fluorescent agent inner core and an encapsulation shell which encloses the quantum dot fluorescent agent inner core. A quantum dot fluorescent agent is protected by the encapsulation shell and the luminous efficiency is high; when the optical glass is applied to a display module, the color gamut may be improved; moreover, the glass is capable of preventing against the invasion of water vapor, even the quantum dot fluorescent agent at an edge of the glass rarely fails, and an edge failure size is basically avoided; meanwhile, the expansion coefficient is small, and an expansion space reserved during assembly is extremely small.