Coated glass or glass ceramic substrates having high temperature resistance, high strength, and a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The coating includes pores, is fluid-tight and suitable for coating a temperature-resistant, high-strength glass or glass ceramic substrate with a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and to a method for producing such a coated substrate.

Provided is a film-covered transparent base plate having an excellent aesthetic appearance even during turn-off of a light source. A film-covered transparent base plate 1 includes a transparent base plate 2 and a light-absorbing film 3 provided on one principal surface 2a of the transparent base plate 2 and the light-absorbing film 3 includes a dielectric phase made of a material having a band gap of not less than 2.0 eV and not more than 2.7 eV and a metallic phase.

A robust sintered retroreflective composite comprising, a core bead, a peripheral bead, and an interphase coating. The bead can be used in typical retroreflective indicia and uses.

Provided are a resin composition including a coloring material, a resin, and a solvent, in which, in a case where a film having a thickness of 0.60 μm is formed by heating the resin composition at 200° C. for 30 minutes, a rate of change ΔA in an absorbance of the film after performing a heating treatment of the film at 300° C. for 5 hours in a nitrogen atmosphere, which is represented by Expression (1), is 50% or less; a film formed of the resin composition; a color filter; a solid-state imaging element; and an image display device. In the following expression, ΔA is the rate of change in the absorbance of the film after the heating treatment, A1 is a maximum value of an absorbance of the film before the heating treatment in a wavelength range of 400 to 1100 nm, and A2 is an absorbance of the film after the heating treatment, and is an absorbance at a wavelength showing the maximum value of the absorbance of the film before the heating treatment in a wavelength range of 400 to 1100 nm.

ΔA=|100−(A2/A1)×100|  (1)

Glass elements are provided that include a coating and a sheet-like glass substrate. The sheet-like glass substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The coating is disposed in at least some areas of at least one of the first and second surfaces. The coating is an inorganic glass-based coating that includes at least one glassy component; at least one pigment comprising pigment particles; and a filler. The filler is inorganic and includes filler particles with a d.sub.50 value, based on an equivalent diameter, of at least 0.1 μm and less than 10 μm.

Methods for manufacturing and/or reinforcing a carbon-containing glass material are disclosed. The method includes supplying a non-thermal equilibrium plasma including a plurality of positive charged gas particles and a plurality of ionized inert gas particles into a reaction chamber, and accelerating at least the plurality of positive charged gas particles through the reaction chamber based on application of an external electric potential to the non-thermal equilibrium plasma. The method includes bombarding a surface-to-air interface of the glass material with the accelerated positive charged gas particles and the ionized inert gas particles, and forming an interphase region in the glass material in response to the bombardment. The method includes forming a compressive stress layer in the glass material in response to the bombardment by at least the ionized inert gas particles. The compressive stress layer may be disposed between the interphase region and the surface-to-air interface of the carbon-containing glass material.

In some implementations, a carbon-containing glass material includes a surface-to-air interface and an interphase region extending from the surface-to-air interface along a direction to a depth within the carbon-containing glass material. The surface-to-air interface may be exposed to ambient air, and the interphase region may include a plurality of few layer graphene (FLG) nanoplatelets formed in response to recombination and/or self-nucleation of a plurality of carbon-containing radicals implanted within the interphase region. The FLG nanoplatelets have a non-periodic orientation configured to at least partially inhibit formation or propagation of microcracks and/or micro-voids in the carbon-containing glass material. The glass material may also include a compressive stress layer disposed between the interphase region and the surface-to-air interface of the carbon-containing glass material, the compressive stress layer induced by ion bombardment of the carbon-containing glass material by a plurality of ionized inert gas particles.

Methods for manufacturing a carbon-containing glass material are disclosed. The method includes flowing a hydrocarbon gas and silane into a reactor, and providing an additive to the reactor. The method includes generating a non-thermal equilibrium plasma based on excitement of the hydrocarbon gas and the silane by a microwave energy, where the non-thermal equilibrium plasma includes a plurality of methyl radicals. The method includes ion-bombarding the glass material with at least the methyl radicals to create an interphase region. The method includes forming a plurality of FLG nanoplatelets within the interphase region based on recombination or self-nucleation of the methyl radicals. The FLG nanoplatelets may be dispersed throughout the interphase region in a non-periodic orientation that at least partially inhibits formation of cracks in the glass material. The method includes doping surfaces of the FLG nanoplatelets with the additive, and intercalating the additive between adjacent graphene layers within the FLG nanoplatelets formed in the glass material.

Disclosed herein are a composition and one-step method of strengthening glass without heat or chemical processing of the glass itself, while also modifying the surface for improved surface properties. The multifunctional composition is a liquid that can be applied at room temperature and pressure as a topical coating on glass as well as other brittle materials.

Provided is an ultraviolet absorption glass comprising: a glass substrate, and an ultraviolet absorption coating arranged on at least one surface of the glass substrate, wherein the ultraviolet absorption coating comprises silicon dioxide, an ultraviolet absorber, and MOz used for storing and releasing electrons excited by ultraviolet light in the ultraviolet absorber. The ultraviolet absorption glass is low cost and has good resistance to discoloration and devitrification.