A strengthened glass having a stress profile that differs from error-function and parabolic profiles. Stress relaxation and thermal annealing/diffusion effects, which occur at longer ion exchange and/or anneal times increase the depth of compression of the surface layer. A method of achieving these effects is also provided.

A method of fabricating a metal thin film-on-glass structure. A glass substrate, on a top surface of which a layer is formed, is prepared. A local area of the glass substrate is etched from a bottom of the glass substrate to expose the layer downwardly, thereby forming an exposed area of the layer. The layer is a metal thin film. The etching includes first-etching the glass substrate to a depth less than a thickness of the glass substrate using a first etching solution containing hydrofluoric acid and at least one of nitric acid and sulfuric acid, resulting in a first-etched portion of the glass substrate; and second-etching the first-etched portion of the glass substrate using an etching solution containing hydrofluoric acid without nitric acid or sulfuric acid, so that the layer is exposed downwardly, whereby the metal thin film is supported by a remaining portion of the glass substrate.

A curved glass manufacturing method includes: successively stacking a lower mold, flat glass, and an upper mold, thereby forming a mold assembly; moving the mold assembly to a first chamber and then heating the same; moving the mold assembly from the first chamber to a second chamber and then pressurizing the upper mold so as to move the upper mold downward, thereby molding the flat glass in a curved shape; moving the mold assembly from the second chamber to a third chamber and then slowly cooling the molded glass; and moving the mold assembly from the third chamber to a fourth chamber and then cooling the molded glass. An elastic member is arranged between the lower mold and the upper mold and configured to define a space between the upper mold and the flat glass, and the elastic member is compressed when the upper mold is pressurized.

A tempered glass manufacturing apparatus includes a loading unit for loading sheets of glass therein. A heating unit receives the loading unit having sheets of glass loaded therein. The heating unit includes first to third openings. A tempering unit is connected to the heating unit through the first opening and receives the loading unit having sheets of glass loaded therein. The tempering unit performs a tempering process on the sheets of glass when the loading unit is positioned in the tempering unit. A residual salt discharging unit is connected to the heating unit through the second opening. An auxiliary layer providing unit is connected to the heating unit through the third opening of the heating unit. The auxiliary layer providing unit includes auxiliary layers for performing a residual salt preprocessing process to increase a removal of residual salt provided on surfaces of the sheets of glass.

An embodiment provides a chemical strengthening system, including: a strengthening part in which chemical strengthening of a glass plate is performed; a heating part in which a post-heat treatment of the glass plate is performed; and a cassette in which the glass plate is loaded and which is movable between the strengthening part and the heating part. The cassette includes a lower support which supports a lower end portion of the glass plate, the lower support is rotatable with respect to an axis of rotation, and the axis of rotation does not move relatively within the cassette.

To provide a crystallized glass substrate including a surface with a compressive stress layer, in which a stress depth DOL.sub.zero of the compressive stress layer, at which the compressive stress is 0 MPa, is 45 to 200 μm, a compressive stress CS on an outermost surface of the compressive stress layer is 400 to 1400 MPa, and CS×DOL.sub.zero, which is a product of the compressive stress CS on the outermost surface and the stress depth DOL.sub.zero (μm), is 4.8×10.sup.4 or more.

A glass composition comprises: 50.0 mol % to 70.0 mol % SiO.sub.2; 10.0 mol % to 25.0 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3; 0.0 mol % to 5.0 mol % P.sub.2O.sub.5; 0.0 mol % to 10.0 mol % B.sub.2O.sub.3; 5.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Li.sub.2O; 1.0 mol % to 15.0 mol % Na.sub.2O; and 0.0 mol % to 1.0 mol % K.sub.2O. The sum of all alkali oxides, R.sub.2O, present in the glass composition may be in the range from greater than or equal to 11.0 mol % to less than or equal to 23.0 mol %. The sum of Al.sub.2O.sub.3 and R.sub.2O present in the glass composition may be in the range from greater than or equal to 26.0 mol % to less than or equal to 40.0 mol %. The glass composition may satisfy the relationship −0.1≤(Al.sub.2O.sub.3—(R.sub.2O+RO))/Li.sub.2O≤0.3.

Glass articles with coatings are disclosed herein. According to embodiments, a glass article may include a glass body comprising glass and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first surface is an exterior surface of the glass body. A coating disposed on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The coated glass article may have an effective throughput rate greater than or equal to 1.10×R.sub.T, wherein R.sub.T is the effective throughput rate of an uncoated glass article in units of parts per minute (ppm).

A foldable glass substrate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The side surface includes a first side surface extending at a first angle from the top surface, a second side surface extending at a second angle from the bottom surface, and a third side surface extending from each of the first side surface and the second side surface. A length of the third side surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface is equal to or greater than about 0.3 times and equal to or less than about 0.7 times of a minimum distance between the top surface and the bottom surface. The minimum distance is equal to or greater than about 15 micrometers (μm) and equal to or less than about 100 μm.

One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including a film disposed on a glass substrate, which may be strengthened, where the interface between the film and the glass substrate is modified, such that the article has an improved average flexural strength, and the film retains key functional properties for its application. Some key functional properties of the film include optical, electrical and/or mechanical properties. The bridging of a crack from one of the film or the glass substrate into the other of the film or the glass substrate can be suppressed by inserting a nanoporous crack mitigating layer between the glass substrate and the film.