A glass-ceramic substrate includes a continuous glass phase; a magnetizable component; and an antimicrobial component. The substrate can further include a discontinuous glass phase disposed in the continuous glass phase. The magnetizable component and the antimicrobial component can be disposed in the discontinuous glass phase. The substrate can include 45 percent to 60 percent SiO.sub.2; 3 percent to 6 percent P.sub.2O.sub.5; 3 percent to 10 percent B.sub.2O.sub.3; 4 percent to 8 percent K.sub.2O; 7 percent to 15 percent Fe.sub.2O.sub.3; and 15 percent to 25 percent CuO. A ratio of the mole percentage of CuO to Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 in the substrate can be 1.3 to 3.0. The magnetizable component can include one or more of delafossite and magnetite. The antimicrobial component can include one or more of cuprite and metallic copper. The substrate can exhibit a magnetic permeability of greater than or equal to 1.02?.sub.R at a frequency of 10,000,000 Hz.

A material includes a transparent substrate deposited with a stack of thin layers on at least one of its surface for thermal insulation and aesthetic properties is disclosed. The stack of thin layers successively includes, starting from the substrate not more than two metallic functional layers based on silver F1, F2 and three dielectric coatings M1, M2, M3 including at least one dielectric layer such that each of the metallic functional layer is sandwiched between two dielectric coatings. The material including the stack of thin layers exhibits blue color in external reflection (R.sub.ext) and has less than 20% reflection internally and externally. Additionally, the material has a high selectivity while retaining a light transmission in the visible spectrum as less as 40%, and not higher than 50%.

Disclosed herein is a glass that exhibits high hardness and crack-resistance and can potentially be synthesized using conventional glass manufacturing infrastructure. The glass has high hardness and crack resistance than other commercial glasses. Apart from that, the glass exhibits good glass forming ability and high chemical durability.

A glass composite for use in Extreme Ultra-Violet Lithography (EUVL) is provided. The glass composite includes a first silica-titania glass section. The glass composite further includes a second doped silica-titania glass section mechanically bonded to a surface of the first silica-titania glass section, wherein the second doped silica-titania glass section has a thickness of greater than about 1.0 inch.

A chemically strengthened glass having a thickness t [mm], in which a compressive stress layer depth DOC [?m] is 160t [?m] or more, and a value CS.sub.90/ICT [?m.sup.?1] obtained by dividing CS.sub.90 [MPa] which is a compressive stress value at a depth of 90 ?m from a surface of the chemically strengthened glass by a tensile stress integrated value ICT [MPa.Math.?m] is 0.0012 ?m.sup.?1 or more.

A glass composition includes: from 50 mol % to 70 mol % SiO.sub.2; from 15 mol % to 30 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3; from 5 mol % to 20 mol % Na.sub.2O; from 0 mol % to 15 mol % MgO; and from 0 mol % to 15 mol % CaO. The glass composition is free or substantially free of Li (i.e., Li.sub.2O). The sum of MgO and CaO in the glass composition may be from 0 mol % to 30 mol %.

The present disclosure relates to a quantum dot-doped glass and method of making the same. A quantum dot-doped glass includes glass that includes quantum dots in an internal structure of the glass. The quantum dots within the glass have a photoluminescence quantum yield of greater than or equal to 10%.

A method of manufacturing a nozzle for a droplet generator for a laser-produced plasma radiation source is disclosed. The method comprises disposing a glass capillary in a throughbore of a metal fitting, heating the metal fitting; and applying a pressure to the glass capillary such that the glass capillary conforms to the shape of, and forms a direct glass-to-metal seal with, the throughbore. Also disclosed is a nozzle for a droplet generator for a laser-produced plasma radiation source, and the radiation source itself, wherein the nozzle comprises the glass capillary for emitting fuel as droplets and the metal fitting for coupling the glass capillary to a body of the droplet generator, the glass capillary being conformed to a shape of a throughbore of the metal fitting, and wherein the glass capillary forms a direct glass-to-metal seal with the throughbore.

The present invention relates to a coated glass pane, a method of producing a coated glass pane, a multiple glazing comprising a coated glass pane and a use of a coated glass pane and/or multiple glazing in a building or vehicle. The coated glass pane includes a glass substrate and a coating suitable for reflecting infra-red radiation. The coating includes a base layer including an oxide of zirconium and titanium Zr.sub.xTi.sub.yO.sub.z and the atomic proportion of Zr based on Zr and Ti in the base layer, calculated as x/(x+y), is from 0.40 to 0.95.

A device for manufacturing SiO.sub.2TiO.sub.2 based glass by growing a glass ingot upon a target by a direct method. The device includes the target, comprising a thermal storage portion that accumulates heat by being preheated, and a heat insulating portion that suppresses conduction of heat from the thermal storage portion in a direction opposite to the glass ingot.