A window with low frictive compositions and methods of making the same. The low frictive composition is applied to top portion of at least one glass bump contacting an opposing pane in a window. The low frictive composition may include an inorganic powder and a binder. The inorganic powder includes disulfide, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten diselenide, and molybdenum diselenide. The binder includes silsesquioxanes and alkali silicates.

Disclosed herein are methods for forming a graphene film on a substrate, the methods comprising depositing graphene on a surface of the substrate by a first vapor deposition step to form a discontinuous graphene crystal layer; depositing a graphene oxide layer on the discontinuous graphene crystal layer to form a composite layer; and depositing graphene on the composite layer by a second vapor deposition step, wherein the graphene oxide layer is substantially reduced to a graphene layer during the second vapor deposition step. Transparent coated substrates comprising such graphene films are also disclosed herein, wherein the graphene films have a resistance of less than about 10 K?/sq.

An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer and other glass structures in the electronic device may be provided with coatings. An interior coating on a glass layer may include multiple layers of material such as an adhesion promotion layer, thin-film layers of materials such as silicon, niobium oxide and other metal oxides, and metals to help adjust the appearance of the coating. A metal layer may be formed on top of the coating to serve as an environmental protection layer and opacity enhancement layer. In some configurations, the coating may include four layers.

The present disclosure provides a composite substrate structure and a touch panel having composite substrate structure, for promoting abrasion resistance, visual transparency, and appearance. The composite substrate structure includes a transparent substrate and a diamond-like carbon layer. The diamond-like carbon layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and has a thickness less than or equal to about 15 nanometers.

An article that includes: a substrate comprising a glass, glass-ceramic or a ceramic composition and a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface. Each of the substrate and the film comprises an optical transmittance of 20% or more in the visible spectrum. Further, the protective film comprises a hardness of greater than 10 GPa, as measured by a Berkovich nanoindenter, and a strain-to-failure of greater than 0.8%, as measured by a ring-on-ring test.

Provided are an apparatus and a method for making a strengthened glass sheet including a glass layer with a first coefficient of thermal expansion and a first non-glass surface film formed on the glass layer, wherein the first non-glass surface film has a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is less than the first coefficient of thermal expansion and a compressive stress of at least 700 MPa.

A method of controllably bonding a thin sheet having a thin sheet bonding surface with a carrier having a carrier bonding surface, by depositing a carbonaceous surface modification layer onto at least one of the thin sheet bonding surface and the carrier bonding surface, incorporating polar groups with the surface modification layer, and then bonding the thin sheet bonding surface to the carrier bonding surface via the surface modification layer. The surface modification layer may include a bulk carbonaceous layer having a first polar group concentration and a surface layer having a second polar group concentration, wherein the second polar group concentration is higher than the first polar group concentration. The surface modification layer deposition and the treatment thereof may be performed by plasma polymerization techniques.

A borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container having high appearance quality, particularly a small number of air lines, and a glass tube for a pharmaceutical container are provided. The borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container contains, in mass %, from 70.0 to 78.0% of SiO.sub.2, from 5.0 to 8.0% of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, from 5.0 to 12.0% of B.sub.2O.sub.3, from 0 to 4.0% of CaO, from 0 to 4.0% of BaO, from 4.0 to 8.0% of Na.sub.2O, from 0 to 5.0% of K.sub.2O and from 0.001 to 1.0% of SnO.sub.2.

Provided herein is a glass article comprising: an ion-exchanged glass layer comprising a first major surface and a second major surface; and at least one negatively doped graphene layer having a first major surface and a second major surface; the negatively doped graphene layer first major surface located opposite at least a portion of at least one of the first major surface and the second major surface of the ion-exchanged glass layer, the negatively doped graphene layer having a carrier density of at least about 10.sup.13 cm.sup.?2. Also provided herein are devices comprising the glass article and methods of making the glass article.

Disclosed herein are methods for transferring a graphene film onto a substrate, the methods comprising applying a polymer layer to a first surface of a graphene film, wherein a second surface of the graphene film is in contact with a growth substrate; applying a thermal release polymer layer to the polymer layer; removing the growth substrate to form a transfer substrate comprising an exposed graphene surface; and contacting the exposed graphene surface with a target substrate. Transfer substrates comprising a graphene film, a thermal release polymer layer, and a polymer layer are also disclosed herein.