A coated substrate, such as an architectural window, for reducing bird collisions comprising a first substrate, having a No. 1 surface and a No. 2 surface oppositely disposed from the No. 1 surface, wherein the No. 2 surface comprises at least one functional layer located thereon, and wherein the No. 1 surface includes a first coating having a predetermined pattern that creates a contrast in the UV and/or bird-visible range when compared to uncoated portions of the No. 1 surface of the substrate or when compared to other coated portions of the No. 1 surface. The coated substrate can be used as a single substrate in an architecture window or as a substrate in an insulating glass unit. A method for forming the architectural window for reducing bird collisions using a sputter-up and sputter-down process is also provided.

The present invention provides a glass article including a photocatalyst film 1 containing silicon oxide particles 6 and titanium oxide particles 5, and a glass sheet 2. Assuming that the photocatalyst film 1 has a film thickness T, 80% or more of the titanium oxide particles are localized in a region between a surface of the glass sheet 2 and a position spaced from the surface by 0.6 T toward a surface of the photocatalyst film 1 in a thickness direction of the photocatalyst film 1. The glass article has an increased transmittance provided by enhancing the reflection-reducing function of the photocatalyst film 1 while maintaining the film strength and photocatalytic function of the photocatalyst film 1.

In this invention, processes which can be used to achieve stable doped carbon nanotubes are disclosed. Preferred CNT structures and morphologies for achieving maximum doping effects are also described. Dopant formulations and methods for achieving doping of a broad distribution of tube types are also described.

Provided is a method of producing a transparent porous film by which a transparent porous film having excellent transparency and excellent thickness accuracy can be produced through spray coating. The method of producing a transparent porous film according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a step of spray coating a base material with a transparent porous film-forming paint containing particles and a dispersion medium in which the particles are dispersed to form a coating film so that a solid content concentration change rate satisfies the following formula (1): 1.3solid content concentration change rate60 . . . (1) (in the formula (1), the solid content concentration change rate represents a solid content concentration in the coating film 10 seconds after the spray coating with respect to a solid content concentration in the transparent porous film-forming paint before the spray coating).

Luminescent diamond is made by creating vacancies in diamond grains and heat treating the diamond grains by controlling a thickness of the diamond grains on a substrate. The heat treatment may occur in a temperature range that does not burn the diamond grains, and the controlled thickness produces an even color change and/or promotes oxygen terminations on the diamond particle surfaces.

An infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion liquid including infrared absorbing material fine particles and a solvent, the infrared absorbing material fine particles containing fine particles of composite tungsten oxide represented by a general formula MxWOy, the solvent containing water, wherein an absolute value of a zeta potential of the infrared absorbing material fine particle dispersion liquid is 5 mV or more and 100 mV or less.

A hollow body includes a wall which at least partially surrounds an interior volume of the hollow body. The wall comprises a layer of glass and has a wall surface. The wall surface comprises a surface region which is characterized by a contact angle for wetting with water of at least 80. A process for making an item; a hollow body obtainable by this process; a closed container; a process for packaging a pharmaceutical composition; a closed hollow body obtainable by this process; a use of one of the hollow bodies; and a use of a perfluorinated silane or a perfluorosulfonic acid or both is also provided.

A method of manufacturing a scintillator material includes providing a substrate made of a quartz glass and having a recess formed therein; filling the recess with a raw material powder obtained by mixing an iodide raw material and SiO.sub.2 fine particles; after filling the recess, disposing a lid on the substrate to cover the recess; and after disposing the lid, heating the substrate, thereby forming a nanocomposite layer in which an iodide phosphor is introduced into a cristobalite structure.

A nanoparticle coater includes a housing; a nanoparticle discharge slot; a first combustion slot; and a second combustion slot.

A vehicle window, includes at least one transparent glass pane and an IR-reflective coating on a surface of the glass pane, wherein the IR-reflective coating includes n metallic layers and (n+1) dielectric layer modules, wherein the layer modules are implemented as dielectric layers or layer sequences and wherein the layer modules and the metallic layers are arranged alternatingly such that each metallic layer is arranged between two layer modules, where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 1, wherein each metallic layer is implemented as a discontinuous layer of metal nanocrystals, which has regions that are occupied by metal nanocrystals and regions that are not occupied by nanocrystals. The uppermost layer module has a dielectric anti-reflection layer with a refractive index of at most 1.7.