The present invention provides a substrate with an antireflection layer not only which is excellent in the antireflection properties but also which has high water repellency and oil repellency and favorable oil and fat stain removability, and a display device provided with a substrate with an antireflection layer. A substrate with an antireflection layer, which comprises an antireflection layer on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the antireflection layer contains a silica porous film having fluorinated organic groups, and the surface of the antireflection layer on the opposite side from the substrate has an element number ratio F/Si of at least 1 as obtained from the peak height of F.sub.1s and the peak height of Si.sub.2p in surface analysis by scanning X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) and has an arithmetic mean roughness (Sa) of at most 3.0 nm.

Method for producing a photochromic material and a component including the photochromic material, where the method comprises the steps of:first the formation on a substrate of a layer of an essentially oxygen free metal hydride with a predetermined thickness using a physical vapor deposition process; andsecond exposing the metal hydride layer to oxygen where the oxygen reacts with the metal hydride, resulting in a material with photochromic properties.

Glass or glass ceramic substrates are provided that have a decorative coating. Methods for coating a glass or glass ceramic substrate with a decorative coating are also provided. In the method, a first, textured layer is applied which is filled with a further layer, so that a layer material of graded composition is formed.

The present invention provides an optical laminate including a void-containing layer with high strength against peeling, a method for producing the optical laminate, an optical member including the optical laminate, an optical apparatus including the optical laminate, a method for producing the optical member, and a method for producing the optical apparatus. The optical laminate (10a) or (10b) of the present inventions includes: a void-containing layer (12); and a hard layer (13) formed on the void-containing layer (12), wherein the void-containing layer (12) has a void fraction of 30 vol % or more, the hard layer (13) includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of metal, metal oxide, silicon, silicon oxide and an organic-inorganic hybrid material, and hardness measured by pushing an indenter of a nano indenter into the hard layer (13) for 20 nm is larger than hardness of the void-containing layer (12).

The disclosure relates to glass articles having a decorative inorganic layer that is compatible with ion exchange processes and suitable for automotive glass. The inorganic layer comprises a plurality of pores in which polymerizable filler components have been deposited and cross-linked. The porous inorganic layer has a glass transition temperature of greater than 450? C. and a glass softening temperature of less than 650? C. The disclosure also provides glass articles containing the filled porous inorganic layer and methods for preparing the same.

An optical fiber curing component includes a first tube comprising a first body defining a first interior surface and a first exterior surface, the first tube defining a first aperture and a second aperture on opposite ends of a first cavity, wherein the first tube defines a central axis extending through the first cavity; light sources coupled to the first body of the first tube and configured to emit light toward the central axis of the first tube, wherein each of the light sources intersect a common plane defined perpendicular to the central axis of the first tube; a silica glass article, having an anti-reflective coating, disposed between each of the plurality of light sources and the central axis of the first tube; and a reflective coating positioned on the interior surface of the first body and configured to reflect the light toward the central axis of the first tube.

There is provided a coating composition comprising nonspherical nanoparticles; spherical nanoparticles; optionally hydrophilic groups and optional an surfactant; and a liquid medium comprising water and no greater than 30 wt % organic solvent, if present, based on the total weight of liquid medium, where at least a portion of the nonspherical nanoparticles or at least a portion of the spherical nanoparticles comprises functional groups attached to their surface through chemical bonds, wherein the functional groups comprise at least one group selected from the group consisting of epoxy group, amine group, hydroxyl, olefin, alkyne, (meth) acrylato, mercapto group, or combinations thereof. There is also provided a method for modifying a substrate surface using the coating composition and articles made therefrom.

An energy-saving glass includes a glass substrate, and a periodic metal layer deposited on the glass substrate and having a honeycomb array of round holes. A method of manufacturing the energy-saving glass includes: providing a template having multiple template spots arranged in a honeycomb array; forming on the template a transfer metal layer having multiple metal spots disposed respectively on the template spots; transferring the metal spots onto a photoresist layer on a glass substrate; etching the photoresist layer exposed from the metal spots to leave photoresist spots underlying the metal spots on the glass substrate; forming a periodic metal layer around the photoresist spots; and removing the photoresist spots.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to coated articles including noble metal (e.g., Ag) and polymeric hydrogenated diamond like carbon (DLC) (e.g., a-C:H, a-C:H:O) composite material having antibacterial and photocatalytic properties, and/or methods of making the same. A glass substrate supports a buffer layer, a matrix comprising the noble metal and DLC, a proton-conducting layer that may comprising zirconium oxide in certain example embodiments, and a layer comprising titanium oxide. The layer comprising titanium oxide may be photocatalytic and optionally may further include carbon and/or nitrogen. The proton-conducting layer may facilitate the creation of electron-hole pairs and, in turn, promote the antibacterial properties of the coated article. The morphology of the layer comprising titanium oxide and/or channels formed therein may enable Ag ions produced from matrix to migrate therethrough.

Initial film layers prepared from tin(II) chloride spontaneously generate open cavities when the initial film layers are thermally cured to about 400 C. using a temperature ramp of 1 C./minute to 10 C./minute while exposed to air. The openings of the bowl-shaped cavities have characteristic dimensions whose lengths are in a range of 30 nm to 300 nm in the plane of the top surfaces of the cured film layers. The cured film layers comprise tin oxide and have utility in gas sensors, electrodes, photocells, and solar cells.