Coating liquid used for forming an ultraviolet absorption coating on a surface of an object such as glass and the like, ultraviolet absorption glass arranged with the ultraviolet absorption coating formed by the coating liquid, and a method for preparing the ultraviolet absorption glass. The coating liquid used for forming the ultraviolet absorption coating, the ultraviolet absorption glass and the method for forming the ultraviolet absorption glass, by storing and releasing electrons excited by ultraviolet lights in an ultraviolet absorber, reduce the excited electrons that are gradually accumulated during a process in which the ultraviolet absorber absorbs the ultraviolet lights, thus protecting the ultraviolet absorber and a silicon dioxide matrix, preventing the ultraviolet absorption glass from discoloring or devitrifying, ensuring weather resistance of the ultraviolet absorption coating and ensuring color consistency of the ultraviolet absorption glass.

A coated glass substrate comprising: a transparent glass substrate coated with a blocking layer comprising a material having Si—O—Si bonds, a polyol and/or diol and a blocking component, wherein the blocking component is a material that is capable of blocking electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range 10-500 nm.

A method of diffusing one or more of gold nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, gold ions, and silver ions, into a solid transparent material, causing it to absorb at least some wavelengths of visible light, UV light, or both, the method comprising: (a) providing a first volume of organic solvent with one or more of gold nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, gold ions and silver ions, blocked with one or more ligands, suspended in the organic solvent; (b) adding a quantity of the volume of organic solvent to a volume of water; (c) immersing the transparent material in the volume of water; and (d) heating the volume of water with the added organic solvent and the transparent material for a period of time, causing the one or more of gold nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles, gold ions and silver ions to diffuse into the transparent material.

Described herein is a transparent or translucent substrate at least partially coated with a quantum dot coating such that the coating is invisible in a first non-excited state of the coating and the coating is visible in a second excited state of the coating. Also described herein is a laminate, a glazing unit and a sunroof comprising the described coated substrate. A method of preparing the coated substrate is also described.

There is provided a glass article using an ultraviolet absorbing glass substrate, the glass article suppressing solarization and exhibiting a high visible light transmittance. A glass article, comprising a glass substrate absorbing light at a wavelength of 250 to 400 nm from the surface and an antireflection film provided on at least one surface of the glass substrate, wherein the glass article has an ultraviolet irradiation degradation degree (X) of 1.5% or less, wherein the ultraviolet irradiation degradation degree (X) is T.sub.0T.sub.1, where T.sub.0 is an average transmittance of light at the wavelength of 250 to 400 nm from a surface of the antireflection film in an initial state, and T.sub.1 is an average transmittance of light at the wavelength of 250 to 400 nm from the surface of the antireflection film after irradiating the surface of the antireflection film with ultraviolet rays for one hour.

Disclosed is a process for producing a film-coated substrate having a relatively flat distribution of film thickness such that the film thickness is suppressed from gradually increasing toward a downstream side of flow of a coating liquid even when a coating film is formed on a plate-shaped substrate by a flow coating method in which the substrate is held in raised attitude. The film-coated substrate according to the present invention is employed in particular as an openable/closable window glass of an automotive door, and is suitable for one where the substrate includes an uncoated region where no coating film is formed, wherein the uncoated region is configured to be received in a receiving part of an upper frame of the door.

An aspect of the present invention is directed to a method for producing a glass sheet with a coating, produced by applying a functional liquid for providing a function to the glass sheet, to at least one face of the glass sheet, including a first step of supplying the functional liquid to an ejection portion having a nozzle that ejects the functional liquid toward the glass sheet, and a second step of applying the functional liquid to the glass sheet while moving the glass sheet relative to the ejection portion in a fixed state such that the functional liquid ejected from the nozzle is applied to a predetermined region on the at least one face of the glass sheet, wherein a tube member that transports the functional liquid is connected to the ejection portion, and, in the first step, the functional liquid is supplied by the tube member to the ejection portion.

A treated substrate includes a low emissivity coating layer disposed on a substrate and a high emissivity coating layer disposed on the low emissivity coating layer. The low emissivity coating layer is formed a low emissivity coating composition including silver, or indium tin oxide, or fluorine-doped tin oxide, while the high emissivity coating layer is formed from a high emissivity coating composition including a carbon-doped silicon oxide. The treated substrate has an emissivity of from 0.7 to less than 1.0 at wavelengths ranging from 8 micrometers to 13 micrometers and has an emissivity of greater than 0 to 0.3 at wavelengths less than 6 micrometers. The treated substrate also maintains a visually acceptable mechanical brush durability resistance for at least 150 test cycles tested in accordance with ASTM D2486-17.

A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) coating on a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes an infrared (IR) reflecting layer between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. The coating is designed so as to provide a highly transparent coated article that is thermally stable upon optional heat treatment and which can be made to have a low emissivity in a consistent manner. The coating is designed to have improved IR reflecting layer quality, and thus reduced tolerances with respect to manufacturability of desired emissivity values. The coated article may be used in monolithic window applications, IG window applications, or the like.

Certain example embodiments relate to making use of the difference in visually perceivable spectra as between humans and birds to create at least pseudo-random and generally non-repeating patterns that help deter birds from colliding with building facades and other transparent barriers, techniques for creating such patterns, articles including such patterns, and methods of making such articles. The patterns include design elements or areas of a UV-reflective material that is visible to birds and may or may not be easily perceivable to humans. The patterns may be created in accordance with a plurality of design rules embodied in a computer-implemented algorithm. Design rules relate to position, rotation, and/or size randomness of the design elements included in the pattern. Execution of the algorithm defines the pattern. Once the pattern is defined, the transparent substrate can have the pattern applied thereto via any suitable manufacturing technique.