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 textured glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a textured region defined by the primary surface and comprising a textured region composition. The textured region comprises a sparkle of 2% or less. Further, the bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the textured region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica.

A functional film contains an inorganic material as a main component and having a fine uneven structure on a surface. In a vertical cross section in a film thickness direction, a plurality of projections constituting the fine uneven structure is formed in a stepped shape having one or more stages, the functional film satisfies the following Formula (I): 10?X?Y, where X is a Mohs hardness of the inorganic material, and an integer Y is the number of stages of the projections, and an average height from an lowermost bottom of lowest-stage projections of the plurality of projections to an outermost surface of highest-stage projections of the plurality of projections is 1 ?m or less.

Deadfront articles that include a tactile element formed on a first surface of a substrate and a visual element disposed on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface. The tactile element is positioned on the first surface of the substrate in a complimentary fashion to the visual element disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The tactile element may include a surface roughness portion having a surface roughness different than the surface roughness of an area bordering the surface roughness portion. The deadfront articles may be incorporated into an automobile interior to provide a visual and haptic display interface for a user.

A diffusing substrate for a device having an organic light-emitting diode including a sheet of glass coated on one of the surfaces thereof with a layer including a vitreous material, such that the vitreous material has a chemical composition including the following components, which vary within the weight limits defined below: TABLE-US-00001 Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 60-85% B.sub.2O.sub.3 5-12% SiO.sub.2 6-20% MgO + ZnO 0-9.5%.sup. Al.sub.2O.sub.3 0-7% Li.sub.2O + Na.sub.2O + K.sub.2O 0-5% CaO 0-5% BaO 0-20%.

Provided is a display cover member that enables realization of a display having less reflection of the background and excellent anti-sparkle properties. The display cover member has a feature that: one of principal surfaces is formed of an uneven surface; a mean width of roughness profile elements (RSm) of the uneven surface defined by JIS B 0601-2013 is not less than 1 m and not more than 30 m; and a ratio /Rku between an average inclined angle () of the roughness profile of the uneven surface and a kurtosis of the roughness profile (Rku) of the uneven surface defined by JIS B 0601-2013 is not less than 0.40 and not more than 1.08.

An improved anti-reflection glass with higher transmittance (Tqe %) results from a coating of or including tin oxide (e.g., SnO.sub.2) nanoparticles (e.g., 10-20 nm in size) applied to a surface of solar float or matte/matte glass. The tin oxide based coating layer shows improved chemical stability and durability and can be prepared using a sol-gel process and applied by spin coating. Matte/matte anti-reflection glass samples may have two coating layers (e.g., SnO.sub.2 nanoparticles on the rough side and SiO.sub.2 nanoparticles on the smooth side) and exhibit an improved transmittance (e.g., visible transmittance) of at least 2.0%, e.g., about 3.5%. As high as a 30% increase of Tqe % has been observed when anti-reflection matte/matte glass coated with SnO.sub.2 is exposed in a salt fog chamber for 5 days. The increase in transmittance may be due to the different pore structure of the SnO.sub.2 coating layer, while the increase of Tqe % in a salt fog chamber may be due to the crystalline SnO.sub.2 formation.

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.

This invention relates generally to articles, devices, and methods for inhibiting or preventing the formation of scale during various industrial processes. In certain embodiments, a vessel is provided for use in an industrial process, the vessel including a surface in contact with a mineral solution, wherein the surface is provided or is modified to have .sup.polar/.sup.total no greater than about 0.2 and/or the surface is provided or is modified to have a surface energy no greater than about 32 mJ/m.sup.2, thereby providing resistance to mineral scale deposits thereupon.

A synthetic quartz glass lid for use in optical device packages is prepared by furnishing a synthetic quartz glass lid precursor comprising a synthetic quartz glass substrate (1) and a metal or metal compound film (2), and forming a metal base adhesive layer (3) on the metal or metal compound film (2). The metal or metal compound film contains Ag, Bi, and at least one element selected from P, Sb, Sn and In.