A coated glass or glass ceramic substrate with a local-area and/or full-area layer having haptic properties is provided. The layer has a haptically perceptible texture and includes texturing inorganic and/or polysiloxane-based particles that are fixed on the substrate by a layer-forming material. The particles cause protrusions on the layer and so produce the haptically perceptible texture. The substrate is also provided, at least partially, with at least one additional layer.

The present invention relates to transparent glass having a pattern and, more specifically, to transparent glass having a pattern, and having the purpose of allowing a dotted, linear or wave-shaped uneven surface to be formed on the surface of glass at low cost and improving fingerprint resistance, contamination resistance, water repellency and light transmittance by forming a fingerprint-resistant coating layer thereon, such that an uneven surface (100), which has a pattern groove (102) of any one of a plurality of dots, a plurality of linear forms, and a plurality of wave forms, is formed on the surface of a glass substrate by a deposition process or an etching process, a primer layer (40) and a fingerprint-resistant coating layer (50) are formed on the uneven layer, and the width or area of the pattern groove and the spacing distance between the pattern grooves are constant, thereby allowing the uneven surface to be systematically arranged.

A greenhouse glazing, including a glass substrate with a first surface containing a first coating and a second surface containing a second coating. The first surface is an air-side face of the glass substrate and the second surface is a tin-side face of the glass substrate, and the second surface is textured prior to a deposition of the second coating in such a way that a roughness parameter Rsm is at most 155 m. The first coating on the first surface contains a nano-porous silica layer having a thickness between 80 and 150 nm and a transparent conductive oxide located between the nano-porous silica layer and the first surface of the glass substrate. The second coating on the second surface contains a nano-porous silica layer having a thickness between 80 and 180 nm.

A translucent structure includes a translucent substrate and an antireflection layer provided on a visible side of the translucent substrate so that reflectivity of the translucent structure based on an SCI method is 3% or less. A visible-side outermost surface of the translucent structure includes a concave and convex structure as follows. The concave and convex structure includes a first convex portion and a second convex portion. The first convex portion has a diameter exceeding 10 m and 185 m or less in a specific section, and a specific maximum height is 0.2 to 8 m. The second convex portion has a diameter exceeding 1 m in a specific section, the number thereof is 0.0001 to 1.2 per 1 m.sup.2, and a specific average height thereof is 0.1 to 8 m.

Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including a coating formed from a sol that has hydrophobic surface properties. The sol may include a mixture of at least two alkylsiloxane chemicals, with the sol potentially being aged for a certain comparatively short amount of time before being wet-applied to a major substrate surface. The application process may also undergo a certain comparatively short curing process to help provide hydrophobic surface properties. The hydrophobic surface properties help provide anti-soiling functions that are advantageous in a variety of applications including, for example, solar mirror applications.

The disclosure involves a coated glazing, a method of manufacturing the glazing and the use of a layer based on silica and/or an organo silica deposited on a glazing to achieve a coefficient of kinetic friction between an exterior surface of the layer based on silica and/or an organo silica and a contact surface wiping device that does not substantially change between a dry state and a wet state of the surfaces. Also disclosed is a glazing suitable for combination with a wiping device, the combination of said glazing with a wiping device and the use of the glazing to facilitate a reciprocating motion of a part of a wiping device and/or to facilitate a tilting and/or flipping of a part of a wiping device.

A property-enhanced cover sheet, and methods for forming a property-enhanced cover sheet, for a portable electronic device are disclosed. A property-enhanced cover sheet is formed by thermoforming a glass sheet into a specified contour shape while modifying one or more properties of the glass. Other property-enhanced sheets can be formed by layering two or more glass sheets having different material properties, and then thermoforming the layered sheets into a required contour shape. Property enhancement for a cover sheet includes, hardness, scratch resistance, strength, elasticity, texture and the like.

The present invention relates to a method for creating nanostructures in and on organic or inorganic substrates comprising at least the following steps: a) providing a primary substrate having a predetermined refractive index; b) coating the primary substrate with one or more mediating layers each having a predetermined refractive index different from that of the primary substrate, wherein the sequence of the layers is arranged so that a predetermined gradient of the refractive index is generated between the primary substrate and the uppermost layer of the one or more mediating layers; c) optionally coating the uppermost layer of the one or more mediating layers with an additional top layer; d) depositing a nanostructured etching mask onto the uppermost layer of the composite substrate obtained after steps a)-b) or a)-c); e) generating protruding structures, in particular conical or pillar structures, or recessed structures, in particular holes, in at least the uppermost layer of the composite substrate by means of reactive ion etching. A further aspect of the invention relates to a composite substrate with a nanostructured surface obtainable by said method.

A glass-based assembly includes a glass substrate and a coating layer coupled to the glass substrate. Ultimate strength of the glass substrate with the coating layer overlaying and coupled thereto is greater than that of the glass substrate alone, without the coating layer.

A glass-based assembly includes a glass substrate and a coating layer coupled to the glass substrate. Ultimate strength of the glass substrate with the coating layer overlaying and coupled thereto is greater than that of the glass substrate alone, without the coating layer.