According to one or more embodiments described herein, a coated article may comprise a transparent substrate and an optical coating. The transparent substrate may have a major surface, and the optical coating may be disposed on the major surface of the transparent substrate and form an air-side surface. The optical coating may comprise one or more layers of deposited material and one or more light-altering features which may reduce oscillations in the reflectance spectrum of the coated article. The coated article may exhibit a maximum hardness of about 8 GPa or greater, have an average photopic transmittance of about 50% or greater, and exhibit an angular color shift of less than about 10 from a reference illumination angle in a range of 0-10 degrees to an incident illumination angle in a range of 30-60 degrees relative to the air-side surface.

The method for depositing a film of the present invention includes the first film deposition step of depositing a first film 103 having hardness higher than hardness of a substrate 101 on a surface of the substrate 101, the first irradiation step of irradiating particles having energy on the first film 103, and the second film deposition step of depositing an oil-repellent film 105 on a surface of the first film 103 subjected to the first irradiation step. A method for depositing a film enabling production of an oil-repellent substrate includes an oil-repellent film having abrasion resistance of a practically sufficient level can be provided.

A stain disappearing laminate of the present invention comprises a sebum absorption and diffusion layer 3 and a sebum attachment inhibition layer 2 laminated on a base material in this order. The sebum attachment inhibition layer 2 repels sebum 5 and reduces attachment of the sebum, as well as allows attached sebum to pass through to the sebum attachment inhibition layer side, and the sebum absorption and diffusion layer 3 absorbs the sebum 5 passed through the sebum attachment inhibition layer 2 and diffuses the sebum within the sebum absorption and diffusion layer itself.

A substrate is provided with an abrasion resistance antireflection coating. The coated substrate includes a multilayer antireflection coating on at least one side. The coating has layers with different refractive indices, wherein higher refractive index layers alternate with lower refractive index layers. The layers having a lower refractive index are formed of silicon oxide with a proportion of aluminum, with a ratio of the amounts of aluminum to silicon is greater than 0.05, preferably greater than 0.08, but with the amount of silicon predominant relative to the amount of aluminum. The layers having a higher refractive index include a silicide, an oxide, or a nitride.

The disclosure relates to a hydrophobic window. The hydrophobic window includes a frame; a glass embedded in the frame; and a hydrophobic film on a surface of the glass. The hydrophobic film comprises a flexible substrate and a hydrophobic layer. The flexible substrate comprises a flexible base and a patterned first bulge layer on a surface of the flexible base. The hydrophobic layer is on the surface of the patterned first bulge layer.

A coating composition is provided comprising nanoparticles and certain silane compounds. When applied to articles, particularly glass articles, the coating that is formed is resistant to soiling by both dry dust and wet soil.

Apparatus for a smudge-resistant structure and related fabrication methods are provided. An exemplary smudge-resistant structure includes a transparent substrate having a macrostructured surface configured to reduce contact with the transparent substrate and an oxidizing layer overlying the macrostructured surface.

Embodiments of a deadfront article are provided. The deadfront article includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface. The deadfront article also includes a semi-transparent layer disposed onto the second surface of the substrate. The semi-transparent layer has a region of a solid color or of a design of two or more colors, and the semi-transparent layer has a first optical density. Further, the deadfront article includes a contrast layer disposed onto the region. The contrast layer is configured to enhance visibility of the color(s) of the semi-transparent layer.

According to an embodiment, a cover glass includes a glass plate forming at least a portion of an electronic device, and a first coat layer deposited on a surface of the glass plate, the first coat layer at least partially including a network structure. The first coat layer includes silicon (Si), oxygen (O), and at least one impurity, and such that SiO bonds are 80% or more by weight of the first coat layer. A polysilazane-applied coat is laid over one surface of the reinforced glass plate, providing an elegant haze glass cover.

The present invention relates to a method for forming a TiO.sub.2 thin film on a substrate by using an atmospheric pressure CVD method, in which a raw material gas contains titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) and a chloride of a metal M vaporizable in a temperature range of 100 to 400 C. and the amount of the chloride of the metal M is from 0.01 to 0.18 as a concentration ratio to the titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) (chloride of metal M (mol %)/TTIP (mol %)).