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.

Coated glass-based articles and methods of manufacture disclosed. An article comprises a chemically strengthened glass-based core substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a chemically strengthened glass-based first cladding substrate having a third surface directly bonded to the first surface to provide a first core-cladding interface and a chemically strengthened glass-based second cladding substrate having a fourth surface directly bonded to the second surface to provide a second core-cladding interface, wherein the core substrate is bonded to the first cladding substrate and the second cladding substrate, and there is a coating on the first cladding substrate.

One or more aspects of the disclosure pertain to an article including an optical film structure disposed on an inorganic oxide substrate, which may include a strengthened or non-strengthened substrate that may be amorphous or crystalline, such that the article exhibits scratch resistance and retains the same or improved optical properties as the inorganic oxide substrate, without the optical film structure disposed thereon. In one or more embodiments, the article exhibits an average transmittance of 85% or more, over the visible spectrum (e.g., 380 nm-780 nm). Embodiments of the optical film structure include aluminum-containing oxides, aluminum-containing oxy-nitrides, aluminum-containing nitrides (e.g., AlN) and combinations thereof. The optical film structures disclosed herein also include a transparent dielectric including oxides such as silicon oxide, germanium oxide, aluminum oxide and a combination thereof. Methods of forming such articles are also provided.

The present invention relates to a curable composition, providing, upon curing, an abrasion-resistant, transparent, antistatic coating, comprising carbon nanotubes and a binder comprising at least one epoxysilane compound, preferably an epoxyalkoxysilane, and optionally fillers such as nanoparticles of non electrically conductive oxides and/or additional binder components such as tetraethoxysilane. The invention further relates to optical articles comprising a substrate, and, starting from the substrate, an abrasion- and/or scratch-resistant coating, and an antistatic coating formed by depositing directly onto said abrasion- and/or scratch-resistant coating the above referred curable composition. The obtained optical articles exhibit antistatic properties, high optical transparency with about 91-92% of transmittance, low haze and improved abrasion resistance.

The present invention provides an organic-inorganic composite resin, which is derived from: (A) an inorganic portion comprising (a.sub.1) one or more siloxane monomers of formula (R.sup.1).sub.nSi(OR.sup.2).sub.4-n, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and n are as defined in the specification; (a.sub.2) an acidic catalyst, (a.sub.3) silica, and (a.sub.4) a siloxane oligomer; and (B) an organic portion comprising (b.sub.1) one ore more acrylic monomers; wherein the weight ratio of the inorganic portion to the organic portion ranges from 2:8 to 8:2. The present invention also provides a coating composition comprising the aforementioned organic-inorganic composite resin and a hardener. The present invention further provides a reinforced substrate coated with the aforementioned coating composition.

A coated insulation material comprising an insulation material substrate and a coating on at least part of a surface of the insulation material substrate and wherein the coating comprises 20 to 65 wt % alkali silicate based on the total weight of the cured coating and the alkali silicate comprises potassium silicate. Also described is an aqueous coating composition useful in providing the insulation material coating, a potassium silicate coating, methods of producing the coated insulation material and potassium silicate coating and kit of parts including an insulation material substrate and either the aqueous coating composition or the potassium silicate coating.

A light guide plate that includes a glass substrate including an edge surface and at least two major surfaces defining a thickness and an edge surface configured to receive light from a light source and the glass substrate configured to distribute the light from the light source; and an organosilicate film disposed on one of the at least two major surfaces. Display products and methods of processing a glass substrate for use as a light guide plate are also provided.

A coated article includes a substrate having a major surface, and an optical coating disposed on the major surface of the substrate. At least a portion of the optical coating includes a residual compressive stress of about 50 MPa or more. The coated article has strain-to-failure of about 0.5% or more as measured by a Ring-on-Ring Tensile Testing Procedure. The coated article has an average photopic transmission of about 80% or greater.

A method for producing reinforced glass, reinforced glass and an electronic device are provided. The method for producing reinforced glass includes: subjecting glass to a first reinforcing treatment; detecting a first stress parameter of the glass subjected to the first reinforcing treatment, and determining whether the glass subjected to the first reinforcing treatment is qualified according to the first stress parameter; subjecting the glass to a second reinforcing treatment when the glass subjected to the first reinforcing treatment is qualified; detecting a second stress parameter of the glass subjected to the second reinforcing treatment, and determining whether the glass subjected to the second reinforcing treatment is qualified according to the second stress parameter; and subjecting the glass to a touch-polishing treatment when the glass subjected to the second reinforcing treatment is qualified, so as to obtain the reinforced glass.

Mechanical properties of a cover glass for a touch screen are improved by ion implanting the front surface. The implant process uses non-mass analyzed ions that physically embed in voids between inter-connected molecules of the glass. The embedded ions create compression stress on the molecular structure, thus enhancing the mechanical properties of the glass to avoid scratches. Also, implanting ions containing fluoride enhances the hydrophobic and oleophobis properties of the glass to prevent finger prints.