A thermal insulating glass includes a glass substrate and a thermal insulating layer. The thermal insulating layer includes composite tungsten oxide and a binder. The composite tungsten oxide is represented by formula (1): M.sub.xWO.sub.3-yA.sub.y (1), where M is an alkali metal element or an alkaline earth metal element, W is tungsten, O is oxygen, A is a halogen element, and 0<x≤1 and 0≤y≤0.5. And the binder includes one or more of the following components: silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, and aluminium oxide. The thermal insulating glass can prevent the occurrence of obscuration. The thermal insulating has infrared reflectivity, high strength and good wear resistance, and can effectively resist high temperature and strong oxidation environment.

A material including a transparent substrate coated with a stack acting on infrared radiation includes at least one functional layer and at least one upper protective layer deposited above at least a part of the functional layer. The upper protective layer is a hydrogenated carbon layer, within which layer the carbon atoms form carbon-carbon and carbon-hydrogen bonds and are essentially in an sp.sup.2 hybridization state.

A glass laminate, in which an inorganic laminated film having a total thickness of 90 to 500 nm is laminated on a surface of a glass plate with an adhesive film including a resin film interposed therebetween, a carbon-containing film thinner than the inorganic laminated film is attached to a surface of the inorganic laminated film, a storage elastic modulus of an outermost surface on the inorganic laminated film side that is measured by a nanoindentation method using a flat punch indenter under conditions of 1 Hz and 28° C. is 50 MPa to 30 GPa, and a loss coefficient of the outermost surface on the inorganic laminated film side that is measured by the nanoindentation method using the flat punch indenter under conditions of 1 Hz and 28° C. is 0.005 to 0.14.

A glass article having an excellent heat resistance, capable of preventing any of layers disposed on a glass substrate from peeling off or being clacked even after a long period of time has elapsed after the bending thereof at a high temperature is provided. A glass article according to the present invention includes, on a glass substrate, a carbon-added silicon oxide layer, a transparent conductive oxide layer, and a shielding layer in this order, in which an atomic-composition percentage ratio C/Si of carbon to silicon in the carbon-added silicon oxide layer is 0.1 or more and 0.5 or less, and a linear expansion coefficient α.sub.Sh of the shielding layer is 7.7×10.sup.−3/K or less.

A coated glazing includes a transparent glass substrate, and a coating located on the glass substrate. The coating is provided with at least the following layers in sequence starting from the glass substrate: a first layer having a refractive index of more than 1.6, an optional second layer having a refractive index that is less than the refractive index of the first layer, a third layer based on tin dioxide doped with antimony, niobium and/or neodymium, and a fourth layer based on titanium dioxide, wherein the fourth layer is photocatalytic.

A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic coating on a substrate, such as an optical substrate, is disclosed. The method includes providing a glass layer disposed on a substrate, the glass layer having a first side adjacent the substrate and an opposed second side, the glass layer comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide in a first glass phase and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide in a second glass phase, such that a glass layer has a composition in a spinodal decomposition region. The method further includes heating the second side of the glass layer to form a phase-separated portion of the layer, the phase-separated portion comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains, and removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated portion to provide a graded layer disposed on the substrate. The graded layer has a first side disposed adjacent the substrate, the first side comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide, and opposite the first side, a porous second side comprising at least 45 wt. % silicon oxide and no more than 5 wt. % boron oxide.

A coated glazing includes a transparent glass substrate and a coating located on the glass substrate. The coating is provided with at least the following layers in sequence starting from the glass substrate: a first layer having a refractive index of more than 1.6, an optional second layer having a refractive index that is less than the refractive index of the first layer, a third layer based on tin dioxide, a fourth layer based on an oxide of silicon, and a fifth layer based on titanium dioxide, wherein the fifth layer is photocatalytic.

A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers acting on infrared radiation including at least one functional layer. The stack includes a carbon-based upper protective layer within which the carbon atoms are essentially in an sp.sup.2 hybridization state and the upper protective layer is deposited above at least a part of the functional layer and exhibits a thickness of less than 1 nm.

A method of making a heat treated (HT) substantially transparent coated article to be used in shower door applications, window applications, tabletop applications, or any other suitable applications. For example, certain embodiments relate to a method of making a coated article including a step of heat treating a glass substrate coated with at least layer of or including carbon (e.g., diamond-like carbon (DLC)) and an overlying protective film thereon. The protective film may be of or include both (a) an oxygen blocking or barrier layer, and (b) a release layer, with the release layer being located between at least the carbon based layer and the oxygen blocking layer. The release layer is of or includes zinc oxynitride (e.g., ZnO.sub.xN.sub.z). Following and/or during heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, or the like) the protective film may be entirely or partially removed. Other embodiments of this invention relate to the pre-HT coated article, or the post-HT coated article.

Disclosed are a display screen film and a preparation method therefor, and an energy saving method. The display screen film comprises an oriented carbon nanotube layer and a quartz glass layer, wherein the oriented carbon nanotube layer is located above the quartz glass layer, comprises an oriented growth carbon nanotube, and is configured to refract all incident light through the oriented growth carbon nanotube; the quartz glass layer is used for the carbon nanotube layer to grow orientately thereon, and is also used for absorbing the incident light so as to enable all the incident light to reach the oriented carbon nanotube layer.