A metallic lustrous member with radio wave transmissibility is provided, which is capable of being easily produced, while ensuring a structure in which not only chromium or indium but also any of some other metals such as aluminum is formed as a metal layer on a continuous surface of any of various materials, and also an article using the member is provided. A production method for a metallic lustrous member with radio wave transmissibility, which is capable of easily forming, as a metal layer, not only chromium or indium but also any of some other metals such as aluminum, on a continuous surface of any of various materials. The metallic lustrous member comprises a substrate having radio wave transmissibility, and an aluminum layer formed directly on a continuous surface of the substrate. The aluminum layer has a discontinuous region including a plurality of separated segments which are mutually discontinuous.

The present invention relates to coating glass for architectural or automotive use, either monolithic or laminated, having solar control properties. The coating consists of several layers of different metal oxide semiconductors (TiO.sub.2, ZnO, ZrO.sub.2, SnO.sub.2, Al.sub.2O.sub.3) and a layer of metallic nanoparticles, which when superimposed on a pre-established order give the glass solar control properties. In particular the use of protective layers of n-type semiconductors around the metallic nanoparticles layer. It also relates to the method for obtaining the coating by means of the aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition technique, using precursor solutions containing an organic or inorganic salt (acetates, acetylacetonates, halides, nitrates) of the applicable elements and an appropriate solvent (water, alcohol, acetone, acetylacetone, etc.). The synthesis is performed at a temperature between 100 and 600° C. depending on the material to be deposited. A nebulizer converts the precursor solution into an aerosol which is submitted with a gas to the substrate surface, where due to the temperature the thermal decomposition of the precursor occurs and the deposition of each layer of the coating occurs.

The invention relates to the manufacturing method of high performance electro-chromic devices containing transition metal oxide based compounds, wherein it comprises the steps of enlarging of the metal contact with Pt (Platinum) (1) sputtering method on one edge of the 80-150 nm thick Indium-Tin oxide alloy (ITO) (2), which was previously enlarged on the glass (3) by the sputter method, growing vertical nano-wall structures at 15-25 mTorr, 300-500° C. substrate temperature and at 3-45 minutes intervals on glass (3) with sputter method, by using transition metal chalcogen targets on previously enlarged ITO (2) with a thickness of 80-150 nm, oxidizing the grown structures in the oxidizing furnace for 10-60 minutes under oxygen gas in the temperature range 300-450° C., preparing the electro-chromic device by placing a counter glass/ITO (80-150 nm) in propylene carbonate (PC) to face 1 Mole/Liter Lithium perchlorate (LiClO4) ion-conducting electrolyte (6) with a 0.5-1 mm distance between them and closing it.

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 coated article includes a substrate and a coating over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate; a first metallic layer over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer; a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the first metallic layer; and an overcoat over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer. A light absorbing layer is between second dielectric layer and the overcoat or is part of the overcoat. The light absorbing layer includes Ge, GeO.sub.x, Hf, HfO.sub.x, HfO.sub.2, NbN.sub.x, NbN.sub.xO.sub.y, Si.sub.aAl.sub.b, Si.sub.aAl.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCo.sub.b, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bCu.sub.c, Si.sub.aCo.sub.bCu.sub.cO.sub.x, Si.sub.aCr.sub.b, Si.sub.aCr.sub.bO.sub.x, Si.sub.aNi.sub.b, SiNiO.sub.x, SiO.sub.x, SnN.sub.x, SnO.sub.x, SnO.sub.xN.sub.y, TiN.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bN.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bO.sub.x, Ti.sub.aNb.sub.bO.sub.xN.sub.y, TiO.sub.xN.sub.y, WO.sub.x, WO.sub.2, ZnO:Co, ZnO:Fe, ZnO:Mn, ZnO:Ni, ZnO:V, ZnO:Cr, Zn.sub.aSn.sub.b, Zn.sub.aSn.sub.bO.sub.x, or any combination thereof.

A coated article includes a substrate, a first dielectric layer, a first metallic layer, a first primer layer, a second dielectric layer, a second metallic layer, a second primer layer, a third dielectric layer, a third primer layer, a third metallic layer, and a fourth dielectric layer. The total combined thickness of the metallic layers is at least 30 nanometers and no more than 60 nanometers. The article can have a sheet resistance of less than 0.85 Ω/□, a visible light reflectance of not more than 10%, and a visible light transmittance of at least 70%.

An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer and other glass structures in the electronic device may be provided with coatings. An interior coating on a glass layer may include multiple layers of material such as an adhesion promotion layer, thin-film layers of materials such as silicon, niobium oxide and other metal oxides, and metals to help adjust the appearance of the coating. A metal layer may be formed on top of the coating to serve as an environmental protection layer and opacity enhancement layer. In some configurations, the coating may include four layers.

A method to transfer a layer of harder thin film substrate onto a softer, flexible substrate. In particular, the present invention provides a method to deposit a layer of sapphire thin film on to a softer and flexible substrate e.g. quartz, fused silica, silicon, glass, toughened glass, PET, polymers, plastics, paper and fabrics. This combination provides the hardness of sapphire thin film to softer flexible substrates.

The invention concerns reflective opaque panels that can be used as facing panels or decorative panels. They consist of a substrate coated with a stack of layers comprising, in the following order, at least (i) a transparent substrate (S), (ii) a first dielectric layer which is a high refractive index dielectric layer (H1), (iii) a second dielectric layer which is a low refractive index dielectric layer (L1), and (vi) a single chromium-based layer.

An optical coating for a glass substrate includes an inner metal or metal alloy layer, a first pair of transparent conductive oxide or dielectric layers, and a pair of outer metal or metal alloy layers. The optical coating includes an eye-weighted transmittance of less than about 20% and an eye-weighted reflectance of less than about 30%, as measured with a D65 illuminant according to the CIE 10° Standard Observer.