A bendable stack assembly that includes a glass element having a composition substantially free of alkali ions, an elastic modulus of about 40 GPa to about 100 GPa, a final thickness from about 20 μm to about 100 μm, a first primary surface substantially in tension upon a bending of the element, and a second primary surface substantially in compression upon the bending, the primary surfaces characterized by a prior material removal to the final thickness from an initial thickness that is at least 20 μm greater than the final thickness. The glass element also includes a protect layer on the first primary surface. In addition, the glass element is characterized by an absence of failure when the element is held during the bending at a bend radius of about 15 mm for at least 60 minutes at about 25 C and about 50% relative humidity.

The invention relates to a film comprising an interpenetrating network, its uses and processes for making the same. The film produced displays good durability, chemical resistance and transparency. The film is produced from an interpenetrating network formed as a colloidal suspension in an organic solvent and a particulate solid.

Provided are self-binding suspensions and coated substrates prepared using self-binding suspensions. Also provided are methods of preparing self-binding suspensions. Methods may include preparing a binder solution; preparing a titanium dioxide-zinc oxide suspension using ultrasonication; mixing the binder solution with the titanium dioxide-zinc oxide suspension and a surfactant to form a self-binding suspension composition; and coating a glass substrate with the self-binding suspension composition to form a coated glass substrate.

A coated glass substrate and a method of making the glass substrate is disclosed. The method comprises the following: providing a coating formulation on a glass substrate wherein the coating formulation comprises at least one polymerizable compound, a glass frit, and a non-crosslinked polymer and heating the coating formulation on the glass substrate. The coated glass substrate includes a coating provided on a surface of a glass substrate wherein the coating comprises a semi-interpenetrating polymer network including a non-crosslinked polymer and a glass frit. The coating exhibits a stud pull of about 275 psi or more.

To provide a coating material capable of forming a solar cell module excellent in the weather resistance, the power generation efficiency and the design, a cover glass, a solar cell module comprising the cover glass, and an outer wall material for building. The cover glass of the present invention is a cover glass comprising a glass plate and a layer containing a fluorinated polymer having units based on a fluoroolefin, on at least one surface of the glass plate, which has an average visible reflectance of from 10 to 100%, and an average near infrared transmittance of from 20 to 100%.

A cooktop includes a base and an electrically conductive coating applied to the lower surface of the base. The coating is composed of a paint containing electrically conductive particles dispersed in a silicone or polyester-silicone or epoxy-silicone resin. The conductive particles are selected from the group consisting of multi-wall or single-wall carbon nanotubes, graphene, copper metallic particles, nickel metallic particles, or combinations thereof.

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.

An insulating product includes mineral fibers of aluminosilicate glass including aluminum oxide, Al.sub.2O.sub.3, in a fraction by weight of between 14% and 28%, that are sized with a sizing composition including the following constituents within the limits defined below, expressed as fractions by weight with respect to the total weight of the composition: from 80% to 98% of water, from 2% to 20% of water-soluble poly(furfuryl alcohol), which is obtained by polycondensation of furfuryl alcohol, and less than 0.5% of furfuryl alcohol, wherein a sum of the fractions by weight of the poly (furfuryl alcohol) and of the water is at least 95%, and wherein the sizing composition applied to the mineral fibres has a pH in a range from 5 to 8.

Provided are gold-coated flat silver particles, a dispersion including the gold-coated flat silver particles and a dispersion medium, a method of the dispersion, a coating film including the gold-coated flat silver particles, and an antireflection optical member. The gold-coated flat silver particles include flat silver particles and a gold coating layer, in which an average thickness of the gold coating layer on principal planes of the particles is 0.1 nm to 2 nm, and a ratio of the average thickness of the gold coating layer on the principal planes of the particles to an average thickness of the gold coating layer on edge surfaces of the particles is 0.02 or higher.

A process for delivering a radionuclide material is provided in which the radionuclide, such as holmium oxide, is coated on a glass microsphere. A coating, preferably a dipodal polysiloxane, is applied to the microsphere, which coating has an affinity for the radionuclide. The radionuclide material is milled to decrease agglomerations and then deposited onto the coating to form a radionuclide-coated microsphere. The radionuclide-coated microsphere provides metered delivery of the radionuclide material.