The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing tempered glass and, more specifically, to a method for manufacturing alkali-free glass which has the thickness of 2.0 mm or less into tempered glass by means of heat treatment and surface treatment using fluosilicic acid. To this end, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing tempered glass, the method comprising: a preparation step for preparing alkali-free glass; a surface treatment step for surface-treating the alkali-free glass by means of a surface treatment solution comprising fluosilicic acid and thereby generating on the surface of the alkali-free glass a porous SiO.sub.2-rich layer of which the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is smaller than the CTE of the inner part of the alkali-free glass; and a heat treatment step for heat-treating the alkali-free glass that has been surface-treated and thereby generating compressive stress on the surface of the alkali-free glass.

A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic glass composition is described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for preparing a glass composition, including heating a borosilicate glass comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide to form a phase-separated glass comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains. The method includes removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated glass and depositing a hydrophobic silane to provide a porous glass having a hydrophobic silane layer disposed on a portion of the surface thereof, a total pore volume of 15-50 vol. %, and an average pore diameter of 20-300 nm. The method includes, within at least a portion of the volume of the porous glass, forming an aerogel precursor, and converting at least a portion of the aerogel precursor to an aerogel.

A glass article includes P, Al, an alkali earth metal, F and O, wherein the content of P and O is greater at the surface side of the glass article than the inner side thereof and the content of the alkali earth metal and F is less at the surface side of the glass article than the inner side thereof.

There is disclosed a method for chemically treating a display glass substrate by treating at least one surface of the glass substrate with a heated solution containing HCl to form a depletion layer at the surface and under the surface of the glass substrate. The disclosure also relates to display glass substrates containing the depletion layer made by the disclosed process. In addition, the disclosure relates to methods of making thin-film transistors (“TFTs”) on these display glass substrates by depositing a Si layer directly on the chemically treated surface of the glass substrate, and annealing the Si layer to form polycrystalline silicon.

Embodiments of a glass substrate including an alkali-containing bulk and an alkali-depleted surface layer, including a substantially homogenous composition with at least 51 mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3 are disclosed. In some embodiments, the alkali-depleted surface layer includes about 0.5 atomic % alkali or less. The alkali-depleted surface layer can be substantially free of hydrogen and/or crystallites. Methods for forming a glass substrate with a modified surface layer are also provided.

A glass glass-ceramic composite comprises a substrate comprising an alkali-containing glass bulk, the bulk comprising Al.sub.2O.sub.3 and SiO.sub.2 and alkali, and a glass-ceramic surface layer, the surface layer comprising an alkali-depleted glass ceramic comprising Al.sub.2O.sub.3 and SiO.sub.2 with at least 5% crystalline phase by volume, wherein the alkali-depleted glass ceramic surface layer comprises a mol % Al.sub.2O.sub.3 of at least 51%. A method of preparing the composite is also disclosed.

The present invention provides a cover glass that can be installed in an automobile so as to cover a display unit including a plurality of information areas, including a glass body that has a first surface facing the display unit side, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and that includes a plurality of transmission areas respectively corresponding to the information areas.

The present disclosure relates to a method for producing an optical element (202), wherein a blank of transparent material is heated and/or provided and, after heating and/or after being provided between a first mold (UF) and at least one second mold (OF), is press molded to form the optical element (202), in particular on both sides, and is then sprayed with a surface treatment agent.

A method for preparing an optically transparent, superomniphobic glass composition is described. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for preparing a glass composition, including heating a borosilicate glass comprising 45-85 wt. % silicon oxide and 10-40 wt. % boron oxide to form a phase-separated glass comprising an interpenetrating network of silicon oxide domains and boron oxide domains. The method includes removing at least a portion of the boron oxide domains from the phase-separated glass and depositing a hydrophobic silane to provide a porous glass having a hydrophobic silane layer disposed on a portion of the surface thereof, a total pore volume of 15-50 vol. %, and an average pore diameter of 20-300 nm. The method includes, within at least a portion of the volume of the porous glass, forming an aerogel precursor, and converting at least a portion of the aerogel precursor to an aerogel.

A vacuum insulated structure for use in an appliance includes an inner liner and an outer wrapper coupled to the inner liner. A vacuum insulated cavity is defined therebetween. An insulation material is disposed in the vacuum insulated cavity. The insulation material includes porous glass flakes.