Patent ID: 8795773

Claim:
A method of forming a coating on a glass substrate using combustion deposition, the method comprising: providing a glass substrate having at least one surface to be coated; introducing a metal oxide based precursor and a metal oxide based nano-particle inclusive solution or colloid to be combusted by a flame; combusting at least a portion of the precursor and the nano-particle inclusive solution or colloid to respectively form first and second combusted materials, the first and second combusted materials each comprising non-vaporized material; and providing the glass substrate in an area so that the glass substrate is heated sufficiently to allow the first and second combusted materials to form growths directly or indirectly, on the glass substrate, wherein the first and second combusted materials respectively produce nucleation particle size distributions and nano-particle size distributions in forming the coating, and wherein the coating comprises a metal oxide matrix including metal oxide nano-particles embedded therein.