Flat panel liquid-crystal displays, such as for laptop computers. The
displays include twisted nematic displays, supertwisted nematic displays,
active matrix liquid-crystal displays, thin film transistor displays, and
plasma addressed liquid-crystal displays. The displays are furnished with
glass substrates. The glass substrates exhibit high resistance to thermal
shock, a high transparency over a broad spectral range in the visible and
ultra violet ranges and the glass being configured to be free of bubbles,
knots, inclusions, streaks, and surface undulations, which glass
substrates are made from alkali-free aluminoborosilicate glasses. There
are also provided analogous thin-film photovoltaics.
