Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, “Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems”, will address advances in materials science, fabrication and characterization of different types of glass systems. Glass is an immensely versatile material; it is used every day in numerous medical, technological, industrial and photonic applications. Glasses have several technological advantages over other kind of materials due to their superior physical, chemical, optical and structural properties. This encourages researchers and material engineers to develop novel glass systems for the different applications. The most common glass preparation techniques in glass research are the melt quench method, chemical vapor deposition and sol–gel method. In order to assess the possibility of using certain glass system in real applications, it is important to study the optical, structural, thermal, mechanical and radiation shielding properties. This can be achieved using common techniques such as XRD, FTIR, UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, Raman, TGA/DSC and so on. This Special Issue, “Fabrications and Characterization of Different Glasses Systems”, will focus on novel glass systems used for different applications such as photonics, medical, renewable energy, appliances and electronics

Dr. M.I. Sayyed
Dr. Mengge Dong
Guest Editors

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