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Though ceramics is the main focus at The American Ceramic Society (ACerS), glass is a significant part of the Society as well. In celebration of the International Year of Glass (IYOG), ACerS is pleased to support a special IYOG online course titled Structure of Glass. The course consists of 26 lectures and is led by Prof. Steve Martin, Iowa State University, along with leading experts in the field. The course is sponsored by ACerS Glass & Optical Materials Division (GOMD) and The International Commission on Glass (ICG).

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Sept. 6

Introduction, Overview, Syllabus, Review of Glass Formation

Steve W. Martin

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Sept. 8

Review of the Short and Intermediate Range Order Models Structures of Glass, Importance of the Glass Structure in Properties

Steve Feller and Dick Brow

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Instructor Slides: Feller

Sept. 13

Introduction of physical principles, overview of interactions, practical aspects (1D) and Applications of REDOR to connectivity in glasses

Scott Kroeker and Hellmut Eckert

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Instructor Slides: Eckert

Sept. 15

Quadrupolar interactions: theory and practice and Lineshape fitting, Czjzek distribution

Scott Kroeker and Joe Zwanziger

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Instructor Slides: Zwanziger

Sept. 20

2D NMR, correlation methods, relationship to structure, MD/GIPAW

Pierre Florian and Frank Fayon

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NMR Parameters Calculation

Sept. 22

EPR: cw and pulsed

Hellmut Eckert

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Sept. 27

Mossbaurer spectroscopy in glass science

Punit Boolchand

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Sept. 29

Scattering Techniques Introduction

Joerg Neuefeind

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Oct. 4

Neutron Scattering

Alex Hannon

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Oct. 6

Contrast techniques and modeling

Laurent Cormier

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Oct. 11

X-ray absorption (XANES, EXAFS)

Laurent Cormier and Daniel Neuville

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Oct. 13

Vibrational Spectroscopy Introduction

Efstratios Kamitsos

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Oct. 18

Infrared Spectroscopy

Efstratios Kamitsos

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Oct. 20

Raman Spectroscopy

Daniel Neuville

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Oct. 25

Optical Spectroscopy

Doris Möncke

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Oct. 27

Overview of Atomistic Simulations and Structural Analysis

Jincheng Du and Walter Kob

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Nov. 1

Classic Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Applications

John Kieffer and Liping Huang

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Instructor Slides – Huang

Nov. 3

Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Applications

Matthieu Micoulaut

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Nov. 8

Machine Learning Techniques of Structural Analysis

Mathieu Bauchy

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Nov. 10

Techniques and Studies using X-ray PhotoElectron Methods Part I

Giovanna Pintori and Elti Cattaruzza

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Nov. 15

Techniques and Studies using X-ray PhotoElectron Methods Part II

Giovanna Pintori and Elti Cattaruzza

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Nov. 17

Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy Studies of Glass Sturcture

Masashi Watanabe

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Nov. 29

Structures of Phosphate and Oxy-Nitride Phosphate Glasses

Francisco Munoz

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Instructor Slides: Oxy-Nitride Phosphate Glasses II

Dec. 1

Structural Studies of Oxide Glasses Part I

Structural Studies of Oxide Glasses Part II

Jianrong Qiu

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Dec. 6

Structural Studies of Non-Oxide Glasses Part I

Punit Boolchand and Steve Martin

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Dec. 8

Structural Studies of Non-Oxide Glasses Part II

Punit Boolchand and Steve Martin

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