Disinfectants based on inorganic materials have gained much attention recently due to setbacks with organic-based disinfectants. Researchers in Spain investigated the ability of a soda-lime glass and nanoparticle-embedded clay to inactive different types of viruses.
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As part of the IYoG celebrations, ACerS’ “Glass: Then and Now” series is highlighting ACerS journal articles each month that support advancement in glass science and technology. The focus this month is toughness and mechanical properties.
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Cold bending is a method commonly used to form curved glass for curtain walls. Researchers in China developed an analysis model to determine the reliability and sensitivity of glass formed this way.
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As part of the IYoG celebrations, ACerS’ new “Glass: Then and Now” series will highlight ACerS journal articles each month that support advancement in glass science and technology. The focus this month is optical fibers and photonics.
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The United Nations International Year of Glass will take place in 2022. Learn about some of the events planned to celebrate and how you can get involved.
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Finding new applications for recycled glass brings the material ever closer to reaching its sustainable potential. Three researchers at RMIT University developed a process for creating glass–polymeric composites from recycled glass, which could be used for various building components such as access covers.
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The 82nd Conference on Glass Problems took place Nov. 1–4, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Speakers focused on the need to raise public awareness of glass’s benefits and shared knowledge on topics of great value to manufacturers.
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In the hit show Squid Game, one game requires players to hop across a bridge made of regular and tempered glass panels. One player claims he can tell the difference between the panels, but do his techniques hold up in reality?
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Fabricating metal-organic frameworks in a glassy phase is a successful way to synthesize these materials for bulk production. However, some MOFs decompose before reaching the melting temperature and so cannot be turned into a glass. Researchers in Germany and the U.K. found a way to melt these unmeltable MOFs by adding ionic liquid to the compound.
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The Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass (FunGlass) is an international center for basic and applied research and training in glass science and engineering. A special issue of the International Journal of Applied Glass Science details some of the research performed at FunGlass.
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