Session 1: Glasses, glass-Ceramics, and glass-based biomaterials
Inorganic, non-metallic biomaterials, such as bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, are primarily sought after for hard tissue engineering and dental repair. However, new applications in cancer treatment, wound healing, soft tissue engineering, antibacterial or antifungal effects, and drug delivery are being extensively studied. Ongoing research also includes glass-based biomaterials such as composites, glass ionomer cements or glass/polymer hybrid materials, and is producing promising results. This session will cover these topics in detail, emphasizing the compositions, structures, processing techniques, and targeted cellular and biological responses of these materials.
Organizers:
- Delia Brauer, University of Jena, Germany; brauer@uni-jena.de
- Leena Hupa, Åbo Akademi, Finland; hupa@abo.fi
- Maziar Montazerian, Pennsylvania State University, USA; mbm6420@psu.edu
Session 2: Glass Surfaces and Interfacial Interactions
Surfaces and interfaces are critical to nearly every modern application of glass, as they mediate interactions with light and the environment, and dictate its practical durability and functionality over its lifetime. New approaches to thus understand and customize surface and interfacial behaviors—by predicting glass degradation, making glass surface modifications, or applying value-added coatings—all represent critical directions for the future of technical glass. This session will focus on the surfaces and interfaces of glass and glass-ceramic systems, including dissolution and interfacial reactions of glass in aqueous environments (e.g. hydrolysis, interdiffusion, interfacial structures and alteration layers); surface sorption and transport phenomena; innovations in glass surface characterization; novel methods for modifying glass surfaces; and all manner of functional coatings on glass. Particularly encouraged are studies combining both modeling and experimental methodologies to understand interfacial mechanisms or predict degradation kinetics
Organizers:
- Nick Smith, Corning Inc., USA; smithnj@corning.com
- Seong H. Kim, The Pennsylvania State University, USA; seongkim@psu.edu
- Stephane Gin, CEA Marcoule, France; gin@cea.fr
- Nicholas Stone-Weiss, Corning Inc., USA; stonewenm3@corning.com
Session 3: Materials for waste immobilization
Topics in this session will address new developments and innovative applications in materials and materials processing methods for the immobilization of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Progress in the processing and testing of materials for immobilization is critical to the efficient treatment and safe disposition of nuclear wastes around the world. This session will focus on synthesis, characterization, testing, and modeling techniques that facilitate waste form design and provide quantitative descriptions of waste form behavior. Materials of interest may include glass, ceramics, glass-ceramics, and other composite matrices.
Organizers:
- Jaime George, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA; george@pnnl.gov
- Jake Amoroso, Savannah River National Laboratory, USA; jake.amoroso@srnl.doe.gov
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