SYMPOSIUM 19: Glass and Interactions with its Environment – Fundamentals and Applications

This symposium is dedicated to fundamentals and applications of how glass is used in contact with specific environments, e.g., with the human body, how glass surface and interfaces evolve or can be modified in different environments, and how glass can be used to contain other materials and prevent their release in the environment.

Topics in this symposium 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 symposium 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.

This symposium will cover the recent progress in understanding the structure and properties of glassy materials exposed to non-ambient conditions, such as high pressure, low/high temperature, high stress, high radiation, humid environments, etc. These conditions are relevant to many glass manufacturing processes and knowledge of the relationships between composition, processing, structure, and properties can help design the next generation of functional glasses. Experimental studies, novel in situ analysis methods, and computational approaches are within the scope of this symposium.

Proposed Sessions/Topics

• Glass surfaces and interfacial interactions
• Glass under non-ambient conditions
• Materials for waste immobilization
• Glasses, glass-ceramics, and other biomaterials

Symposium Organizer(s)

• Nick Smith, Corning Inc., USA
• James Neeway, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
• Maziar Montazerian, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
• Charmayne Lonergan; Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

Point(s) of Contact

• Nick Smith; smithnj@corning.com
• Maziar Montazerian; mbm6420@psu.edu

Symposium Sponsor(s)

• Glass and Optical Materials Division
• Energy Materials and Systems Division