Why the heck is glass transparent?
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The Glass Age
Valor® Glass for COVID-19 Vaccine
Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) and Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) today announced the execution of a long-term purchase and supply agreement for Corning Valor® Glass. The multiyear agreement provides for the supply of Valor Glass vials to a portion of currently marketed Pfizer drug products. Since first launching its collaboration with Corning, Pfizer has continued to evaluate Valor Glass’ performance …
Structural Relaxation & Nucleation
V.M. Fokin et al. have proved the effect of glass relaxation on crystal nucleation and shed more light on the alleged “breakdown” of the CNT at low temperatures. Good job! Read More
Glassy Books
Materials Kinetics: Transport and Rate Phenomena By John C. Mauro Covers the full breadth of materials kinetics, including organic and inorganic materials, solids and liquids, theory and experiments, macroscopic and microscopic interpretations, and analytical and computational approaches buy it online Fundamentals of Inorganic Glasses: 3rd Edition By َArun K. Varshneya & John C. Mauro Clearly …
How to write a review paper?
In this webinar, we will teach you how to write a literature review paper. We will discuss the following topics in 3 hours (2 hours in Persian and 1 hour in English): The reason for writing a review paper. Which of these “students/professors” and “junior/senior” are you? Defining topic and audiences. How to search the …
Video: Follow the IYOG2022 Project!
follow the IYOG2022 Project! “The International Commission on Glass, representing organizations and individuals throughout the world dedicated to the promotion of science, technology, artistry, and application of glass enthusiastically endorses the exploration of a future declaration of a Year of Glass by the United Nations.” Start Exploring
Optical fibers made in space
“In January 2018, the first ZBLAN optical fiber was manufactured on the International Space Station. When produced in a strong gravitational environment, such as Earth, exotic optical fiber is subject to tiny flaws. These crystals appear in the fiber and significantly increase signal loss. Commercial manufacturing of microgravity-enabled optical fiber has enormous potential, for both …