A process of providing controlled defects in glass (Figure 1) can be employed to help the research and evaluation of methods to enhance the glass fracture resistance. The effect of different ...

The discovery of the float glass process followed by curtain wall glazing systems resulted in the integration of huge areas of glass products in the design of several large buildings. However, the ...

Self-healing glass may sound like a science fiction concept, but new research from the University of Central Florida demonstrates it's much closer to reality. Chalcogenide glasses are comprised of ...

(Nanowerk News) Nanoscale defects are enormously important in shaping the electrical, optical, and mechanical properties of a material. For example, a defect may donate charge or scatter electrons ...