**Meet the editor**

Vincenzo M. Sglavo is a professor of materials science and technology at the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Trento (Italy). He received the Laurea degree "cum laude" in materials engineering from the University of Trento in 1988. In 1989, he joined the Department of Materials Engi-

neering, University of Trento, as an assistant professor and in 1999 became associate professor. From May 1993 to August 1994, he worked as postdoc fellow at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, USA, where he went back as an adjunct professor in 2001. His current research interests include fracture phenomena in glasses and ceramics, strengthening of glass by ion exchange, electrical field-assisted sintering, and materials for solid oxide fuel cells. Author of more than 150 scientific papers and 12 patents, Prof. Sglavo is a member of the American Ceramic Society, the Society of Glass Technology, and the Italian Association of Professional Engineers.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Advances in Glass Science 1**

**by Gamma Radiation 3**

L.S. Ravangave and G. N. Devde

**the CdO-TeO2-GeO2 System 39**

Elena Zayas and Enrique Álvarez

Hongwei Guo

**Photonics 79** Uwe Petzold

**Section 2 Advances in Glass Technology 77**

Chapter 1 **The Nature of the Defects in Phosphate-Based Glasses Induced**

Quanlong He, Pengfei Wang, Min Lu and Bo Peng

Chapter 2 **Structure and Physical Properties of 59B2O3–10Na2O–(30 − x)CdO–xZnO–1CuO (0 ≤ x ≤ 30) Glass System 21**

Chapter 3 **Nanocrystallization of the Cd3Al2Ge3O12 Garnet in Glasses of**

Chapter 4 **Crystallization Kinetics of Bi2O3-SiO2 Binary System 61**

Chapter 5 **Optical Glass: A High-Tech Base Material as Key Enabler for**

Chapter 6 **Nonsilica Oxide Glass Fiber Laser Sources: Part I 93**

Chapter 7 **Nonsilica Oxide Glass Fiber Laser Sources: Part II 123**

Josefina Alvarado Rivera, Carlos Guadalupe Pérez Hernández, María

Daniel Milanese, Joris Lousteau, Xiushan Zhu, Arturo Chavez-Pirson, Diego Pugliese, Nadia Giovanna Boetti and Nasser Peyghambarian

Xiushan Zhu, Arturo Chavez-Pirson, Daniel Milanese, Joris Lousteau, Nadia Giovanna Boetti, Diego Pugliese and Nasser Peyghambarian

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Preface

and communication.

ment of innovative applications.

Glass, as a man-made material, has been used since about 10,000 BC and has played a major role in the advancement of civilizations. The entire human history has run together with the development of new glass components in the arts, architecture, transportation, medicine

Today, the rate of glass innovation is continuously accelerating, thanks to deeper under‐ standing of glass physics and chemistry, modern analytic and control technologies and more powerful calculation and simulation tools. Advancements in glass science and technology are helping to solve some of our world's most urgent challenges, such as more effective healthcare, cleaner energy and water and efficient communication leading to the develop‐

This book includes eleven chapters divided into two sections. In the first one, new findings in the structure and crystallization of innovative glass compositions are reported. In the sec‐ ond one, innovative technologies and applications are described from the use of glass in op‐ tical devices and lasers to fibres in composites, micro-patterned components in sensors and

**Prof. Vincenzo M. Sglavo**

University of Trento

Italy

Department of Industrial Engineering

microdevices, beads in building walls and sealing in solid oxide fuel cells.


## Preface

Chapter 8 **Glass Patterning: Technologies and Applications 151**

**Materials 173** Jihui Yuan

**VI** Contents

Montri Suklueng

Gulhan Erdogan

Chapter 10 **Seal Glass for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 195**

Chapter 9 **Application of Glass Beads in Building Exterior Wall Surface**

Chapter 11 **Applications of Glass Fibers in 3D Preform Composites 207**

Nguyen Van Toan, Naoki Inomata, Masaya Toda and Takahito Ono

Kadir Bilisik, Gaye Kaya, Huseyin Ozdemir, Mahmut Korkmaz and

Glass, as a man-made material, has been used since about 10,000 BC and has played a major role in the advancement of civilizations. The entire human history has run together with the development of new glass components in the arts, architecture, transportation, medicine and communication.

Today, the rate of glass innovation is continuously accelerating, thanks to deeper under‐ standing of glass physics and chemistry, modern analytic and control technologies and more powerful calculation and simulation tools. Advancements in glass science and technology are helping to solve some of our world's most urgent challenges, such as more effective healthcare, cleaner energy and water and efficient communication leading to the develop‐ ment of innovative applications.

This book includes eleven chapters divided into two sections. In the first one, new findings in the structure and crystallization of innovative glass compositions are reported. In the sec‐ ond one, innovative technologies and applications are described from the use of glass in op‐ tical devices and lasers to fibres in composites, micro-patterned components in sensors and microdevices, beads in building walls and sealing in solid oxide fuel cells.

> **Prof. Vincenzo M. Sglavo** Department of Industrial Engineering University of Trento Italy

**Section 1**

**Advances in Glass Science**
