Research

One of the primary goals of the IMI for New Functionality in Glass is to encourage and facilitate international collaborations that will lead to the creation of new applications and opportunities for glass. In order to provide an initial focus for collaboration six areas or thrusts have been selected.

Six Thrusts for New Functionality in Glasses

• Metamaterials, novel glasses and nanocomposites
• Functional Coatings
• Engineered Strengthening
• Ionic functionality
• Optical functionality
• Biofunctional Glasses

Support for Thrust Centered International Collaborations

The IMI-NFG supports international collaboration through grants for research exchanges, senior sabbatical exchanges and summer undergraduate research programs as well as conferences.
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Examples of Thrust Related Research

All members of the glass community are welcome and encouraged to submit a one page summary of relevant thrust related work (research nuggets) for inclusion on our Web site. Consult our .DOC template describing the format for submitting a Research Nugget.

• Glassy Metamaterials, Novel Glasses and Nanocomposites
• Functional Coatings
• Ionic Functionalities
• Glasses Engineered for Strength
  "Alkali-Free Glass as a High Energy Density Dielectric Material"
  Penn State: N. Smith, M.T Lanagan, C.P Pantano
• Optical Functionality
  "Glasses for fabricating tailored nanostructures"
  Lehigh: H. Jain
• Designing Glasses for Space Exploration
  University of Arizona and University of Rennes, France
  Professor Pierre Lucas
• Biological Functionality
  Glasses Engineered for Strength
  Penn State: C. Pantano
• Multiple Thrusts / Other Functionalities
  Arizona State International PhD Program