[Media] Designing durable glasses

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March 13, 2015 | | Others | glass

The PARISlab has recently been featured in the media for our work towards improving the durability of glasses.

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May 12th, 2021

Atomic Structures of Glassy Silica and Jade Glass

Atomic configurations of glassy silica (SiO2) and Jade Glass generated by molecular dynamics (MD) and force-enhanced atomic refinement (FEAR). The […]

May 12th, 2021

Neutron Structure Factor of Glassy Silica and Jade Glass

Reduced neutron structure factor at 300 K of glassy silica and Jade Glass measured by Time-of-flight (TOF) neutron scattering. The […]

January 27th, 2020

Climate-Smart Cement is Being Developed in California

Cement and concrete (the most manufactured materials in the world) account today for about 8 percent of the world’s total […]

November 11th, 2019

Designed crack-resistant cesium aluminoborate glass heals under hydration

Oxide glasses are disordered molecular structures and typically show poor intrinsic ductility. As a consequence, these materials are brittle. Although […]

September 18th, 2019

Predicting optimal glass compositions

For glass scientists, the periodic table is their oyster—virtually all elements turn into a glass if quenched fast enough. Yet […]

August 27th, 2019

$1.5 million grant to design a 3D-printable CO2-neutral concrete

A team of UCLA engineers has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop 3-D-printed concrete […]

July 30th, 2019

Overcoming the brittleness of glass

From windows to tableware to fiber optics, oxide glasses are everywhere you look. Oxide glasses (typically silica) are used frequently […]

July 29th, 2019

Universal density-stiffness scaling laws: From cellular solids to atomic networks

Many natural materials offer unusual mechanical performances. Natural cellular materials like bones simultaneously exhibit low weight and superior mechanical properties […]

July 21st, 2019