Topics

For the 8th International Conference
on BORATE GLASSES, CRYSTALS AND MELTS

• Short and intermediate range order in borate glasses and melts
• Structure and physical properties
• Computer simulation and modeling
• Phase separation and inhomogeneities
• New spectroscopic techniques
• EPR, XAFS, XPS, IR, NMR, and diffraction studies of borates
• Novel borate glasses and crystals
• Mineralogical crystals
• Local thermal properties
• Thermodynamics of borate systems
• Industrial applications of borate and borosilicate glasses
• Biomedical applications
• Optical properties and materials
• Superionic systems and ionic conductivity

For the International Conference on PHOSPHATE GLASSES

• Phosphate glasses, mixed-network glasses, phosphate-containing glasses
• Phosphate glass-ceramics 
• Bioactive glasses
• Structure, structure-property relations 
• Spectroscopic and diffraction studies
• Modeling- MD and ab initio
• Optical properties (UV edge, redox states of transition and rare earth metal ions, etc)
• Laser hosts, including femto-sec laser interactions
• Ionic conductivity
• Lithium phosphate glasses for batteries
• Low Tg applications
• Aqueous corrosion
• Waste remediation and immobilization
• Phosphate glasses for delivering agricultural, animal nutrients
• Tribological applications

 

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