Glasses have played a critical role in the development of modern civilization and will
continue to bring new solutions to global challenges from energy and the environment to …

From telescope lenses to optical fibers and smartphone screens, glasses have been key
enablers in human history. Unlike crystalline materials, glasses can virtually feature any …

The optical quality and compositional flexibility of borate glasses make them attractive
materials for optical applications, nuclear waste containment, transparent radiation shields …

Glass hardness varies in a non-linear fashion with the chemical composition and applied
load, a phenomenon known as the indentation size effect (ISE), which is challenging to …

Metal− organic framework (MOF) glasses are a newly emerged family of melt-quenched
glasses. Recently, several intriguing features, such as ultrahigh glass-forming ability and low …

The elastic response of glass is one of its most important properties for a wide range of
applications in architecture, transportation, information display, and healthcare …

Potential for obtaining stronger glass products is discussed. Flaws, mostly forming‐and
handling‐generated and accelerated crack growth due to surrounding environment appear …

High hardness and high crack resistance are usually mutually exclusive in glass materials.
Through the aerodynamic levitation and laser melting technique, we prepared a series of …

Research in bioactive glasses (BGs) has traditionally been performed through trial-and-error
experimentation. However, several modelling techniques will accelerate the discovery of …

The mixed alkali effect, the deviation from expected linear property changes when alkali ions
are mixed in a glass, remains a point of contention in the glass community. While several …