Glasses, in their different forms and compositions, have special properties that are not found
in other materials. The combination of transparency and hardness at room temperature …

Research on glass nanocomposites (GNCs) has been very active in the past decades.
GNCs have attracted—and still do—great interest in the fields of optoelectronics, photonics …

By using density functional calculations, the effects of boron are investigated in the new
hydrogen storage systems, which are formed by substituting different numbers of boron …

The potential for realizing robust, monolithic, near-surface refractive micro-optic elements
with long-lived stability is demonstrated in visible and infrared transmitting glasses capable …

Abstract Influence of Na+-Ag+ low-temperature ion exchange and subsequent heat
treatment durations on the spectral-luminescent properties of silver molecular clusters …

For the first time, we demonstrated that additional poling at room temperature (cold repoling)
of a soda-lime glass thermally poled in open anode configuration causes an increase of the …

The development of novel sensing systems requires breakthroughs in the conception of
multifunctional materials. In this sense, while extensive research has been dedicated to the …

Current status of studies devoted to thermal poling of multicomponent glasses and related
applications are briefly reviewed. Physical phenomena occurring in the course of the poling …

Sodium tantalum germanate glasses were thermally poled using microstructured metallic
anodes of two distinct geometries. The topological, structural and optical characterization …

We fabricated self-assembled silver nanoisland films using a recently developed technique
based on out-diffusion of silver from an ion-exchanged glass substrate in reducing …