NEWS
Dr. Diana Lago from Argentina joined Glass Processing Dpt.
New FunGlass member from Argentina Let us introduce new FunGlass member – Dr. Diana Carolina Lago from Argentina. She received her Ph.D in Engineering [...]
Virtual International Advisory Board
Virtual International Advisory Board We would like to inform with pleasure that fifth annual meeting of FunGlass International Advisory Board (IAB) was held on [...]
Meeting of the Industrial Board of FunGlass Centre
Meeting of the Industrial Board of FunGlass Centre On January 18th, 2022 Advisory Industrial Board of FunGlass Centre organized its fifth meeting. Same as [...]
IYG 2022 celebrated in Trenčín
International Year of Glass will be celebrated in Trenčín Glass is not only a beautiful material evoking pleasant moments when dining together. Insulating glass [...]
Cooperation of FunGlass and University of Pardubice continues successfully
Mária Chromčíková´s monthly stay at the University of Pardubice Cooperation of FunGlass Center with the University of Pardubice continues successfully. University of Pardubice - [...]
New PhD students at FunGlass
New PhD students from Iran at FunGlass Let us introduce new PhD students Parisa Moghaddam and Reza Samiee, both from Amirkabir University of Technology [...]
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CENTRE FOR FUNCTIONAL AND SURFACE-FUNCTIONALIZED GLASSES is the project supported by the 8th European Framework programme for Research and Innovation HORIZON 2020. It is based at Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín (Slovakia, coordinated by prof. Dušan Galusek). Project partners include Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany, with prof. A. Boccaccini), Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany, with prof. L. Wondraczek), Spanish National Research Council (Spain, with prof. A. Durán) and University of Padova (Italy, with E. Bernardo).
The scope of the project is the upgrade of existing Centre of excellence for ceramics, glass, and cement, to an internationally recognized Centre for functional and surface-functionalized glasses. The new Centre will be specialized to cutting edge research in the area of glasses with special functional properties (luminescence, electric), and to functionalization of conventional glasses with the aim of modification of their properties, and adding new functionalities. These would comprise reflection, and anti-reflection coatings for solar energy production and optoelectronic applications, increase of glass strength, enhancing the corrosion and leaching resistance of commercially produced glasses, self cleaning/antibacterial coatings of glasses for medical applications, including modification/enhancement of bioactivity. The research topics would include also utilization of waste materials for production of glasses and glass-ceramic materials with high added value. The project will be aimed at establishment of the Centre as a joint venture of all participating institutions, creation and formalizing the coordination and management structures, upgrading the research infrastructure, expansion of personal capacity of the existing center to the level facilitating achievement of the critical mass for R&D activities, with special attention paid to hiring high quality researchers and engineers from abroad, in order to create creative international environment, and formation of close ties with regional and European glass industries for efficient knowledge transfer.
