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Prof. B. Basu from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (INDIA) – online lectures
We would like to inform you about the schedule of online lectures on topic of "Ceramics and Glasses for Functional and Healthcare applications: Manufacturing and [...]
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass – Book of Abstracts
Under normal epidemiological conditions to which we were used to before coronacrisis, a regular annual scientific seminar Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass would [...]
FunGlass attracts talents from all over the world
The FunGlass Centre has reached two significant milestones in the middle of implementation of the biggest Slovak academic project within the European Horizon 2020 research [...]
New articles published by FunGlass researchers
We would like to draw your attention to the new papers of our researchers presenting their research results achieved in collaboration with the colleagues from [...]
Dr. V. Pouchly and Dr. D. Salamon from CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic) – online lecture on “Unconventional sintering techniques”
We would like to thank Dr. Vaclav Pouchly and Dr. David Salamon from CEITEC Brno (Czech Republic), who presented online lecture on the topic of [...]
FAU Erlangen – online lecture on “Phosphate-based glasses prepared via in solution methods for biomedical applications”
We would like to thank Prof. A. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials (FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany), who organized an interesting online lecture, which FunGlass [...]
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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.
