NEWS
Special issue of International Journal of Applied Glass Science for FunGlass
Special issue: FunGlass FUNGLASS: Special issue of International Journal of Applied Glass Science (Vol.12, No. 4) edited by heads of FunGlass partner´s institution: Enrico [...]
Dr. O. Sharifahmadian – on the 3-months training stay in CEITEC, Brno (Czech Republic)
FunGlass researcher in CEITEC, Brno Dr. Omid Sharifahmadian (member of the Ceglass project / ITMS code 313011R453) has started his 3-months training in CEITEC - [...]
Participation of Funglass in the Teaming club meeting (20th October 2021)
Funglass in the Teaming club meeting Prof. Dušan Galusek and Dr. Peter Hošták participated in the on-line "Teaming club meeting", which was held on 20th [...]
FunGlass on Twitter – @FunGlass_Centre
Funglass on social networks We would like to inform you that the FunGlass Centre has a new account on Twitter with a handle @FunGlass_Centre. [...]
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass conference in Osrblie (13th-15th October 2021)
Processing and Properties of Advanced Ceramics and Glass conference in Osrblie The FunGlass team together with the Slovak Silicate Scientific-Technological Society was honored to [...]
Autumn FunGlass School in Osrblie (10th-13th October 2021)
A popular FunGlass School was organized again, after a nonvoluntary Covid break, from October 10th till October 13th, 2021. This time, the FunGlass researchers, [...]
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ABOUT
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.
