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Lecture Summary
Infrared (IR) glasses are finding their way into optical designs as viable options for broadband IR components. Exploiting the composition-property-performance flexibility of IR glass and glass ceramic media offers alternative strategies for multi-band applications where crystalline media alone, no longer provide optimal solutions. This presentation summarizes the needs and unique options made available when composition and microstructure are coupled to enhance optical functionality. |
Biography
Dr. Kathleen Richardson is Pegasus Professor of Optics and Materials Science and Engineering and Florida Photonics Center of Excellence (FPCE) Professor at CREOL/College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central FL, where she runs the Glass Processing and Characterization Laboratory (GPCL). Prof. Richardson and her research team carry out synthesis and characterization of novel glass and glass ceramic materials for optical applications, examining the role of structure/property relationships on resulting optical function and performance in bulk, planar and fiber optical materials. Dr. Richardson's group has extensive industrial and government supported research developing novel materials for broadband infrared (IR) optical systems, gradient refractive index (GRIN) optics, precision molded optics, optical phase change materials, evaluation of complex multi-material interactions in next-generation integrated opto-electronic chip design, and in optical nano-composites for advanced chem-bio and detection applications. The Richardson group is a leading source of global expertise in the design, fabrication and characterization of next generation materials for use in infrared components and systems based on diverse optical applications. Kathleen has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, numerous proceedings and book chapters, has a broad portfolio of IP related to these advances, and has organized and chaired multiple domestic and international meetings within her discipline.
Professor Richardson is a recognized world leader in infrared glass research and education. She currently holds the rank of Fellow, in the American Ceramic Society (ACerS), the Society of Glass Technology (UK), SPIE and the Optical Society of America (OSA) and in 2019 received an honorary fellowship from the European Ceramic Society (ECerS). Additionally, she is a 2020 recipient of the Greaves-Walker award from ACerS and SPIE's Maria J. Yzuel Outstanding Educator Award. She is currently an appointed Curator to the Board of Trustees for the Ernst Abbe Fund, Deutsches Stiftung, Germany, and is an elected Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics.
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Metal-organic framework (MOF) glasses were discovered in 2015, which is the fourth family of melt-quenched glasses besides inorganic non-metallic glasses, organic glasses and metallic glasses. Since then, the research activities on MOF glasses have been rapidly expanding and numerous breakthroughs have been made. In my talk, I will first review the invention and development of MOF glasses and then describe the current understanding of the structures and properties of these glasses. Finally, I will give my view about the future research and applications of MOF glasses. |
Biography
Dr. Yuanzheng Yue is Professor of Chemistry at Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark. In 1995, he received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science from Technical University of Berlin. In 1998, he established the inorganic glass research laboratory at AAU. His main research activities focus on glass and glass fiber science and technology, metal-organic framework glasses, metallic glasses, and amorphous materials for buildings, thermal insulation and energy storage. He has published over 320 papers in international peer-refereed journals including Nature, Science, Chem. Rev., Sci. Adv., Nat. Commun., Adv. Sci., Adv. Mater., PNAS, PRL, JACS. He has delivered 110 invited/keynote/plenary talks at international conferences. He is a council member of the International Commission on Glass (ICG), the founding chair of the ICG Technical Committee for Glass Fibers, and a board member of Danish Ceramic Society. He is an editor of Eur. J. Glass Sci. Techn., and an editorial board member of J. Non-Cryst. Solids. He was awarded Knight's Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog in Denmark in 2014. He is Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry and Fellow of European Academy of Sciences. |
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In Korea, glass artifacts were found as early as the third century BC, and Roman glass and Sassanian glass were also excavated in the seventh to eighth centuries AD. Korea, however, started to manufacture modern glasses in the middle of the twentieth century, especially after the Korean War in 1950. In 1957, the first sheet glass company, Hankuk Glass, was established. Samsung-Corning Glass started to produce CRT glass in 1974, and later thin glass for LCD panels. We now produce all kinds of glasses including container glass, borosilicate glass, fiber glass, optical fiber glass, glass-ceramics, etc.
In this presentation, I'll discuss how the ancient glasses found in Korea traveled a long way from the eastern Mediterranean region to Korea, and the significant progress in Korean glass industries made in the last 100 years.
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Biography
Dr. Cheol Young Kim is Emeritus Professor of the Department of Material Science and Engineering at Inha University and research consultant of HASS Corp. In 1981 he received his Ph.D. degree in Ceramic Science and Engineering from State University of New York at Alfred, U.S.A. In his early years at Inha University he studied bioglass, bioglass-coated alumina, and bioglass scaffolds. In later years he developed a new ecological glass that can eliminate hazardous elements such as phosphorus, calcium, lead ions, and even water-dissolved carbon dioxide from waste water. He has published over 100 papers.
Prof. Kim served as president of both the Korean Ceramic Society and the Asian-Oceanian Ceramic Federation, in 2006 and 2007, respectively. He was also an international advisory board member of the International Journal of Applied Glass Science.
After he retired from Inha University in 2012, he joined the research team of HASS Corp, which produces a glass-ceramic for dental restoration, and has since then worked as a research consultant there.
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