Inc., 1150 Hazawa-cho Yokohama 221-8755, Japan – General Introduction; 2.8: Atomistic Simulations of Glass Structure and Properties.
Tatsumisago, Masahiro Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan – 9.5: Sulfide Glass Electrolytes for All-solid-state Batteries.
Toplis, Michael J. Research Director, CNRS, Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie, Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, Université de Toulouse, 31400 Toulouse, France – 3.5: Density of Amorphous Oxides.
Tournier, Robert F. Emeritus Research Director, Institute of Engineering Institut Néel and CNRS, Grenoble INP 38042 Grenoble, Université de Grenoble Alpes, France – 3.14: Amorphous Ices.
Tykot, Robert H. Past President, Society for Archaeological Sciences Professor, Department of Anthropology Director, Laboratory for Archaeological Science & Technology University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA – 10.1: Obsidian in Prehistory.
Veksler, Ilya Research Scientist, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Postdam, Germany – 5.2: Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams in Oxide Systems.
Verità, Marco LAMA Laboratory, Università IUAV di Venezia 30135 Venice, Italy and Retired Researcher Stazione Sperimentale del Vetro, Murano, Venice Castello 3371, 30122 Venice, Italy – 10.7: Venetian Glass.
Vernaz, Étienne Former Research Director, Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, DEN/DTCD Marcoule 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France – 9.11: Nuclear Waste Vitrification.
Vilasi, Michel Professor, Université de Lorraine, Institut Jean Lamour UMR 7198 Campus ARTEM, 2 Allée André Guinier BP 50840, 54011 Nancy Cedex, France – 5.10: Glass/Metal Interactions.
Vogel, Michael Professor, Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 6-8, 64289 Darmstadt Germany – 8.6: Relaxation Processes in Molecular Liquids.
von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Dedo Head, Glass Museum Hentrich, Kunstpalast Ehrenhof 4-5, 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany – 10.12: Glass Museums.
Watson, James C. Former Associate Director Nippon Electric Glass US, Fiber Glass Science & Technology, PPG Industries, Inc., 940 Washburn Switch Rd., Shelby, NC 28150-9089, USA – 1.6: Continuous Glass Fibers for Reinforcement.
Weichold, Oliver Professor, Engineered Polymer Composites, Institute of Building Materials Science, RWTH Aachen University Schinkelstrasse 3, 52062 Aachen, Germany – 8.8: Introduction to Polymer Chemistry.
Wernery, Jannis Group Leader Building Integration Laboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, EMPA, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland – 8.3: Silica Aerogels.
Whittington, Alan Professor, Department of Geological Sciences The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA – 4.5: Thermal Diffusivity and Conductivity of Glasses and Melts.
Wilding, Martin C. Research Fellow, University of Manchester at Harwell Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE, UK – 3.9: Polyamorphism and Liquid–Liquid Phase Transitions; 3.10: Pressure-Induced Amorphization.
Wondraczek, Lothar Professor, Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research University of Jena, Fraunhoferstrasse 6, 07743 Jena Germany – 3.12: Strengthening of Oxide Glasses; 6.3: Photoluminescence in Glasses.
Xu, Kai Professor, State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures (SMART) Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan 430070, China – 6.6: Optoelectronics: Active Chalcogenide Glasses.
Yamamoto, Shigeru Executive Technical Adviser, Nippon Electric Glass 7-1, Seiran 2-Chome, Otsu, Shiga 520-8639, Japan – 6.9: Glass for Lighting.
Yamazaki, Hiroki Group General Manager, Nippon Electric Glass 7-1, Seiran 2-Chome, Otsu, Shiga 520-8639, Japan – 6.9: Glass for Lighting.
Youngman, Randall E. Research Scientist, Science & Technology Division Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY 14831, USA – 7.6: Borosilicate Glasses.
Yue, Yuanzheng Professor, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark – 3.8. Hyperquenched Glasses: Relaxation and Properties; 9.3: Stone and Glass Wool.
Zanotto, Edgar D. Professor of Materials Science, Center for Research Technology, and Education in Vitreous Materials (CeRTEV), Department of Materials Engineering Federal University of São Carlos, 13.565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil –5.4: Nucleation Growth, and Crystallization in Inorganic Glasses.
Zhao, Shanyu Research Scientist, Laboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, EMPA Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland – 8.3: Silica Aerogels.
Zuccato, Daniele Senior Expert Quality, Pharmaceutical Systems Schott AG, Hattenbergstraße 10, 55122 Mainz, Germany – 7.7: Glass for Phamaceutical Use.
Preface
When art meets glassmaking: the visit of the Duchess of Berry (1798–1870) in 1824 to the plate‐glass factory of the Royal Manufacture of Saint‐Gobain as depicted by Édouard Pingret (1788–1869). The stifling heat, the noise of the furnaces, and the danger for the workers of the molten glass poured from the pot and spread with the steel roller on the large table (Chapter 10.9) have all vanished. Only the theatrical aspect of the scene remains, highlighted by the tall curtain, the duchess’s light‐colored dress echoing the worker’s white smocks, and the children watching the show from the balcony. Source: Photo courtesy Saint‐Gobain Archives.
The Encyclopedia has been designed to satisfy the needs and curiosity of a broad audience interested in the nature, properties, fabrication, and history of glass and looking for consistent, comprehensive, and up‐to‐date information in a single book. More than 100 chapters involving even more glass experts have been written in a perspective that combines the various aspects of this unique material, be they scientific, technological, industrial, historical, or cultural. Whether coming from academia or industry, the authors have in common a long practice of glass. Their goal is to be informative without being pedantic, to be concrete without being boring, and to give a balanced overview of the field – in a word, to allow a large readership to understand both the amazing properties of the vitreous state and its pecularities compared with those of other states of matter. Excluding the so‐called spin glasses and other kinds of disordered physical systems, the Encyclopedia restricts itself to what is now termed structural glass.
In all chapters, the authors discuss glass from a materials‐science standpoint, but their purpose is not to review in any detail the latest advances of interest to specialists only. Rather, in the form of scholarly introductions, it is to present every topic at a uniform level and in a self‐consistent manner. In this way, the main points will be grasped and key information of fundamental or practical use will be made available. The neophyte reader will then be able to consult the specialized literature and, in particular, the select bibliography appended to each chapter.
This approach does not imply that only elementary features are presented, but that concepts
