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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818382303321

Autore

Marghussian Vahak

Titolo

Nano-glass ceramics : processing, properties and applications / / Vahak Marghussian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England ; ; Waltham, Massachusetts : , : William Andrew, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-323-35432-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Collana

Micro & Nano Technologies Series

Disciplina

660.284298

Soggetti

Glass-ceramics

Nanostructured materials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Nano-Glass Ceramics; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Glass Crystallization; 1.1 Nucleation in Glass; 1.1.1 Homogeneous Nucleation; 1.1.1.1 Theoretical Background; 1.1.1.2 Experimental Studies of Homogeneous Nucleation; 1.1.2 Heterogeneous Nucleation; 1.1.2.1 Theoretical Background; 1.1.2.1.1 General Considerations; 1.1.2.1.2 Epitaxy in Heterogeneous Nucleation of Glasses; 1.1.2.1.3 The Effect of Glass-in-Glass Phase Separation on Heterogeneous Nucleation; 1.1.2.2 Experimental Studies of Heterogeneous Nucleation

1.1.2.2.1 Heterogeneous Nucleation in the Presence of Phase Separation in Glass1.1.2.2.2 Crystal Nucleation in the Absence of Phase Separation in Glass; 1.1.2.2.3 Secondary Crystallization; 1.1.2.2.4 Determination of the Optimum Nucleation Temperature and Time; 1.1.2.2.5 Determination of the Type and Amount of Effective Nucleating Agents by DTA; 1.1.2.2.6 Determination of Crystal Nucleation rates; Particle Counting Method; Thermal Analysis Methods; 1.1.3 Nonclassical Theories of Crystal Nucleation in Glass; 1.1.3.1 General Considerations; 1.1.3.2 Phenomenological Models

1.1.3.3 Density Functional Theory1.2 Crystal Growth in Glass; 1.2.1 Theoretical Background; 1.2.1.1 Normal Growth Model; 1.2.1.2 The Screw Dislocation Growth Model; 1.2.1.3 2D Surface-Nucleated Growth; 1.2.1.3.1 Jackson's Model for the Interface; 1.2.2 Experimental Studies



of Crystal Growth in Glass; 1.3 Alternative Mechanisms of Glass Crystallization at Low Temperatures; 1.4 Overall Glass Crystallization Kinetics; 1.4.1 Theoretical Background; 1.4.2 Experimental Studies of the Crystallization Kinetics in Glass; 1.5 Concluding Remarks; 2 Optical Properties of Nano-Glass Ceramics

2.1 Theoretical Background of Transparency2.2 Application of Optical Nano-Glass Ceramics; 2.2.1 Low Thermal Expansion Glass Ceramics; 2.2.1.1 Structure, Properties, and Application of Stuffed β-Quartzss Glass Ceramics; 2.2.1.2 Processing of Stuffed β-Quartzss Glass Ceramics; 2.2.2 Luminescent Glass Ceramics; Theoretical Background; Laser Applications; Frequency Up-Conversion; Amplification at 1.3 and 1.5μm; Solar Energy Applications; Most Common Luminescent Glass Ceramics; 2.2.2.1 Transparent Mullite Glass Ceramics

Structure, Optical Properties, and Application of Transparent Mullite Glass CeramicsProcessing of Mullite Glass Ceramics; 2.2.2.2 Spinel Glass Ceramics; Properties and Application of Transparent Spinel Glass Ceramics; Broadband Optical Amplifiers and Tunable Lasers; Passive Q-switchers; Processing of Spinel Glass Ceramics; 2.2.2.3 Oxyfluoride Glass Ceramics; Processing of Oxyfluoride Glass Ceramics; General Considerations; Properties and Application of Fluorescent Oxyfluoride Glass Ceramics; Up-Conversion Fluorescent Oxyfluoride Glass Ceramics; Other Host Nano-Crystals

Down-Conversion Fluorescent Oxyfluoride Glass Ceramics

Sommario/riassunto

First book covering all aspects of nano-crystalline glass ceramics - one-stop reference source for researchers and engineers in a broad range of industries such as Biomedical devices and Optoelectronics