Transparent glass ceramics (TGCs) with minimized scattering loss offer the combined
characteristics of both glasses and (transparent) ceramics. The functionalities of the …

The present review article covers the history, featured properties and modern state of
inorganic, physical and materials chemistry of transparent oxyfluoride glass ceramics. The …

Chalcogenide glasses are defined as a new category of non-crystalline solids on the basis
of their characteristic covalent bonds and unique properties, such as broad infrared …

Crystallization of oxide glasses has a long history since the first proposal by Stookey in the
1950s, and nowadays various glass-ceramics (crystallized glasses) having potential for …

Scintillators, owing to their exceptional ability to convert high-energy ionizing radiation into
visible light, are the core component of X-ray radiography. However, conventional single …

Transparent bulk glass-ceramics containing ZnF2, K2SiF6, and KZnF3 nanocrystals are
successfully obtained from x KF–x ZnF2–(100–2 x) SiO2 oxyfluoride glasses for the first time …

Latest advancements in transparent ceramics development have ensured a mainstream
research interest in this family of materials. Crystallization of glass into transparent ceramics …

Glasses and glass-ceramics have had a tremendous impact upon society and continue to
have profound industrial, commercial and domestic importance. A remarkable number of …

Rare earth phosphate nanomaterials doped with lanthanide ions (Yb 3+, Ho 3+, Er 3+, Tm
3+, Tb 3+ and Eu 3+) showing upconversion (UC) luminescence may play an important role …

Abstract Nd 3+-doped, LaF 3-based, transparent oxyfluoride glass-ceramics (GCs)
containing Ag nanoparticles (NPs) have been prepared by a melt-quenching method …