Advances in Glass and Optical Materials

This proceedings volume contains papers on the current research and development in the area of glass and optical materials. Papers include topics on glasses for bioapplications, glass fibers for optical and insulating applications, glass-ceramics, phosphate glasses, patent searching, and more. Development of Highly Nonlinear Extruded Lead Silicate Holey Fibers with Novel Dispersive Properties (J.Y.Y. Leong, P. Petropoulos, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, S.Asimakis, R.C. Moore, K. Frampton, V. Finazzi, X. Feng, J.H.V. Price, T.M. Monro, D.J. Richardson).

Fabrication of Photonic Crystal Slabs and Microstructures by Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD) - What are the Fabrication Limits? (J. Zeiner, R. Clasen).

Glass Ceramics for Solid State Lighting (S. Tanabe).

Electrical and Optical Properties of Phosphate Glasses Containing Multiple Transition Ions (B. Dutta, N.A. Fahmy, I.L. Pegg).

Incorporation of Biological Agents in Random Hole Optical Fibers (G. Pickrell, N.J. Manjooran).

Bioapplications for Photo-Hydrolyzed Glass Surfaces (R. DeRosa, A. Cooper, J.A. Cardinale).

A Tunable Inorganic Blotting Membrane for Analysis of Gel Separated Biomolecules by MALDI-MS (M.A. Lewis, J.E. Fajardo, R.R. Hancock, R.S. Burkhalter, C.L. Hogue).

Formation Of Metallic Copper Clusters In Silica Based Glasses (N. Capra, L. Pediriva, R. Dal Maschio).

In-situ Observation of Relaxation Process in F-doped Silica Glass by Raman Spectroscopy (N. Shimodaira, K. Saito, E.H. Sekiya, A.J. Ikushima).

Selective Batching For Improved Commercial Glass Melting (U. Kim, E.J. Nichols, W.M. Carty, C.W. Sinton).

Glass Fibers Industry: Evolutions Of Glass Compositions (A. de Meringo).

Patents: Tapping a Valuable Resource (P. LaCourse).

Shibin Jiang is the editor of Advances in Glass and Optical Materials: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005, published by Wiley.