Planning Grant for the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Glass Surfaces and Interfaces: Satellite Research Site of the Center for Glass Research

宾夕法尼亚州立大学Pantano EEC-9807294该奖项为宾夕法尼亚州立大学提供资金，以确定是否有足够的产业支持该大学成为位于阿尔弗雷德大学的工业/大学合作研究中心(I/UCRC)的玻璃研究地点。宾夕法尼亚州立大学的工作将专注于玻璃表面，这将补充阿尔弗雷德大学目前在玻璃和玻璃制造方面进行的研究。人们对玻璃表面的研究很感兴趣，因为制造的玻璃产品的表面往往决定着许多对此类产品重要的特性，包括强度、腐蚀性、耐候性、清洁度、耐划伤性和光学反射率。此外，玻璃产品可以与其他材料配对或粘合，如用于太阳能控制的沉积薄膜和用于光学的金属涂层。在制造过程中，玻璃表面必须经受各种化学和物理性质的清洗、蚀刻、抛光和等离子处理。因此，对玻璃表面和界面的了解对玻璃科学和技术都是至关重要的。

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PANTANO EEC-9807294 This award provides funding to Pennsylvania State University to determine if there is sufficient industrial support for this university to become a research site of the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC) on Glass Research, based at Alfred University. The work at Penn State would focus on glass surfaces, which will complement the research currently performed at Alfred University on glass and glass manufacturing. Research on glass surfaces is of interest because the surface of a manufactured glass product often dictates many of the properties important to such products, including strength, corrosion, weathering resistance, cleanliness, scratch resistance, and optical reflectivity. Additionally, glass products may be mated or bonded to other materials such as deposited thin films for solar control and metal coatings for optics. During manufacturing, the surface of the glass must withstand a variety of chemical and physical properties for cleaning, etching, polishing and plasma treatments. Thus, an understanding of glass surfaces and interfaces is essential to both the science and technology of glass.