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

该奖项为宾夕法尼亚州立大学提供资金，以确定该大学是否有足够的工业支持，以成为阿尔弗雷德大学玻璃研究工业/大学合作研究中心（I/UCRC）的研究基地。宾夕法尼亚州立大学的工作将集中在玻璃表面，这将补充阿尔弗雷德大学目前在玻璃和玻璃制造方面的研究。对玻璃表面的研究很有趣，因为制造的玻璃产品的表面通常决定了许多对此类产品重要的特性，包括强度、腐蚀性、耐风化性、清洁度、抗划伤性和光学反射率。另外，玻璃产品可以搭配或粘合到其他材料，例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、抛光和等离子体处理。因此，了解玻璃表面和界面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.