16th University Conference on Glass Science; Troy, NY; August 13-15, 2003

第16届美国大学玻璃科学会议将于2003年8月13-15日在美国伦斯勒理工学院举行。会议的主题是高技术眼镜。包括信息技术、生物技术和纳米技术在内的各种高科技玻璃的结构、加工和性能将被涵盖。主题的例子是二氧化硅和高二氧化硅玻璃；液晶显示器、等离子显示器和存储磁盘用眼镜；非晶薄膜；化学和机械抛光；辐射效应与致密化；玻璃中的水，扩散和弛豫；生物应用玻璃；结构分析，离子传导和弛豫。玻璃在许多不同的领域都很重要。除了生产窗户和瓶子等传统领域外，它在光纤、液晶显示器和电子器件用非晶薄膜电介质的发展中一直发挥着关键作用。玻璃科学可以帮助我们理解和改进这些材料。玻璃也用于生物技术。例如，许多生物程序是在玻璃（体外）中进行的。阐明玻璃表面与生物物质相互作用的作用对生物技术领域具有重要意义。在拟议的大学玻璃科学会议上，将讨论与高科技领域中使用的玻璃有关的各种主题。

The 16th University Conference on Glass Science will be held on August 13-15, 2003 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA. The theme of the Conference is glasses for high technology. Structure, processing and properties of glasses used for various high technologies, including information technology, biotechnology and nanotechnology, will be covered. Examples of topics are silica and high silica glasses; glasses for liquid crystal displays, plasma displays and memory disks; amorphous thin films; chemical and mechanical polishing; radiation effect and densification; water in glass, diffusion, and relaxation; glasses for biological applications; structural analysis, ionic conduction and relaxation.Glass has been important in many different fields. In addition to traditional fields such as production of windows and bottles, it has been playing the key role in the development of optical fibers, liquid crystal displays and thin amorphous film dielectrics for electronic devices. Glass science can lead to understanding and improvement of these materials. Glasses are also used in biotechnology. For example, many biological procedures are conducted in glass (in vitro). It is important for the biotechnology field to clarify the role of glass surface interactions with biological substances. In the proposed University Conference on Glass Science, a variety of topics related to glasses used in the high technology fields will be discussed.