Forming Glass Shapes: Lowering the 'Softening Temperature' via Electric Field
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 11:30
in Physics & Chemistry
On a serendipitous occasion, listening to Rishi Raj, a professor at University of Colorado Boulder, speak about the remarkable effect of moderate electrical fields on lowering the sintering temperature of certain ceramic powders, Himanshu Jain, a professor at Lehigh University, began to wonder if a similar phenomenon was possible in glass -- because he knew that the implications could be huge for glass technology. Their collaboration and research are discussed in this week's Applied Physics Letters.