Method of producing controlled material properties of glass structures manufactured from micron and sub-micron glass powders and applications thereof
AssigneeBoard of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsArturo Alejandro Fuentes, Kamal Sarkar, Stephen Crown, Horacio Vasquez
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Abstract
Described herein is a method of preparing glass structures having tunable material properties. By varying process conditions, physical, thermal, optical, electrical, and mechanical properties of the glass particles can be altered in a predictable manner. By varying porosity, density, and pore structures, for example, a wide range of physical, thermal, optical, electrical, and mechanical characteristics of micron and nanometer sized glass particles can be achieved and/or modified.
Claims19
A method of preparing glass structures having predetermined material properties comprising:
- obtaining glass particles having a particle size distribution of less than about 50 microns;
- heating the glass particles at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure for a predetermined amount of time such that the physical properties of the glass particles are altered.
Glass structures having predetermined material properties made by the process comprising:
- obtaining glass particles having a particle size distribution of less than about 50 microns;
- heating the glass particles at a predetermined temperature and a predetermined pressure for a predetermined amount of time such that the physical properties of the glass particles are altered.
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