The cooperation of CerAMGlass members (Enrico Bernardo and Hamada Elsayed) with FunGlass centre (Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin, Slovakia), mainly focused on additive manufacturing of glass-ceramics and reuse of inorganic waste in new glass-based materials, has been further evidenced by the publication of several papers in a Special Issue of the International Journal of Applied Glass Science (Volume 12, Issue 4, Special Issue: FUNGLASS, Pages: 457-620, October 2021), fully available in open access mode.
In particular, the editorial explains the collaborative efforts of Alexander Dubcek University of Trencin (TNUNI), Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (FSU), Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and University of Padova (UniPD) as partner institutions in the framework of the FunGlass project.
The Special Issue involves four contributions directly involving CerAMGlass:
- Alkali-free processing of advanced open-celled sinter-crystallized glass-ceramics (example of extended cooperation between partners, such as TNUNI, FAU and UniPD): https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijag.16106
- Åkermanite glass microspheres: Preparation and perspectives of sinter-crystallization: https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijag.16115
- Low-alkali borosilicate glass microspheres from waste cullet prepared by flame synthesis: https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijag.16144
- New glass-based binders from engineered mixtures of inorganic waste (reporting the output of cooperation extended to RWTH Aachen): https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ijag.16262
CerAMGlass contribution is further highlighted by the Cover Photograph.