Francesco Baino - Ceramics, Glass and Glass-Ceramics: From Early Manufacturing Steps Towards Modern Frontiers

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The multiple forms and applications of ceramics and glasses are becoming increasingly important in modern science, society and common daily life. On the other hand, we also have to consider that oxide-based inorganic materials have always played a key role since the early stages of civilization. In fact, man-made ceramics and glasses can be considered as old as human civilization and every prominent culture has generated intrinsic style and traditions about such materials. From an historical viewpoint, it is worth pointing out that glass and porcelain works have been produced worldwide, making the Eastern and Western civilizations joined through the Silk Road, which promoted the implementation of the economic, political, cultural and technical contacts between the two cultures.

Ceramics and glasses exhibit an exceptional versatility in terms of composition, structure and related properties, thus being suitable for taking part in countless applications from aesthetics to high-tech. This book provides a state-of-the-art overview and updated technical picture of the fundamental importance of ceramic, glass and glassceramic products. Strategic and impressive applications of new glasses and glassceramics in emerging areas such as human regenerative medicine and brand high-tech fields, including energy, photonics and waste management, can help answering the important question of why glass-based materials are and will remain among the most fascinating and requested products in mans life.

Moreover, another valuable aspect should be pointed out beyond the scientific and technical relevancy of this book. In fact, it is the result of the deep and solid collaboration as well as nice friendship developed among the three editors, despite their belonging to distant locations and different worlds, as they serve in the TTPUthe Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Dilshat Tulyaganov)and in PoliTOthe Politecnico of Torino, Italy (Francesco Baino and Massimo Tomalino). This book is a practical demonstration of how much a collaboration can grow and how high the contribution level can reach in representing a fundamental pillar of a growing common process in the joint activity that these two international academic and scientific realities (TTPU and PoliTO) are carrying on.