Glass’s unique properties put it at the cutting-edge of technology. Glass is resistant to corrosion, scratches, and thermal shock. Glass reflects, bends, transmits, and absorbs light. These properties and more are why glass has become a part of our everyday lives, found in architecture, transportation, technology, and so much more. Glass also enables progress in medical research, space exploration, and optics.
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Cutting-Edge Research
Fundamental research on the structure and chemical makeup of glass is required to further expand on the properties of glass. Notable glass research topics include:
- Smart glass
- Switchable glazing
- Photosensitive glazing
- Electrochromic glazing
- Anti-reflective properties
- Clean energy generation
- Functional integrations in glass
- Audio glass
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Cutting-Edge Opportunities
The future of glass is full of unlimited possibilities. With advancements in research, the future of glass could involve:
- Smart containers
- Glass bottles change color depending on the temperature of the contained liquid
- Interactive drinking glasses
- Mirrors that assess your health
- Jewelry that reads your body temperature
- Windows that power your car
- Better glass
- As glass becomes stronger, thinner, lighter, more scratch resistant, bendable, and available in more complex shapes, new products and opportunities will continue to emerge across all industries
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Techni-Glass is excited to be part of the future of glass. What do you see in the future of glass? With the advancements of the glass industry as a whole and Techni-Glass’s wide and expanding range of custom glass fabrication capabilities, the results are limited only by your imagination.
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