Crystallization and Ionic Conductivity of Compound Glasses

Dear Colleagues,

Crystallization of glass is one of the ways to produce various types of glass, glass-ceramics, ceramics, and nanocrystals, revealing that the electrical and the physical characteristics are different. Understanding the crystallization process from a glass is important and useful for the scientific point of view because it enables us to control the production specifications of crystal size, crystallinity, crystal structure, and crystal volume faction in the glass. The crystallization and ionic transport mechanisms of compound glasses have become of great interest for a wide range of applications for enhancing the physical properties of ferroelectricity, high nonlinear optical coefficient, intense photoluminescence, and fundamental properties of solid-state energy-storage systems.

The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the latest developments in compound glasses and glass–ceramics, and also to provide the fundamental understanding of the crystallization and the electrical conductivity. Topics of interest include the latest research on the advanced characterization of material properties and the new processing methods for the fabrication of glasses and glass–ceramics.

We do believe that the collection will stimulate and circulate new ideas on the topics, contributing to the dissemination of expertise for young investigators as well as for leading experts in the field.

Dr. Young-Hoon Rim
Guest Editor

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• crystallization
• ion conduction
• dielectric relaxation
• glass
• glass-ceramics