Glass melting

Welcome to the Bioactive Glasses Group

Research on inorganic glasses and glass-ceramics, with a particular focus on the interaction between the material and water​
Glass melting
Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)

Our main research interests lie in the area of inorganic glasses and glass-ceramics, with a particular focus on the interaction beween the material and water. For this reason, water soluble glasses such as bioactive glasses or phosphate glasses constitute a key part of our work, as well as new glass-based biomaterials for biomedical applications, including glass/polymer composites and glass ionomer (polyalkenoate) bone cements. We aim to understand the composition-structure-property relationship in these materials, with the aim to tailor new compositions to suit specific applications.

The Bioactive Glasses Group is part of the Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research at the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena.

News

  • Visiting student from Nagoya Institute of Technology

    Kana Tatematsu is visiting our group until the end of 2024 to study the chemical stability of phosphate glasses for application as solid electrolytes.

    Kana in front of the AWZ
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Topics

  • Research

    Our research evolves around melt-derived glasses, including bioactive glasses, phosphate glasses or aluminosilicate glasses, and how their atomic structure controls their properties.

    Glass melting
    Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)

  • Group

    We are an international group of researchers from various backgrounds, including chemistry, materials science and geology.

    Bioactive glasses group in April 2018
    Image: Delia Brauer

  • Publications

    Publications from the Bioactive Glasses Group

    View over Jena
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  • Teaching

    We provide lectures and seminars as part of BSc and MSc Materials Science, MSc Chemistry of Materials and BSc Chemistry. We also continously offer topics for research practicals, projects, theses or research assistants.

    Teaching at the Children's University (KinderUni 2019)
    Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)

  • News

    Have a look at what's happening in our group

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Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

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