ABSTRACT

This book will discuss how glass and glass ceramic interact with light, both transiently and permanently. Ways that light permanently alter the properties of glass and glass ceramic like the color, refractive index, and mechanical and chemical behaviors will be included. Each photochromatic phenomenon will be discussed in detail from the physical and chemical origin to the method fabrication and ultimately to their utilization.

chapter 1|6 pages

The Glass Menagerie

chapter 2|24 pages

Photosensitive Glasses

chapter 3|36 pages

Photosensitive Glass-Ceramics

chapter 4|28 pages

Photorefractive Glasses

chapter 5|22 pages

Photochromic Glass

chapter 6|24 pages

Photoadaption

chapter 7|42 pages

Solarization

chapter 8|22 pages

Photochemistry in Porous Glass

chapter 9|20 pages

Polarizing Glass