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Hybrid Glass: a new frontier in Material Science

28 March 2025

Most glass is for windows or bottles, but scientists have now identified a fourth type—metal-organic ‘hybrid’ glass—with unique properties and potential.

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Photo caption: Professor Tom Bennett speaking at the 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology (AMN11) in February 2025.

UC’s own Professor Tom Bennett was one of the first researchers in the world to know when a new type of glass was discovered in 2015 - metal-organic or ‘hybrid’ glass is now considered a fourth category of glass chemistry with the potential to be more adaptable or multifunctional than its predecessors. 

For more, read the full MacDiarmid Institute article here>

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