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Symmetry in Glass Systems: Nucleation, Mechanics, and Properties
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Symmetry in Glass Systems: Nucleation, Mechanics, and Properties

A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 4284

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Dr. Huseyin Ozan Tekin

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Medical Diagnostic Imaging Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates
Interests: medical physics; radiation shielding; material sciences; glasses; Monte Carlo simulations; MCNP code; nuclear medicine
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Dear Colleagues,

In acknowledgment of the significance of this Special Issue, I would like to thank Symmetry and the MDPI publishing group for facilitating this significant literature search on behalf of the entire scientific community.

Parallel to the development of technology and industry, there is absolutely no doubt that many materials of the forthcoming generation have found their way into various applications today. In addition to the manufacture of these materials, an extraordinary amount of effort is devoted to their symmetry through continual development and to ensuring the most ideal conditions of application.

Today, the popularity of glass materials is rising steadily, its use being particularly prominent in radiation protection and nuclear material management processes. Glass materials are special due to their high mechanical qualities, transparency, and reconstruction suitability. The transparency afforded by certain high-density glasses, as well as the simultaneous monitoring of the source and management of the patient, are advantages with crucial functions. Obtaining optimal absorption, optical, mechanical, physical, and thermal properties for glass materials, however, is challenging. Consequently, extensive efforts have been made in the literature.

This Special Issue aims to contribute to the scientific community by collating discussions of glass materials that can be recommended for use in nuclear fields, nuclear source transportation, nuclear waste control, patient monitoring, and all other industrial and medical arenas by focusing and tailoring on their symmetry to various properties of multifunctional glasses. Another major objective of this Special Issue is to introduce the scientific community to bioactive glass materials in similar way.

I look forward to receiving your support and contributions to our special issue, entitled "Symmetry in Glass Systems: Nucleation, Mechanics, and Properties". Please note that all submitted papers must be within the general scope of the Symmetry journal.

Dr. Huseyin Ozan Tekin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • glass
  • bioactive glass
  • mechanical properties
  • optical properties
  • radiation shielding
  • experimental transmission studies
  • simulation
  • glasses in medical applications

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Tailoring a Behavioral Symmetry on KERMA, Mass Stopping Power and Projected Range Parameters against Heavy-Charged Particles in Zinc-Tellurite Glasses for Nuclear Applications
by Lidya Amon Susam, Ayberk Yilmaz, Ghada ALMisned, Hatice Yilmaz Alan, Gizem Ozturk, Gokhan Kilic, Bahar Tuysuz, Selin Ece Topuzlar, Baki Akkus, Antoaneta Ene and Huseyin Ozan Tekin
Symmetry 2023, 15(6), 1201; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15061201 - 3 Jun 2023
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We present the behavioral changes and symmetrical enhancement on KERMA, mass stopping power and projected range parameters against heavy-charged particles through Indium (In) and Tantalum (Ta) incorporations for various zinc-tellurite glass groups such as TZI and ZTT for nuclear applications. SRIM and PAGEX [...] Read more.
We present the behavioral changes and symmetrical enhancement on KERMA, mass stopping power and projected range parameters against heavy-charged particles through Indium (In) and Tantalum (Ta) incorporations for various zinc-tellurite glass groups such as TZI and ZTT for nuclear applications. SRIM and PAGEX codes are utilized for the determination of investigated attenuation parameters for alpha and proton particles. In KERMA calculations, the ZTT7 sample is reported to have the greatest release of charged particles because of an increase in kinetic energy. The mass stopping power values of all absorbent glass materials are steadily increased from 0 MeV to 0.1 MeV. TZI and ZTT attained their maximum mass stopping power at a kinetic energy value of 0.1 MeV. While comparable behavior patterns are seen for various energy values on the examined energy scale, the ZTT7 sample is observed with lower mass stopping power and projected range values against proton particles than the other samples. It can be concluded that zinc-telluride glasses through maximum Ta-reinforcement may be considered as promising materials for stopping the proton and alpha particles. Moreover, Ta-reinforcement may be considered as a monotonic tool in terms of providing a symmetry for attenuation enhancement against heavy-charged particles. Full article
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A Promising Glass Type in Electronic and Laser Applications: Elastic Moduli, Mechanical, and Photon Transmission Properties of WO3 Reinforced Ternary-Tellurite Glasses
by Ghada ALMisned, Elaf Rabaa, Yasser S. Rammah, Ziad Y. Khattari, Duygu Sen Baykal, Erkan Ilik, Gokhan Kilic, Hesham M. H. Zakaly, Antoaneta Ene and Huseyin Ozan Tekin
Symmetry 2023, 15(3), 602; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15030602 - 27 Feb 2023
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We report the symmetry of mechanical and gamma-ray attenuation properties for some tellurite glasses through elastic moduli, mechanical, and transmission properties as a function of varied WO3 amount in glass configuration. Four glass samples, along with different molar compositions as well as [...] Read more.
We report the symmetry of mechanical and gamma-ray attenuation properties for some tellurite glasses through elastic moduli, mechanical, and transmission properties as a function of varied WO3 amount in glass configuration. Four glass samples, along with different molar compositions as well as WO3/GdF3 substitution ratios, are investigated. Transmission properties using several essential parameters, such as attenuation coefficients, half-value layers, effective atomic numbers, effective conductivity, and buildup factors, are calculated in the 0.015–15 MeV energy range. Moreover, elastic moduli and Poisson’s ratios (σ) of the studied glass are calculated using the Makishima–Mackenzie model. The M4 sample with the highest WO3 addition is found with superior photon attenuation properties among the glasses investigated. Poisson’s ratio (σ) is increased, while all elastic moduli are decreased. Young’s modulus is reported as 62.23 GPa and 36.45.37 GPa at the highest and lowest WO3 mol%, respectively. It can be concluded that WO3 is a functional and monotonic tool in ternary-tellurite glasses for multiple modifications and enhancement purposes on gamma-ray attenuation, elastic moduli, and mechanical properties. It can also be concluded that increasing the WO3 amount in tellurite glasses may be considered a tool in terms of providing symmetry for mechanical and gamma-ray attenuation properties. Full article
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