Center for Functional and Surface-Functionalized Glasses

Innovative Solutions for Functional Glass and Ceramics

Types of services: Materials DevelopmentTesting and Analysis

Areas: AutomotiveGlass and Ceramics

Let's Accelerate Your Innovation

The internationally recognized center of excellence (FunGlass) conducts cutting-edge research and development on new types of glass and ceramics. It offers industrial partners in the glass, pharmaceutical, and energy industries chemical analysis of materials (ICP/OES, SEM/EDS), surface functionalization, and studies of thermal stability up to 1500 °C. The center has a unique infrastructure for melting experiments and the development of special glass microspheres.

Solutions for Your Industry

Glass and Ceramics Industry (NACE 23.1): Manufacture of container glass, utility glass, and flat glass.

Manufacture of refractory products (NACE 23.2): Development and testing of materials for extreme thermal stress.

Automotive Industry (NACE 29.3): Manufacture of parts and surface treatment of vehicle components.

Pharmaceutical and Medical Sector: Production of bioactive glass and microspheres for cancer therapy.

How We Can Help You

Ensuring the purity of raw materials: In-depth chemical analysis of both major and minor components using ICP-OES and X-ray spectrometry.
Optimization of melting processes: Designing glass compositions to improve homogeneity and chemical resistance and reduce energy costs in production.
Improving Surface Durability: Deposition of functional SiOxCy films using the HC-PECVD method to extend the service life of materials.
Risk Minimization in the Energy Sector: Safety Testing of Materials for the Nuclear Industry (LOCA Analyses).
Identification of Manufacturing Defects: Rapid diagnosis of inhomogeneities and impurities using advanced SEM-EDS microscopy.

Instrumentation

Agilent ICP OES 5100SVDV: A state-of-the-art emission spectrometer for precise chemical analysis of leachates and solutions.
JEOL Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM-EDS): In-depth structural analysis and defect identification.
S8 Tiger X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer: Fast and accurate determination of the chemical composition of raw materials and glass.
High-Temperature Hot Press (1800 °C): Sintering and testing of materials under extreme pressure and temperature.
TMA Q400 Thermomechanical Analyzer: Precise determination of the coefficient of thermal expansion and the transformation point.

Detailed Job Description

FunGlass is an internationally recognized center of excellence that combines cutting-edge science with the needs of the global glass industry. Our expertise covers the entire life cycle of glass—from the design of new formulations with specific properties to innovative surface functionalization. We help market leaders improve product quality, optimize the energy efficiency of the melting process, and incorporate unique materials into medical and technical applications.

Partners Who Trust Us

Vetropack s.r.o. (Optimization of Glass Packaging)
Rona a.s. (Development of Functional Glass)
Johns Manville (Optimization of E-glass Production)
Saint-Gobain (Corrosion of Refractory Materials)
Stevanato Group (Pharmaceutical Glass)

Turn your vision into a commercially successful technology with professional technology transfer management.

Contract Research Without Risk

Carry out projects without investing in your own development teams.

Access to Technology

Take advantage of laboratories and equipment worth millions of euros.

Solving Challenging Problems

Leave the technically complex tasks that hold back your core business to us.

Cost Sharing

The possibility of funding innovation through joint grant programs.