SPring-8, the large synchrotron radiation facility

Background

The BORATES2008 conference follows the previous meetings held at Alfred, New York, USA (1977); Abingdon, England (1996); Sofia, Bulgaria (1999); Cedar Rapids, USA (2002) and Trento, Italy (2005).The conference will be dedicated to Professor Adrian C. Wright to honor his achievements in Glass Science, and in particular Borate Glasses. This conference is also recognized as a satellite meeting of the 21st Congress of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr2008, August 23-31 2008, Osaka, Japan).

Scope of the Conference

1. Short and intermediate range order;
2. Structure and physical properties;
3. Computer simulation and modeling;
4. Phase separation and inhomogeneities;
5. New spectroscopic techniques;
6. EPR, XAFS, XPS, IR, NMR, and diffraction;
7. Novel borate glasses and crystals;
8. Borate crystallography;
9. Thermal properties and thermodynamics;
10. Industrial applications of borate and borosilicate glasses;
11. Biomedical applications;
12. Optical properties and materials;
13. Superionic systems and ionic conductivity;
14. Others;