सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

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सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"

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Areas of Research

1. Strategic Sector: 

Space grade optical glass

Optical glasses developed by CSIR-CGCRI with stringent properties
    • Radiation Shielding Window Glass

High Density (d = 5.2 gm/cc) Radiation Shielding Window (RSW) Glass blocks of 1000×800×17 mm3 produced through Bottom-Pouring-Flow-Casting Technique using 40L Platinum Pot Pilot Facility

3.61 g/cc Density Stabilized RSW Glasses

4.77 g/cc Density Stabilized RSW Glasses

Glass samples sustain a cumulative γ-radiation dose of 10 Mrad

Development of cost effective bismuth based radiation shielding glass for nuclear hot cell application

Developed stabilized Bismuth Glass using melt-quenching technique

%Transmission enhancement on AR coated bismuth glass of 10 mm thickness (Here P1, P2, P3 indicates different positions of the same glass during measurement of transmission spectra)

Coated RSW glass block (400 x 400 x 100 mm3)

Visible transmission spectrum of coated RSW glass block

Sol-gel based antireflective cum hydrophobic with gamma ray resistant coating on high PbO radiation shielding window (RSW) glass

  • Glass beads for nuclear waste vitrification

    Glass Bead Material for formation of Vitrified Waste Product for Immobilization of Nuclear Wastes

  • Laser and cladding glass
    Nd doped phosphate Laser glass

    Bottom pouring flow casting technique

    Casting using 15 L facility
    Processed Nd doped glass block

    Cu doped Edge Cladding Glass

  • High Strength and transparent glass-ceramic

HIGH STRENGTH AND TRANSPARENT NANOCRYSTALLINE GLASS-CERAMIC

High strength and transparent nanocrystalline glass-ceramic for armor vehicle and electronic display applications

  • Chalcogenide glasses for infrared optics and IR photonic devices

Transmission Spectrum

Chalcogenide glasses

Image formation

 

2. Societal Sector: 

  • Formulation of novel bioactive glasses for bone graft and coating applications

Amorphous scaffold prepared through optimized heat treatment using novel borosilicate based bioactive glass

CGCRI developed High CaO containing Bioactive glass matching thermal expansion coefficient with that of metallic implants suitable for adherent, crack-free coating

 3. Energy and environment: 

  • Development of Glass Foam bricks

Light weight Glass Foam bricks for insulation and construction application

Compressive strength  3-5MPa; Thermal conductivity: 0.1-0.2 W/m K

  • Energy efficient microwave melting of glass

Heat Absorbing glass prepared in microwave heating in air atmosphere retaining predominantly Fe[II] in glass, unlike Fe[III] in conventional heating

  • Phosphor-in-Glass (PiG) composites for high power white LED

Optical filter for solar radiation splitter

  • Sol-Gel Coatings

4. Computational Material Research:

  • Atomistic glass insight: Advancing research through simulations

 

Last Updated on July 9, 2025