Glass, neither liquid nor solid, shares the properties of both of these states, in a frozen disorder sometimes still difficult to understand. Corresponding to the fourth state of matter according to a proposal by Park and Huffman in 1926, it still poses many questions to scientists while accompanying us in our daily lives for over 10,000 years. First used in its natural form, obsidian, as a tool since the Neolithic period, its elaboration developed about 5,000 years ago between Mesopotamia and Egypt for aesthetic purposes: glass beads and other jewels probably allowed our distant ancestors to lift their spirits.
Glass then contributed greatly to the improvement of our living conditions, both for the packaging of food (facilitating its preservation and transportation) and for the realization of the first electric light bulbs, allowing millions of schoolchildren to stop studying by candlelight!
This material, one of the most important, versatile and transformative in history, is today a fundamental element in many fields, and also has an infinite capacity to be recycled. Glass as a material thus represents a major asset to meet many technical and industrial challenges, some of which are closely linked to the energy transition:
Glass is also a major asset in healthcare, in the form of bioactive glass, sensors, dental or bone implants, and other pharmaceutical applications to repair and rebuild humans.
Glasses are usually formed by rapid cooling of a liquid, but it is possible to make an almost infinite number of glasses, with all the elements of the periodic table and whatever the chemical bonds. So glass is not just the material we use in our daily lives, but rather a disordered state of matter.
This collection of articles published in several different series of the Comptes Rendus aims to make the reader discover that glass corresponds to a state of matter and is a multifaceted material. The variety of disciplines involved echoes this versatility.
Daniel R. Neuville, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
 | Glass as a biomaterial: strategies for optimising bioactive glasses for clinical applications Brauer, Delia S.; Hupa, Leena Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 185-197 |
 | Cormier, Laurent; Hennet, Louis; Lelong, Gerald; Cuello, Gabriel J.; Bytchkov, Alexei Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 15-34 |
 | Fernández Castellanos, David; Roux, Stéphane; Patinet, Sylvain Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 22 (2021) no. S3, pp. 135-162 |
 | The rose of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris: sophisticated stained glasses for late medieval painters Hunault, Myrtille Odile Jacqueline Yvonne; Bauchau, Fanny; Boulanger, Karine; Hérold, Michel; Calas, Georges; Lemasson, Quentin; Pacheco, Claire; Loisel, Claudine Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 101-120 |
 | Vitrification of wastes: from unwanted to controlled crystallization, a review McCloy, John S.; Schuller, Sophie Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 121-160 |
 | Moretti, Roberto Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 249-279 |
 | Le Losq, Charles; Mysen, Bjorn O.; Cody, George D. Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 199-225 |
 | Orange, Marie; Carter, Tristan; Le Bourdonnec, François-Xavier Comptes Rendus Palevol, Volume 12 (2013) no. 3, pp. 173-180 |
 | Blade production and the consumption of obsidian in Stentinello period Neolithic Sicily Freund, Kyle P.; Tykot, Robert H.; Vianello, A. Comptes Rendus Palevol, Volume 14 (2015) no. 3, pp. 207-217 |
 | Montes, Helene; Lequeux, Francois Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 22 (2022) no. S5, pp. 33-50 |
 | Cherif, Sonia; Bonnet, Pierre; Frezet, Lawrence; Kane, Abdoulaye; Assadi, Aymen Amine; Trari, Mohamed; Yazid, Hynda; Djelal, Hayet Comptes Rendus. Chimie, Volume 25 (2022) no. S3, pp. 261-279 |
 | Challenges and opportunities in atomistic simulations of glasses: a review Liu, Han; Zhao, Zhangji; Zhou, Qi; Chen, Ruoxia; Yang, Kai; Wang, Zhe; Tang, Longwen; Bauchy, Mathieu Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 35-77 |
 | Pradel, Annie; Piarristeguy, Andrea Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 79-99 |
 | Distributed fiber optics strain sensors: from long to short distance Blanc, Wilfried; Schenato, Luca; Molardi, Carlo; Palmieri, Luca; Galtarossa, Andrea; Tosi, Daniele Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 161-183 |
 | Rheological changes in melts and magmas induced by crystallization and strain rate Vetere, Francesco; Iezzi, Gianluca; Perugini, Diego; Holtz, Francois Comptes Rendus. Géoscience, Volume 354 (2022) no. S1, pp. 227-248 |
 | Toward glasses with better indentation cracking resistance Rouxel, Tanguy; Sellappan, Pathikumar; Célarié, Fabrice; Houizot, Patrick; Sanglebœuf, Jean-Christophe Comptes Rendus Mécanique, Volume 342 (2014) no. 1, pp. 46-51 |
 | Toward glasses with better indentation cracking resistance Rouxel, Tanguy; Sellappan, Pathikumar; Célarié, Fabrice; Houizot, Patrick; Sanglebœuf, Jean-Christophe Comptes Rendus Mécanique, Volume 342 (2014) no. 1, pp. 46-51 |
 | Elastic properties of glasses: a multiscale approach Rouxel, Tanguy Comptes Rendus Mécanique, Volume 334 (2006) no. 12, pp. 743-753 |
 | Chalcogenide glasses and glass-ceramics: Transparent materials in the infrared for dual applications Calvez, Laurent Comptes Rendus Physique, Volume 18 (2017) no. 5-6, pp. 314-322 |
 | Dynamics of cracks in disordered materials Bonamy, Daniel Comptes Rendus Physique, Volume 18 (2017) no. 5-6, pp. 297-313 |
 | L’importance des phénomènes d’oxydo-réduction dans le verre Chopinet, Marie-Hélène; Lizarazu, Dominica; Rocanière, Cécile Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 939-949 |
 | Compositional effects and spectroscopy of rare earths (Er3+, Tm3+, and Nd3+) in tellurite glasses Shen, Shaoxiong; Jha, Animesh; Zhang, Edward; Wilson, Steve J Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 921-938 |
 | Scandium fluorophosphate glasses: a structural approach Nalin, Marcelo; Ribeiro, Sidney José Lima; Messaddeq, Younés; Schneider, José; Donoso, Pedro Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 915-920 |
 | Infrared glass fibers for in-situ sensing, chemical and biochemical reactions Le Coq, David; Michel, Karine; Keirsse, Julie; Boussard-Plédel, Catherine; Fonteneau, Gilles; Bureau, Bruno; Le Quéré, Jean-Michel; Sire, Olivier; Lucas, Jacques Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 907-913 |
 | Willot, Grégoire; Gomez, François; Vast, Pierre; Andries, Véronique; Martines, Marco; Messaddeq, Younes; Poulain, Marcel Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 899-906 |
 | Frequency upconversion in rare-earth doped fluoroindate glasses de Araújo, Cid B; Maciel, Glauco S; Menezes, Leonardo de S; Rakov, Nikifor; Falcão-Filho, Edilson L; Jerez, Vladimir A; Messaddeq, Younes Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 885-898 |
 | Applications of chalcogenide glass optical fibers Sanghera, Jas S; Shaw, L.Brandon; Aggarwal, Ishwar D Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 873-883 |
 | Clustering of rare earths in GeAs sulfide glass Aitken, Bruce G.; Ponader, Carl W.; Quimby, Richard S. Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 865-872 |
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 | Rare-earth-doped transparent glass ceramics Clara Gonçalves, M; Santos, Luís F; Almeida, Rui M Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 845-854 |
 | Structure–property relationships in multicomponent oxide glasses Calas, Georges; Cormier, Laurent; Galoisy, Laurence; Jollivet, Patrick Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 831-843 |
 | Micoulaut, Matthieu Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 825-830 |
 | Rare-earth-doped glasses for fiber amplifiers in broadband telecommunication Tanabe, Setsuhisa Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 815-824 |
| Compositional effects and spectroscopy of rare earths (Er3+, Tm3+, and Nd3+) in tellurite glasses Shen, Shaoxiong; Jha, Animesh; Zhang, Edward; Wilson, Steve J Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 921-938 |
| Scandium fluorophosphate glasses: a structural approach Nalin, Marcelo; Ribeiro, Sidney José Lima; Messaddeq, Younés; Schneider, José; Donoso, Pedro Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 915-920 |
| Infrared glass fibers for in-situ sensing, chemical and biochemical reactions Le Coq, David; Michel, Karine; Keirsse, Julie; Boussard-Plédel, Catherine; Fonteneau, Gilles; Bureau, Bruno; Le Quéré, Jean-Michel; Sire, Olivier; Lucas, Jacques Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 907-913 |
| Willot, Grégoire; Gomez, François; Vast, Pierre; Andries, Véronique; Martines, Marco; Messaddeq, Younes; Poulain, Marcel Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 899-906 |
| Frequency upconversion in rare-earth doped fluoroindate glasses de Araújo, Cid B; Maciel, Glauco S; Menezes, Leonardo de S; Rakov, Nikifor; Falcão-Filho, Edilson L; Jerez, Vladimir A; Messaddeq, Younes Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 885-898 |
| Applications of chalcogenide glass optical fibers Sanghera, Jas S; Shaw, L.Brandon; Aggarwal, Ishwar D Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 873-883 |
| Clustering of rare earths in GeAs sulfide glass Aitken, Bruce G.; Ponader, Carl W.; Quimby, Richard S. Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 865-872 |
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| Rare-earth-doped transparent glass ceramics Clara Gonçalves, M; Santos, Luís F; Almeida, Rui M Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 845-854 |
| Structure–property relationships in multicomponent oxide glasses Calas, Georges; Cormier, Laurent; Galoisy, Laurence; Jollivet, Patrick Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 831-843 |
| Micoulaut, Matthieu Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 825-830 |
| Rare-earth-doped glasses for fiber amplifiers in broadband telecommunication Tanabe, Setsuhisa Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 12, pp. 815-824 |
 | Photoinduced fluidity in chalcogenide glasses Tanaka, Keiji Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 805-811 |
 | Solvent properties of glass melts: resemblance to aqueous solutions Duffy, John A; Ingram, Malcolm D Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 797-804 |
 | Novel structural behaviour of iron in alkali–alkaline-earth–silica glasses Bingham, Paul A; Parker, John M; Searle, Tim; Williams, John M; Smith, Ian Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 787-796 |
 | Glass sintering with concurrent crystallization Prado, Miguel Oscar; Zanotto, Edgar Dutra Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 773-786 |
 | Crystal growth and classical nucleation theory Weinberg, Michael C; Poisl, W.Howard; Granasy, Laszlo Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 765-771 |
 | Tin ions in float glass cause anomalies Frischat, Günther Heinz Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 759-763 |
 | Structure and properties of glasses in the system Li2O–SnO–B2O3 Hayashi, Akitoshi; Nakai, Miyuki; Tatsumisago, Masahiro; Minami, Tsutomu Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 751-757 |
 | 1.3-μm-emission properties and local structure of Dy3+ in chalcohalide glasses Heo, Jong Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 739-749 |
 | Alkali and alkali–lead oxynitride phosphate glasses: a comparative structural study by NMR and XPS Muñoz, Francisco; Pascual, Luis; Durán, Alicia; Rocherullé, Jean; Marchand, Roger Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 731-738 |
 | Spectral migration of excitation energy among Nd3+ ions in fluoroarsenate glasses Balda, Rolindes; Lacha, Luis Maria; Arriandiaga, Maria Angeles; Fernández, Joaquin; Adam, Jean-Luc Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 725-729 |
 | Nanoscale phase separation effects near and 2.67, and rigidity transitions in chalcogenide glasses Boolchand, Punit; Georgiev, Daniel G.; Qu, Tao; Wang, Fei; Cai, Liuchun; Chakravarty, Swapnajit Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 713-724 |
 | Optical properties and redox state of silicate glass melts Faber, Anne Jans Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 705-712 |
 | A survey of transition-metal-containing phosphate glasses Mercier, Cyrille; Palavit, Gérard; Montagne, Lionel; Follet-Houttemane, Claudine Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 693-703 |
 | UV-absorption and radiation effects in different glasses doped with iron and tin in the ppm range Ehrt, Doris Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 679-692 |
 | Vapour-phase deposition of multicomponent fluoride glasses Boulard, Brigitte; Gao, Youping Comptes Rendus Chimie, Volume 5 (2002) no. 11, pp. 675-678 |