A sol-gel synthesis route for producing aluminum fluorophosphate glasses was developed by Eckart and Long. Aluminum fluorophosphate glass is unique because of its optical properties and low transition to glass temperature. The sol-gel method is favorable over traditional methods of glass manufacturing as it is inexpensive compared to regular melt-quench route of glass synthesis, and the sol-gel method produces thin layers of glass without the need for additional manufacturing. On the other hand, sol-gel methods are sensitive to small changes in synthetic method; that is, a slight change in temperature of annealing or drying time can have a large impact on the glass produced. The purpose of this research is to produce and optimize a reproducible set of conditions to synthesize aluminum fluorophosphate glass and to analyze the glasses produced by using raman spectroscopy.

Production and analysis of aluminum fluoride phosphate glasses synthesized by a sol-gel method

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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