{"id":150,"date":"2024-02-03T15:44:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T14:17:01","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-label=\"Content\" data-id=\"content--1\" data-export-id=\"content-5\" data-category=\"content\" class=\"content-5 content-section content-section-spacing content-relative new_york\" id=\"content-1\" data-section-ov=\"1\" style=\"background-size: cover;background-position: center top\"><div class=\"section-separator-top\">\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n<\/div><div class=\"gridContainer\"> <div class=\"row text-center\"><div class=\"section-title-col\" data-type=\"column\"> <h2 class=\"\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Research topics<\/span><\/h2> <p class=\"lead\" style=\"text-align: justify\">GLASS_Trea.S.U.Res project is based on alkali activation under strict constraints. The main purposes are:&nbsp;maximized reuse of waste glass (fractions of cullet not recycled, but typically \u2018abandoned\u2019 in landfills); minimized addition of valuable minerals (and possible exploitation of other inorganic residues); reduced amount of alkali activators (e.g. alkaline solution with molarity not exceeding 3M, namely \u2018weak\u2019 alkali activation) and replacement of alkali silicates with alkali hydroxides.&nbsp;According to an interdisciplinary approach, this project is based on the collaboration between the research groups of the University of Padua (UniPD), the University of Modena Reggio Emilia (UniMORE) and the University of Campania (UniCaLV).<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-image\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/forz.png\" title=\"forz\" alt=\"\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"row middle-sm\"> <div class=\"col-sm-6 space-bottom-xs\"> <div class=\"row space-bottom content-holder\" data-type=\"column\"><h3 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">METHODOLOGY &amp; ACTIVITIES<\/span><\/h3>  <\/div> <div class=\"row space-bottom\" data-type=\"row\"><div class=\"col-sm-6 space-bottom\"> <i class=\"fa icon medium fa-codepen bordered round color7\"><\/i> <h5 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">MATERIAL SELECTION<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\">Selection of waste glasses and \u2018active\u2019 supplementary materials developing stable bonding in alkaline solution through mineralogical studies,&nbsp;LCA studies and mechanical testing.<\/p><a class=\"button color1\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/blog\/2025\/01\/16\/deliverables-wp1\" target=\"_blank\" data-cp-link=\"1\" data-icon=\"\">Deliverables WP1<\/a><\/div> <div class=\"col-sm-6\"><i class=\"fa icon medium fa-cogs bordered round color7\"><\/i> <h5 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE DENSE ARCHITECTONIC ELEMENTS<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\">Manufacturing of architectonic composites based on&nbsp;inert material&nbsp; embedded in glass-based matrix,&nbsp;minimized glass-based matrix and&nbsp;control of the interface.<\/p><a class=\"button color1\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/blog\/2025\/03\/12\/deliverables-wp2\" target=\"_blank\" data-cp-link=\"1\" data-icon=\"\">Deliverables WP2<\/a><\/div> <div class=\"col-sm-6 space-bottom\"><i class=\"fa icon medium fa-cubes bordered round color7\"><\/i> <h5 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL CELLULAR MATERIALS<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Development of highly porous (P&gt;80%) foamed bodies through direct foaming,&nbsp;Incorporation of microspheres and DIW.<\/span><\/p><a class=\"button color1\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/blog\/2025\/07\/28\/deliverables-wp3\" target=\"_blank\" data-cp-link=\"1\" data-icon=\"\">Deliverables WP3<\/a><\/div> <div class=\"col-sm-6\"><i class=\"fa icon medium fa-recycle bordered round color7\"><\/i> <h5 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 700\">EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS AND EXPLOITATION<\/span><\/h5> <p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left\">LCA studies on dense and porous inorganic polymers and activation of end-of-life materials.<\/p><a class=\"button color1\" href=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/blog\/2025\/12\/01\/deliverables-wp4\" target=\"_blank\" data-cp-link=\"1\" data-icon=\"\">Deliverables WP4<\/a><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <div class=\"col-sm-6 flexbox around-xs top-xs space-bottom-xs\"><div class=\"overlay-box flexbox middle-xs center-xs overlay-holder\"> <div class=\"overlay-box-offset shadow-medium bg-color2 hide-xs offset-background\"><\/div> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flexbox shadow-large img1\" data-size=\"485x632\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.dii.unipd.it\/glasstreasures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2024\/02\/image2.png\" title=\"image2\" alt=\"\"><\/div> <\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research topics GLASS_Trea.S.U.Res project is based on alkali activation under strict constraints. 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