Prof. Dr. Dominique de Ligny
Professorship for Glass and Ceramics
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- Alzahrani, A.S., & de Ligny, D. (2026). Effect of B2O3 addition on structure of nepheline glass-ceramics for dental applications. Processing and Application of Ceramics, 20(1), 48-57. https://doi.org/10.2298/PAC2601048A
- Bartsch, C., Kerling, V., Hayakawa, T., de Ligny, D., & Cicconi, M.R. (2026). Multimodal Photoluminescence in Ca2Nb2O7-based Glass–Ceramics. Ceramics, 9(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/ceramics9080088
- Brehl, M., Moulton, B., Xie, W., Cicconi, M.R., Tagiara, N.S., Möncke, D.,... de Ligny, D. (2026). The structural response of network former mixing in barium borosilicate glasses: Part 1. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 109(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.70459
- Casarin, A., Antonelli, F., Cavallo, A., Cicconi, M.R., Pierigè, M.I., Criber, E.,... Iezzi, G. (2026). The ornamental stones of the Roman thermal baths of Teate Marrucinorum (Chieti, Italy): autoptic, geochemical and minero-petrographic multi-analytical characterisations. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 18(5). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-026-02487-5
- Deng, H., Xie, S., Xie, L., Jamshaid, S., Hagel, B., Deubener, J.,... Cicconi, M.R. (2026). Crucible-induced compositional engineering of BaO–Bi2O3–TiO2–B2O3 glasses for high-permittivity Bi4Ti3O12 glass-ceramics. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6tc00757k
- Günther, L., Friedrich, A., Thomas, J.U., Koglbauer, A., & de Ligny, D. (2026). Ultra Short Pulse Laser Welding of Glass to Metal in the Low Fluence Regime. Laser & Photonics Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202503177
- Günther, L., Friedrich, A., Thomas, J.U., Müller, T., & de Ligny, D. (2026). Microstructural Properties and Pressure Distribution in Ultra-Short-Pulse Welds of Sapphire to Iron. Nanomaterials, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16120737
- Holzer, M., Johansen, S.M., Christensen, J.F., Smedskjaer, M.M., Cicconi, M.R., de Ligny, D.,... Maaß, R. (2026). Direct connection between secondary relaxation mode and fracture toughness in alkali-aluminosilicate glasses. Materials Today Advances, 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtadv.2025.100669
- Skiba, M., de Ligny, D., Lasagni, A.F., & Bliedtner, J. (2026). Origin and mechanisms of volume swelling in borosilicate glass during femtosecond-laser-microforming. Results in Materials, 30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinma.2026.100942
- Youcef, H., Soltani, M.T., & de Ligny, D. (2026). Luminescence Features of Eu2O3-Doped Antimony Borate Glasses with High Quantum Efficiency. Ceramics, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/ceramics9020012
- Cicconi, M.R., Kimura, K., Bradtmüller, H., Deng, H., Kohara, S., Onodera, Y.,... de Ligny, D. (2025). Unraveling the structural complexity of niobate units in aluminosilicate glasses and glass-ceramics. Materials Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5MA00082C
- Deng, H., Gan, R., Miyazaki, H., Bergler, M., Oka, R., de Ligny, D.,... Cicconi, M.R. (2025). Structure-property relationships in Bi2O3-TiO2-B2O3glasses modified with BaO: toward lead-free radiation shielding materials. Ceramics International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.11.129
- Deng, H., Xie, L., Martin, A., Martin, A., Webber, K.G., de Ligny, D., & Cicconi, M.R. (2025). Exploring the dielectric properties, glass ability and ferroelectric phases in the BaO-Bi2O3-TiO2-B2O3-Al2O3 system. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 117527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2025.117527
- Ege, D., Khalili, V., Lu, H.-H., Reinfelder, H., de Ligny, D., & Boccaccini, A.R. (2025). Physical properties of zinc, silver, or cerium ion doped borate glass incorporated PCL/gelatin electrospun fibers and their interaction with NG108-15 neural cells. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 36(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-025-06863-w
- Günther, L., Thomas, J.U., Hermann, J., Ohlinger, A., Friedrich, A., & de Ligny, D. (2025). Overcoming Challenges in Transparent Material Assembly: Advances of Ultra Short Pulse Laser Welding. In Peter R. Herman, Roberto Osellame, Adela Ben-Yakar (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. San Francisco, CA, US: SPIE.
- Günther, L., Thomas, J.U., Hermann, J., Ohlinger, A., & de Ligny, D. (2025). Ultra-Short-Pulse Laser Welding of Glass to Metal with a Shear Strength Above 50 MPa. Micromachines, 16(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16050538
- Pereira, L., Schuller, S., Donatini, A., Wadsworth, F.B., Neuville, D.R., Dingwell, D.B., & de Ligny, D. (2025). Unmixing inducing polymerization of a sodium-molybdenum borosilicate network. Materials Letters, 381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2024.137776
- Bagci, C., Bastan, F.E., Nawaz, Q., Hurle, K., de Ligny, D., & Boccaccini, A.R. (2024). Effects of silicon nitride (Si3N4) incorporation on physicochemical, bioactivity and antibacterial properties of 45S5 bioactive glass. Ceramics International, 50(23, Part A), 50200-50212. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.09.367
- Cicconi, M.R., Deng, H., Otsuka, T., Mahesh, A.T., Khansur, N.H., Hayakawa, T., & de Ligny, D. (2024). Photoluminescence Study of Undoped and Eu-Doped Alkali-Niobate Aluminosilicate Glasses and Glass-Ceramics. Materials, 17, 2283. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17102283
- Dobesh, D., Gadelmawla, A., Miyazaki, H., Hinterstein, M., Kimura, K., Maier, J.,... Cicconi, M.R. (2024). The role of Ca/Zr ratio on the local structure and phase transitions in lead-free (Ba,Ca)(Zr,Ti)O3. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2024.03.003
- Grammes, T., de Ligny, D., Mathew, D., Griebenow, K., Scheffler, F., Lindner, F.,... Brauer, D.S. (2024). Dispersion, ionic bonding and vibrational shifts in phospho-aluminosilicate glasses. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cp00685b
- Lohbauer, U., Fabris, D.C.N., Lubauer, J., Abdelmaseh, S., Cicconi, M.R., Hurle, K.,... Belli, R. (2024). Glass science behind lithium silicate glass-ceramics. Dental Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2024.03.006
- Muniz, R.F., Guyot, Y., Martinet, C., de Ligny, D., Medina, A.N., & Baesso, M.L. (2024). High pressure-driven effects on the structural and spectroscopic attributes of Eu3+-doped amorphous silicates. Ceramics International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2023.12.240
- Otsuka, T., Oka, R., Cicconi, M.R., de Ligny, D., & Hayakawa, T. (2024). Tuning the luminescence color of Eu3+- and alkali-ion-codoped Sr2CaWO6 orange-red phosphors: Eu3+ site distribution and site-selective photoluminescence studies. APL Materials, 12. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0197892
- Addis, L.B., Sendekie, Z.B., Habtu, N.G., de Ligny, D., Roether, J., & Boccaccini, A.R. (2023). Optimization of process parameters for the synthesis of class F fly ash-based geopolymer binders. Journal of Cleaner Production, 415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.137849
- Cicconi, M.R., Dobesh, D., Schroeder, B., Otsuka, T., Hayakawa, T., & de Ligny, D. (2023). Alkali-Niobate aluminosilicate glasses: Structure and properties. Optical Materials: X, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omx.2023.100228
- Ege, D., Pourshahrestani, S., Iorio, F., Reinfelder, H., de Ligny, D., & Boccaccini, A.R. (2023). Processing and characterization of aligned electrospun gelatin/polycaprolactone nanofiber mats incorporating borate glass (13-93B3) microparticles. Biomedical Materials, 18(5). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-605X/acf0ad
- Gradaus, M., Wahl, L., Cicconi, M.R., de Ligny, D., & Travitzky, N. (2023). Coextrusion of Reaction-Bonded Carbides by Robocasting. Advanced Engineering Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202300729
- Toyoda, R., Usui, K., Hirota, T., Kimura, K., Onodera, Y., Cicconi, M.R.,... Hayashi, K. (2023). Atomic structure of ZrO2-doped Li2O–SiO2-based multi-component glasses revealed by molecular dynamics–reverse Monte Carlo modeling. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 616. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122472
- Zandonà, A., Scarani, A., Löschmann, J., Cicconi, M.R., Di Fiore, F., de Ligny, D.,... Di Genova, D. (2023). Non-stoichiometric crystal nucleation in a spodumene glass containing TiO2 as seed former: Effects on the viscosity of the residual melt. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2023.122563
- Agti, F.Z., Soltani, M.T., Santos, L.F., Messaoudi, A., Guesmia, N., & de Ligny, D. (2022). Physical, mechanical properties and optical dispersion in Sb2O3–-NaPO3-WO3 glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.121249
- Andrade, L.H., Lima, S.M., Silva, R.A., Devecchi, M.R., Moraes, J.C., de Ligny, D., & Nunes, L.A. (2022). Eu3+-doped lithium tellurite glasses prepared under vacuum condition: Spectroscopic investigation and energy transfer mechanism. Journal of Luminescence, 246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2022.118812
- Cicconi, M.R., Belli, R., Brehl, M., Lubauer, J., Hayakawa, T., Kimura, K.,... de Ligny, D. (2022). Nucleation mechanisms in a SiO2-Li2O-P2O5-ZrO2 biomedical glass-ceramic: Insights on crystallisation, residual glasses and Zr4+ structural environment. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 42(4), 1762-1775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2021.12.009
- Duchstein, P., Schodder, P., Leupold, S., Dao, T.Q.N., Kababya, S., Cicconi, M.R.,... Wolf, S. (2022). Small-Molecular-Weight Additives Modulate Calcification by Interacting with Prenucleation Clusters on the Molecular Level. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202208475
- Eckstein, U., Khansur, N.H., Bergler, M., Urushihara, D., Asaka, T., Kakimoto, K.-I.,... Webber, K.G. (2022). Room temperature deposition of freestanding BaTiO3 films: temperature-induced irreversible structural and chemical relaxation. Journal of Materials Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07467-3
- Gadelmawla, A., Dobesh, D., Eckstein, U., Grübl, O., Ehmke, M., Cicconi, M.R.,... Webber, K.G. (2022). Influence of stress on the electromechanical properties and the phase transitions of lead-free (1-x)Ba(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O-3-x(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3. Journal of Materials Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-07685-9
- Grammes, T., de Ligny, D., Scheffler, F., Nizamutdinova, A., Wu''Llen, L.V., Kamitsos, E.I.,... Brauer, D.S. (2022). Influence of Phosphate on Network Connectivity and Glass Transition in Highly Polymerized Aluminosilicate Glasses. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 126(47), 9911-9926. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06530
- Guesmia, N., Hamzaoui, M., Beghdadi, L., Soltani, M.T., & de Ligny, D. (2022). Glass formation, physical and structural investigation studies of the (90-x) Sb2O3-10WO(3)-xNaPO(3) glasses. Materials Today Communications, 30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103226
- Martin, A., Brehl, M., Khansur, N.H., Werr, F., de Ligny, D., & Webber, K.G. (2022). Brillouin spectroscopy study of the stress-induced ferroelectric order in lead-free relaxor 0.93(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-0.07BaTiO3 ceramics. Acta Materialia, 238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118218
- Martin, A., Brehl, M., Khansur, N.H., Werr, F., de Ligny, D., & Webber, K.G. (2022). Brillouin spectroscopy study of the stress-induced ferroelectric order in lead-free relaxor 0.93(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-0.07BaTiO3 ceramics. Acta Materialia, 238, 118218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118218
- Wahl, L., Cicconi, M.R., Weichelt, M., de Ligny, D., & Travitzky, N. (2022). Residual-stress-induced crack formation in robocasted multi-material ceramics: Stress considerations and crack prevention. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.10.006
- Werr, F., Eppelt, U., Muellers, L., & de Ligny, D. (2022). Ultra-Short-Pulse Laser Filaments for Float Glass Cutting: Influence of Laser Parameters on Micro Cracks Formation. Frontiers in Physics, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2022.862419
- Bergler, M., Cvecek, K., Werr, F., Veber, A., Schreiner, J., Eckstein, U.,... de Ligny, D. (2021). Coupling raman, brillouin and nd3+ photo luminescence spectroscopy to distinguish the effect of uniaxial stress from cooling rate on soda-lime silicate glass. Materials, 14(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14133584
- Bisbrouck, N., Bertani, M., Angeli, F., Charpentier, T., de Ligny, D., Delaye, J.-M.,... Micoulaut, M. (2021). Impact of magnesium on the structure of aluminoborosilicate glasses: A solid-state NMR and Raman spectroscopy study. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17876
- Cicconi, M.R., Veber, A., Neuville, D.R., Baudelet, F., & de Ligny, D. (2021). Cerium speciation in silicate glasses: Structure-property relationships. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2021.120785
- Khansur, N.H., Eckstein, U., Bergler, M., Martin, A., Wang, K., Li, J.-F.,... Webber, K.G. (2021). In situ combined stress- and temperature-dependent Raman spectroscopy of Li-doped (Na,K)NbO3. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18269
- Khansur, N.H., Eckstein, U., Ursic, H., Sadl, M., Brehl, M., Martin, A.,... Webber, K.G. (2021). Enhanced Electromechanical Response and Thermal Stability of 0.93(Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3-0.07BaTiO3 Through Aerosol Deposition of Base Metal Electrodes. Advanced Materials Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202100309
- Otsuka, T., Brehl, M., Cicconi, M.R., de Ligny, D., & Hayakawa, T. (2021). Thermal Evolutions to Glass-Ceramics Bearing Calcium Tungstate Crystals in Borate Glasses Doped with Photoluminescent Eu3+ Ions. Materials, 14(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14040952
- Porde, A., Roßbach, A., Ferstl, P., Gillig, S., Werr, F., de Ligny, D., & Wierschem, A. (2021). Melting Curves of Triolein Polymorphs. Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society, 98, 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1002/aocs.12428
- Werr, F., Yusim, W., Bergler, M., Shcheka, S., Lenhart, A., & de Ligny, D. (2021). Utilizing rare-earth-elements luminescence and vibrational-spectroscopies to follow high pressure densification of soda–lime glass. Materials, 14(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14081831
- Agti, F.Z., Soltania, M.T., Santos, L.F., Messaouclie, A., & de Ligny, D. (2020). Study of New Antimony Phosphate Glasses. Journal of New Technology and Materials, 10(2), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.12816/0058537
- Belli, R., Loher, C., Petschelt, A., Cicconi, M.R., de Ligny, D., Anglada, M., & Lohbauer, U. (2020). Low-temperature degradation increases the cyclic fatigue resistance of 3Y-TZP in bending. Dental Materials, 36(8), 1086-1095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2070.05.002
- Belli, R., Loher, C., Petschelt, A., Cicconi, M.R., de Ligny, D., Anglada, M., & Lohbauer, U. (2020). Low-temperature degradation increases the cyclic fatigue resistance of 3Y-TZP in bending. Dental Materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dental.2020.05.002
- Benitez, T., Rivas Murillo, J.S., de Ligny, D., Travitzky, N., Novaes de Oliveira, A.P., & Hotza, D. (2020). Modeling the effect of the addition of alumina on structural characteristics and tensile deformation response of aluminosilicate glasses. Ceramics International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.05.273
- Bergler, M., Cvecek, K., Werr, F., Brehl, M., de Ligny, D., & Schmidt, M. (2020). Cooling rate calibration and mapping of ultra-short pulsed laser modifications in fused silica by Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy. International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 2(3). https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/ab9583
- Bergler, M., Cvecek, K., Werr, F., Brehl, M., de Ligny, D., & Schmidt, M. (2020). Erratum: Cooling rate calibration and mapping of ultra-short pulsed laser modifications in fused silica by Raman and Brillouin spectroscopy (International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ab9583). International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-7990/abc46d
- Bruns, S., Uesbeck, T., Fuhrmann, S., Aymerich, M.T., Wondraczek, L., de Ligny, D., & Durst, K. (2020). Indentation densification of fused silica assessed by raman spectroscopy and constitutive finite element analysis. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17024
- Bruns, S., Uesbeck, T., Weil, D., Möncke, D., van Wüllen, L., Durst, K., & de Ligny, D. (2020). Influence of Al2O3 Addition on Structure and Mechanical Properties of Borosilicate Glasses. Frontiers in Materials, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00189
- Cicconi, M.R., Blanc, W., de Ligny, D., & Neuville, D.R. (2020). The influence of codoping on optical properties and glass connectivity of silica fiber preforms. Ceramics International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2020.05.233
- Cicconi, M.R., Khansur, N.H., Eckstein, U., Werr, F., Webber, K.G., & de Ligny, D. (2020). Determining the local pressure during aerosol deposition using glass memory. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103, 2443-2452. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16947
- Cicconi, M.R., Lu, Z., Uesbeck, T., Van Wuellen, L., Brauer, D.S., & de Ligny, D. (2020). Influence of Vanadium on Optical and Mechanical Properties of Aluminosilicate Glasses. Frontiers in Materials, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00161
- Elkholy, H., Othman, H., Hager, I., Ibrahim, M., & de Ligny, D. (2020). Thermal and optical properties of binary magnesium tellurite glasses and their link to the glass structure. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.153781
- Esper, J.D., Zhuo, Y., Barr, M., Yokosawa, T., Spiecker, E., de Ligny, D.,... Romeis, S. (2020). Shape-anisotropic cobalt-germanium-borate glass flakes as novel Li-ion battery anodes. Powder Technology, 363, 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2019.11.063
- Grammes, T., Limbach, R., Bruns, S., Van Wuellen, L., de Ligny, D., Kamitsos, E.,... Brauer, D.S. (2020). Tailoring the Mechanical Properties of Metaluminous Aluminosilicate Glasses by Phosphate Incorporation. Frontiers in Materials, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2020.00115
- Höhn, S., Zheng, K., Romeis, S., Brehl, M., Peukert, W., de Ligny, D.,... Boccaccini, A.R. (2020). Effects of Medium pH and Preconditioning Treatment on Protein Adsorption on 45S5 Bioactive Glass Surfaces. Advanced Materials Interfaces. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202000420
- Othman, H., Elkholy, H., Cicconi, M.R., Palles, D., de Ligny, D., Kamitsos, E.I., & Möncke, D. (2020). Spectroscopic study of the role of alkaline earth oxides in mixed borate glasses - site basicity, polarizability and glass structure. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2020.119892
- Veber, A., Smedskjaer, M.M., & de Ligny, D. (2020). Relaxation behavior of densified sodium aluminoborate glass. Acta Materialia, 198, 153-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.07.068
- Werr, F., Veber, A., Brehl, M., Bergler, M., Werner, D., Eppelt, U.,... de Ligny, D. (2020). Surface Probing of Ultra-Short-Pulse Laser Filament Cut Window Glass and the Impact on the Separation Behavior. Advanced Engineering Materials. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202000471
- Zhao, Y., Miao, P., Elia, J., Hu, H., Wang, X., Heumüller, T.,... Brabec, C. (2020). Strain-activated light-induced halide segregation in mixed-halide perovskite solids. Nature Communications, 11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20066-7