The Workshop introduced the glass community to the synchrotron techniques that are currently available and prepare it for the future opportunities enabled by NSLS II. NSLS_Daffodils_hires.tifThe Workshop also nucleated the formation of a glass synchrotron research consortium that will promote the funding, construction, and operation of synchrotron end station instrumentation optimized for glass research. Synchrotron-based techniques provide important tools for both basic and applied materials research. The Department of Energy has approved construction of the next generation synchrotron facility: the National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II), which will produce x-rays up to 10,000 times brighter than those produced at the NSLS today.
