Changelog¶

SciGlass Next Database¶

Roadmap planned¶

0.5.1 January 28, 2025¶

The Scroll snap control checkbox is now OFF by default. Page will no longer auto-scroll to sections. You can turn it back ON in Settings→Appearance→Scroll snap control if needed.
The VFT curve fitting equation has been removed from the Result Card (Visualization view) and is now only visible on the Detail Card (Visualization view).
The x-axis is now reversed by default when plotting Abbe diagram (x: Abbe's number, y: refractive index n_d at 20°C) in the Result Card (Visualization view).
Fixed an issue with unwanted page zooming on iOS devices.
Corrected a typo in property names in Calculation Result and Property Predictor.

0.5.0 January 16, 2025¶

New
- Brand-new UI with improved UX and accessibility.
- History function (session only), which can be used to quickly open previously opened tables from the Detail Card (Table view) section.
- Sharing search results via URL.
- Advanced search controls (Filter) for table data.
- Data visualization using Ternary Plot chart type in Result Card (Visualization view) and Detail Card (Visualization view).
- Grid/List/Plot view of predictions in Property Predictor.
- Download raw data as CSV/Excel from Spectral plot from the modebar.
- Fullscreen mode via the modebar in all plot types.
- Calculation Result is now in sidebar that can be reopened by clicking on the Calculation Result button.
- Opening table or calculation result directly from the plot in Property Diagram, Result Card (Visualization view), and Detail Card (Table view).
  - Double-clicking on data point to open calculation result
  - Right-clicking on data point to open a context menu with options of open calculation result and open table.
- Notification center feature that provides a convenient way for users to view notifications such as system updates, events, and maintenance alerts.
- Setting center feature to the profile dropdown menu that allows users to configure some settings.
- Copy Code (Developer mode) feature that provides a convenient way for users with API access to copy the Python code generated from search criteria from web UI.
Data correction:
- Correct several hundred typos in the Patent Index and remove 883 entries with incorrect/duplicate data in the original database.
API changes: Please refer to the latest API endpoint pages.
Bug fixes:
- Fix query timeout issues when searching with atomic %.

0.4.2 August 07, 2024¶

UI improvements.
Support for displaying calculation results of glasses by clicking on the GNo (Glass No) in the Detail Card (Table view) and Result Card (Table view).
Support for request caching on the website for faster response and speed.
Rename the individual properties of T1~T13 to T1 (logη=1)~T13 (logη=13) for clarity.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a regression bug where the component in Property Predictor won't be updated (internally) after clicking on the cancel button.

0.4.1 August 04, 2024¶

Support for displaying all components of glasses even without selecting components in Search for Glasses.
Data correction:
- Add missing data for Table ID=44801 when using Search for Glasses, four glasses added.
- Correct 2360 entries of wrong glass number ranges internally in the original database, which could return incorrect results when searching with Search for Tables.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed a regression bug where the search for some components (in Collection) in Search for Glasses gave an error or an empty result.
- Fixed a regression bug where the page title wouldn't update when opening a table using Table by Number.
- Fixed the issue of possible duplicate requests that may occur during page navigation or browsing.

0.4.0 July 26, 2024¶

New important feature: API Key and API documentation added.
New feature: Property Diagram.
Support for searching with atom names:
- Add a new card Search Options in Search for Tables.
- Add Atomic % option in Kind of % card in Search for Glasses.
Support for opening tables that are displayed in Result card in a new tab or a new window.
Update Property Predictor:
- Property of logη at X°C (log viscosity at X°C) has incorrect value since v0.3.0, it is now corrected. Thanks to user feedback!
- Add a fullscreen button next to the close button.
Update export function:
- Support for exporting table (result) in CSV format (additional option), default is Excel.
- Update the position of the table header tooltip to the row above the table header in both Excel and CSV.
Set default filename when downloading plots as png from:
- Glass Formation plot: table-{table_id}-glass-formation.png
- Spectral plot: table-{table_id}-spectra.png
- Detail Card (Visualization view): table-{table_id}.png
where {table_id} is the Table ID.
Adopt a uniform rule to display header names with units in the table.
- Update the superscript style of the units (e.g., change ^-1 to ^-1).
- Use a comma followed by a space (e.g., change T,°C to T, °C).
Add a function to copy the Table ID by clicking on it in the Detail Card (Table view) section.
Add a Notes column in Patent Index.
Data correction:
- Correct dozens of entries with missing atoms in the original database.
- Add missing Atomic% data for atoms of Tc, Re, Np, and Pu in the original database and update the composition of the affected 35 glasses.
- Update 179 reference titles.
- Update description text of 22 tables that contain redundant information.
- Update names in Country column in Patent Index to make it shorter:
  - United States of America to US
  - United Kingdom to UK
  - German Democratic Republic to DDR
  - Korea, South to South Korea
  - OAPI - African Intellectual Pr (should be African Intellectual Property Organization) to OAPI
- Update name in Properties column in Patent Index, as the comma between the various properties is missing for hundreds of entries.
- Remove extra , (comma) at the end of Properties column in Result Card, 679 entries updated.
- Correct the density value of GNo (glass number) = 606816 in Table ID = 11280, which should be 1.90 instead of 1.80 for the heat treatment condition 750°C, ≈2 kbars.
- Correct the density value of GNo (glass number) = 421754 in Table ID = 34609, which should be 2.422 instead of 4.422.
- Correct the density and refractive index value of GNo (glass number) = 493171 in Table ID = 42511, and GNo=610518~610521 in Table ID=44747, where the density and refractive column should be exchanged.
Bug fixes (list only important fixes):
- Fixed a bug in plot hover info and legend display when grouping with the glass number for some data types.
- Fixed a bug where the modal is not closed when the browser navigates back and forth.
- Enter 0 in the Min fields of the Component card of Search for Glasses to indicate that the component can be absent did not work, now this issue is fixed.
UI improvements, and page loading time optimization.
Optimize the search performance slightly by indexing.

0.3.1 June 11, 2024¶

Support for opening a specific table via the URL: https://sciglass.uni-jena.de/database?tableid=id, where id(integer) is the Table ID displayed in Result Card.

For example, https://sciglass.uni-jena.de/database?tableid=44923 will open table with Table ID=44923.

Note

Deprecated since v0.4.0, use table_id instead of tableid due to the new naming convention.
Support back and forward navigation with the browser's navigation buttons across different opened tables.

0.3.0 June 10, 2024¶

New feature: Property Predictor with GlassNet integrated.
Correct 152 missing glass compositions in the original database, so that they can now be searched via the Search for Glasses function.
Correct 150 glasses containing Au (gold) as the values of Au were originally missing.
Make the scrollbar in the sidebar thin (when it overflows) and support the touchscreen to unhide the sidebar for smaller screens (<1024px).

0.2.6 June 02, 2024¶

Correct wrong unit of logρ at X°C (Electrical resistivity), which should be Ohm·cm by default, not Ohm·m.

0.2.5 May 29, 2024¶

On smaller screens (<1024px), the icon and text of the function in the sidebar will be shown, and the tooltip will be hidden.

0.2.4 May 08, 2024¶

Improve the handling of error messages in the frontend.

0.2.3 May 06, 2024¶

Due to a bug in the Firefox browser, the scroll-snap effect is disabled when using Firefox.

0.2.2 May 03, 2024¶

Improve the readability of the tooltip when hovering over the data points in the plot.
Make the number of atoms in the chemical formula as subscript (e.g., B2O3 → B₂O₃) when visualizing a table.

0.2.1 April 22, 2024¶

Internal: Fixing issues with some component names with special characters (e.g., +, (, )) that need to be escaped.
Fix missing results for the Collections group in the Component area of searching for glasses.
Remove some components that actually have no results.
Fix overflow issue caused by the selected components/property hints.

0.2.0 April 17, 2024¶

Add Search for Glasses function:
- Include components and user-defined min/max concentration values (mol% or wt%) for the search.
- Exclude components for the search.
- Include individual standardized properties or group properties for the search.
Add search composition by analysis filter to both Search for Tables and Search for Glasses.
Add a toggle button in System to search for glass systems that exactly match the selections.
Add a radio button in System Type to ignore impurities < 0.5 wt% or to consider them as compositions.
Add fullscreen function to the Result Card (Visualization view) section when searching for glasses, and Detail Card (Visualization view) section.
Correct erroneous data in the original database.
UI improvements.
Improved query performance in the backend (but the database is not yet optimized for speed).
Add web API Rate Limit restriction due to limited resources in the beta test phase.

0.1.1 March 01, 2024¶

Public access.
Add tooltip hint when hovering over the table column name (usually symbols).

0.1.0 February 20, 2024¶

Initial release for beta testing.