Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of the basic chemical and physical phenomena may direct materials design and stimulate ideas for new or improved processing techniques, in order to obtain materials with desired structural features and properties.

Ceramics International covers oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metal and organic materials), in the form of particulates, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films and laminated, graded and composite structures. Process related topics such as ceramic-ceramic joints or joining ceramics with dissimilar materials, as well as surface finishing and conditioning are also covered. Besides traditional processing techniques, manufacturing routes of interest include innovative procedures benefiting from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields and energetic beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions on bio-inspired and bio-enabled materials designs, experimentally validated multi scale modelling and simulation for materials design, and the use of the most advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques of structure, properties and behaviour.

Technologically relevant low-dimensional systems are a particular focus of Ceramics International. These include 0, 1 and 2-D nanomaterials (also covering CNTs, graphene and related materials, and diamond-like carbons), their nanocomposites, as well as nano-hybrids and hierarchical multifunctional nanostructures that might integrate molecular, biological and electronic components.

Ceramics International is particularly keen to attract papers which deal with fundamental scientific aspects that are relevant to the development of the whole range of advanced ceramics including e.g. phase equilibria and transformations, reactivity, transport processes, thermodynamic and electronic properties, as well as quantum effects in low dimensional materials.

Priority materials and areas of interest are:

    Advanced ceramics and composites for civil, military and industrial applications at room and moderate temperatures - High and ultrahigh temperature structural ceramics and composites for use in extreme environments;
    Electroceramics such as dielectric and microwave ceramics, ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, pyroelectrics, thermoelectrics, ferroelastics; magnetic, multiferroic, semiconducting and fast ion-conducting ceramics; high Tc superconductors, topological insulators;
    Optical ceramics including luminescent and chromogenic materials, transparent conducting and semiconducting ceramics, electro-optical, magneto-optical and laser materials, inorganic optical fibers, plasmonic structures and electromagnetic metamaterials;
    Ceramics for nuclear fission, fusion and nuclear waste management technologies;
    Bioinert and bioactive ceramics for the full range of medical applications, including functional nanoparticles, composite materials and hybrid hierarchical nanostructures for tissue engineering, delivery systems, bio imaging and neural interfaces.

Special Issue on New frontiers of proton-conducting oxides
Submission Date: 2024-04-30

The special issue aims at elucidating the materials science and electrochemical aspects of experimental studies on proton-conducting ceramic systems.

Special issue information:

Proton-conducting ceramic materials are an important basis for the design of highly efficient and powerful solid oxide systems that meet net-zero economy and hydrogen energy trajectories. These materials enable electrochemical manipulation with hydrogen-containing components, offering numerous potential applications: hydrogen production, purification, utilization and detection, as well as more sophisticated ones, including hydrogen pressurizing or electrochemical conversion of carbon-based compounds. Achieving a rational balance of performance and efficiency, as well as long-term and redox stability, requires a better understanding of the properties of both individual materials and corresponding electrochemical systems. In response to this need, this special issue aims at elucidating the materials science and electrochemical aspects of experimental studies on proton-conducting ceramic systems.

The main areas of interest include:

    Rational design and electrochemical testing of proton-conducting ceramic materials (PCCMs);
    Transport properties of PCCMs depending on their chemical composition, structural, and microstructural features;
    Characterization and transport properties of dual ionic and triple-conducting materials;
    Design of other functional ceramics to be used together with PCCMs;

Manuscript submission information:

Full papers must be submitted through the Elsevier Editorial Manager®. When submitting your paper, be sure to specify that the paper is a contribution to this special issue by selecting the article type of "SI: H+-oxide materials", so that your paper can be assigned to the guest editors.

Submission Open Date: Jan 1, 2024

Submission Deadline: Apr 30, 2024

Accepted papers will be published online individually, before print publication. Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the Guest Editors. We look forward to receiving your contribution.

Keywords:

PCFCs; PCECs; proton transport; perovskites; electrochemistry

Special Issue on Photoluminescence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE'24)
Submission Date: 2024-08-30

The special issue aims at covering a wide range of research topics concerning the photoluminescence properties and applications of rare-earth ions in optoelectronics and photonics.

Special issue information:

PRE’24 is the tenth event in the series of International Workshops covering a wide range of research topics concerning the properties and applications of rare-earth ions in optoelectronics and photonics. Over the past decades, an increasing number of luminescent materials have been reported, based on the properties of rare earth ions embedded in different matrices (crystalline, amorphous and glass ceramics; oxides, fluorides, chalcogenides, organics, ….) or contained in molecular complexes. These materials have already been widely employed in light sources and amplifiers, optical displays, fluorescent probes, luminescent labels, frequency converters, detectors, and so on, covering fields ranging from telecommunication to sensing, from medical diagnosis to energy. Despite of it, there is still an increasing demand for novel functions to further extend practical applications.

Manuscript submission information:

Full papers must be submitted through the Elsevier Editorial Manager®.  Submissions are also open to papers that are not presented at PRE’24, as far as they match the topics. When submitting your paper, be sure to specify that the paper is a contribution to this special issue by selecting the article type of "SI: PRE'24", so that your paper can be assigned to the guest editors.

Submission Open Date: May 1, 2024

Submission Deadline: Aug 30, 2024

Accepted papers will be published online individually, before print publication. Additional information about the special issue can be obtained from the Guest Editors. We look forward to receiving your contribution.

Keywords:

Fundamental photoluminescence phenomena, Optical, spectroscopic and structural characterization of rare-earth-doped materials, Photonic devices exploiting rare-earth characteristics, Glass photonics, Ceramics, Glass-ceramics, Sensors