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.

陶瓷國際涵蓋了先進陶瓷材料的科學。期刊鼓勵做出貢獻，展示對基本化學和物理現(xiàn)象的理解如何指導材料設(shè)計，并激發(fā)對新的或改進的加工技術(shù)的想法，以獲得具有所需結(jié)構(gòu)特征和性能的材料。國際陶瓷包括氧化物和非氧化物陶瓷、功能玻璃、玻璃陶瓷、非晶無機非金屬材料（及其與金屬和有機材料的組合），其形式為微粒、致密或多孔體、薄膜/厚膜以及層壓、分級和復合結(jié)構(gòu)。還介紹了與工藝有關(guān)的主題，如陶瓷接頭或用不同材料連接陶瓷，以及表面處理和調(diào)節(jié)。除了傳統(tǒng)的加工技術(shù)外，感興趣的制造路線還包括從外部施加應力、電磁場和高能束受益的創(chuàng)新程序，以及自上而下和自組裝納米技術(shù)方法。此外，期刊歡迎提交關(guān)于生物啟發(fā)和生物激活材料設(shè)計、材料設(shè)計的實驗驗證多尺度建模和模擬以及結(jié)構(gòu)、性能和行為的最先進的化學和物理表征技術(shù)。與技術(shù)相關(guān)的低維系統(tǒng)是陶瓷國際的一個特別關(guān)注點。其中包括0、1和2-D納米材料（也包括CNT、石墨烯和相關(guān)材料，以及類金剛石碳），它們的納米復合材料，以及可能整合分子、生物和電子元件的納米雜化物和分層多功能納米結(jié)構(gòu)。國際陶瓷協(xié)會特別熱衷于吸引涉及與整個高級陶瓷領(lǐng)域發(fā)展相關(guān)的基本科學方面的論文，包括相平衡和轉(zhuǎn)變、反應性、傳輸過程、熱力學和電子性質(zhì)，以及低密度下的量子效應。尺寸材料。優(yōu)先材料和感興趣的領(lǐng)域包括：用于民用、軍事和工業(yè)的室溫和中溫高級陶瓷和復合材料-用于極端環(huán)境的高溫和超高溫結(jié)構(gòu)陶瓷和復合材料；介電陶瓷、微波陶瓷、鐵電、壓電、熱電、鐵電彈性材料等電陶瓷；磁性、多鐵性、半導體、快離子導電陶瓷；高溫超導體、拓撲絕緣體；光學陶瓷，包括發(fā)光和顯色材料、透明導電和半導體陶瓷、電光、磁光和激光材料、無機光纖、等離子體結(jié)構(gòu)和電磁超材料；核裂變、核聚變和核廢料管理技術(shù)用陶瓷；生物惰性和生物活性陶瓷，廣泛應用于醫(yī)療領(lǐng)域，包括功能性納米顆粒、復合材料和用于組織工程、輸送系統(tǒng)、生物成像和神經(jīng)接口的混合層次納米結(jié)構(gòu)。