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The Journal is now firmly established as the leading source of primary communication for
scientists investigating the structure and properties of all engineering materials. The Journal
of Materials Science publishes reviews and full-length papers recording original research
results on, or techniques for, studying the relationship between structure, properties, and uses
of materials. Materials include metals, ceramics, glasses, polymers, energy materials,
electrical materials, composite materials, fibers, nanostructured materials, nanocomposites,
and biological and biomedical materials.
The Journal 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.
The Journal 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.
The Journal 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.
The Journal is among the top sources for materials science research, providing
scientists, engineers, and students with critically assessed, original research for over 100
years. One of the top journals in the materials science category, the
journal publishes 12 issues per year filled with top quality research that spans the diverse
segments of science. Topics cover a broad range including: Glass science, crystal
chemistry, microscopy and microstructure, bioceramic science, powder processing and
colloidal science.
The Journal contains records of original research that provide insight into or describe the
science of materials and composites based on ceramics and glasses. These
papers include reports on discovery, characterization, and analysis of new inorganic, non-
metallic materials; synthesis methods; phase relationships; processing approaches;
microstructure-property relationships; and functionalities. Of great interest are works that
support understanding founded on fundamental principles using experimental, theoretical, or
computational methods or combinations of those approaches. All the published papers must
be of enduring value and relevant to the science or composites based
on those materials.
Papers on fundamental materials technology are welcome including those in the following
areas:
* Enabling materials for grand challenges
- Advanced energy generation, harvesting, and storage
- Environmental protection and remediation
- Extreme operating environments
- Biomedical applications including tissue replacement, wound healing, and drug
delivery
- Efficient transportation and green infrastructure
- Information transmission, storage, display, and processing
o Materials design, selection, synthesis and processing methods
- Rational design of functional ceramics and glasses guided by predictive modeling
- Functionalizing defects and/or interfaces for unprecedented properties
- Creating free-standing, low-dimensional materials
- Reducing time and processing steps, including net-shape and self-assembly methods
- Reducing temperature, energy, and environmental footprint
* Characterization of compositions, structures, defects, and properties along with new methods
- Multiple length scales from atoms to nanoparticles to microstructure to
macrostructure
- Behavior in 0, 1, 2, and 3-dimensional materials and at material interfaces
- Temperature extremes
- Pressure, electrical fields, and other driving forces
- Radiation exposure and damage responses
- Time evolution
- Combinations of length, dimension, driving forces, properties, and/or time
- Advanced in-situ and/or in-operando measurement capabilities
- Archeometry and Analysis of Art and Materials of Cultural Heritage
* Mechanisms, Theory, Modeling, and Simulation
- Understanding the driving forces for synthesis and change, including defect
dynamics
- Developing, testing, and validating models based on first principles
- Simulating and predicting behavior over multiple length and time scales
- Materials genomes for design of advanced ceramics and glasses
The Journal accepts submissions of full-length Articles reporting original research, in-depth
Feature Articles, Reviews of the state-of-the-art with compelling analysis, and Rapid
Communications which are short papers with sufficient novelty or impact to justify swift
publication.
The Journal is dedicated to covering the most innovative, cutting edge and influential
work of broad interest to the materials science community.
Having established the journal as one of the most highly respected sources of news and
reviews in materials science over the last two decades, it has expanded its
scope to cover ground breaking original research in materials science, and aims to become
a leading forum in the field.
The editors welcome comprehensive articles and short communications reporting
breakthrough discoveries and major technical achievements as well as review articles
from established leaders in engaging and rapidly developing fields within materials science
and related disciplines.
The Journal offers authors rigorous peer review, rapid publication, and maximum visibility.
The journal expects to accept only the most significant submitted manuscripts, but will
provide very rapid evaluation to prevent publication delays.
The Journal with comprehensive coverage across materials science, spanning ground
breaking discoveries to highly specialized research
The Journal aims to enhance the international exchange of scientific activities in materials
science and technology.
The Journals reports principally the achievements of materials science and engineering all
over the world, putting the stress on the original research papers, review articles invited by
editor, letters, research notes with novelty as well as brief of scientific achievement, covering
a broad spectrum of materials science and technology, encompassing:
• metallic materials
• inorganic nonmetallic materials
• composite materials
The Journal is an international journal for outstanding research in the field of functional
materials, specifically, advanced materials in which composition, structure and surface are
functionalised to confer specific, applications-oriented properties.
Contributions should address the physical, chemical, or engineering sciences that underpin
the design and application of these materials. The scientific and engineering aspects may
include processing and structural characterization from the micro- to nano-scale to achieve
specific functionality.
The Editor welcomes experimental, theoretical, and review papers on biological response,
biosensing, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of materials in bulk, thin film,
nanotube/nanofiber or particulate form. Research articles that focus on integrating basic and
applied research on nanostructured aspects of materials are also within the scope of the
journal.
The main journal covers advanced materials across a broad spectrum, while two subsections
are intended to focus specifically on 1) advanced functional materials, and 2) advanced
biomaterials.
The Journal published peer-reviewed research on functional materials, contributions might
look at:
* Functional materials for electronics and photonics
* Materials for energy storage and harvesting
* Advanced magnetic materials
* Piezoelectronic, ferroelectric, pyroelectric and multiferroic materials
* Memory materials
* Nanostructured functional materials for advanced applications
* Hybrid and advanced functional composite materials
* Simulation and modelling for new functional materials
* Applications of advanced functional materials in sensors and actuators
* Advanced processing for functional materials