Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of fundamental chemical and physical phenomena can guide material design and inspire ideas for new or improved processing techniques to achieve materials with desired structural features and properties. It encompasses both oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass-ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metals and organic materials), presented in forms such as granules, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films, as well as laminated, graded, and composite structures. The journal also covers process-related topics, such as ceramic-ceramic joints or connections between ceramics using different materials, as well as surface treatments and modifications. In addition to traditional processing techniques, the journal is interested in innovative manufacturing routes that benefit from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields, and high-energy beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. Furthermore, it welcomes submissions on biomimetic and biomimetic material design, experimentally validated multiscale modeling and simulation of material design, and the use of advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques for structures, properties, and behaviors. A particular focus of Ceramics International is on technology-related low-dimensional systems, including 0D, 1D, and 2D nanomaterials (such as CNTs, graphene, and related materials, as well as diamond-like carbon), their nanocomposites, and multifunctional nanostructures that may integrate molecular, biological, and electronic components.