Journal of the American Ceramic Society

The Journal of the American Ceramic Society contains records of original research that provide insight into or describe the science of ceramic and glass 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 of ceramics and glasses or composites based on those materials. Papers on fundamental ceramic and glass science 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 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 JACerS 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.