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The winner of this Special Issue was announced, it was:  

Victor Carnicer

From Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC), Universitat Jaume I, in Castellón, Spain

His article is entitled "Microfluidic rheology: A new approach to measure viscosity of ceramic suspensions at extremely high shear rates". Click here to read it.  

The 7 other nominees were: 

• Ambra Paterlini et al. - Robocasting of self-setting bioceramics: from paste formulation to 3D part characteristics
• Vinícius D. Silva et al. - Effect of two-step calcination on the formation of nickel oxide hollow nanofibers
• Maximilian Staudacher et al. - Comparison of biaxial strength measured with the Ball-on-Three-Balls- and the Ring-on-Ring-test
• M.H. Moreira et al. - Direct comparison of multi and single-phase models depicting the drying process of refractory castables
• Kevin Lemoine et al. - Benefit of high-pressure structure on sodium transport properties: Example with NaFeF3 post-perovskite
• Thomas Schwab et al. - Always cubes: A comparative evaluation of gas phase synthesis methods and precursor selection for the production of MgO nanoparticles
• Thomas Billovits et al. - Measurement of the piezotronic effect on single grain boundaries in zinc oxide Varistors

During this event Dr. Mihail Grecea, Publishing Ethics Expert at Elsevier, gave a very interesting talk entitled "Research Integrity and publishing ethics: publisher's perspective".

After that, a round table took place between him, the participants and:

• Prof. Ing. Paolo Colombo, Editor-in-Chief of Open Ceramics
• Dr. Catherine Elissalde, Associate Editor of Open Ceramics
• Prof. Dr. Jens Guenster, Associate Editor of Open Ceramics
   

Thank you to all the participants and to Elsevier for this great collaboration!!