12th INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS CONGRESS PART J -- Preface -- Committees -- Table of Contents -- SECTION I - DISCLOSING MATERIALS AT NANOSCALE -- Nanogaps for Sensing -- Rare - Earth - Doped Silicate Glass - Ceramic Thin Films for Integrated Optical Devices -- Er3+/Yb3+/Ce3+ Co-Doped Fluoride Glass Ceramics Waveguides for Application in the 1.5µm Telecommunication Window -- Preparation of PVA/ Sm(NO3)3-Sm2O3 Composites Nanofibers by Electrospinning Technique -- Irradiation of a Nanocomposite of Pseudoboehmite-Nylon 6,12 -- Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes/Gold Nanoparticles Hybrids for Environmental Applications -- MoO3-x Nanowires as Inorganic Components of Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Composites -- XPS Study of In Situ One-Step Amination of Nanocrystalline Diamond Films -- Opal-Type Photonic Crystals: Fabrication and Application -- Simulation of Complex Dielectric Materials -- Thermal Conductivity of Ceramic Nanocomposites - The Phase Mixture Modeling Approach -- The Ballistic Impact Characteristics of Woven Fabrics Impregnated with a Colloidal Suspension and Flattened Rolls -- SECTION II - ADVANCED INORGANIC FIBRE COMPOSITES FOR STRUCTURAL AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS -- Thermally Controlled Crystallization of Electrospun TiO2 Nanofibers -- Si-C-O Fibres in Gas Reactive Atmospheres -- Design and Preparation of Laminated Composites -- Development and Characterization of Transparent Glass Matrix Composites -- Modelling Infiltration of Fibre Preforms From X-Ray Tomography Data -- SA-Tyrannohex-Based Composite for High Temperature Applications -- Effect of Surface-Modified Si-Al-C® Fibre Addition on the Mechanical Properties of Silicon Carbide Composite -- Application of Fiber Produced by Plasma Spray Method in Cementitious Complex Binder -- Irradiation of a Polypropilene-Glass Fiber Composite -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.