Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings Volume 34 Issue 7 Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology VII A collection of 15 papers from The American Ceramic Societys 37th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites held in Daytona Beach Florida January 27February 1 2013. This issue includes papers presented in the 7th International Symposium on Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology Symposium 7 and Nanomaterials for Sensing Applications symposia Focused Session 3.