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of the entire manuscript must also be included, embedded with
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It is advisable that the document files related to a manuscript
submission should always have the name of the corresponding
author as part of the file name, i.e., “Cilli MS text.doc”,
“Cilli MS Figure 1”, etc.
It is imperative that before submission, the author(s) should
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symbols, Greek letters, equations, tables, references and
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written in English. Single Topic/Thematic Issues edited by
invited Guest Editors are also considered for publication.
For the submission of research articles, the author should
have already filed a patent with a leading patent authority
and it should be registered. Secondly, the author should not
have published any research paper on the intellectual property
of that patent.
Single Topic Issues: These special issues
are peer-reviewed and may contain invited or uninvited review/mini-review
articles or a mixture of research articles and reviews/ mini-reviews.
A Single Topic Issue Editor will offer a short perspective
and co-ordinate the solicitation of manuscripts between 3-5
(for a mini-hot topic) to 6-10 (for full-length hot topic)
from leading scientists. Authors interested in editing a single
topic issue in an emerging topic of materials sciences may
submit their proposal to the Editor-in-Chief at patents@benthamscience.org
or mats@benthamscience.org
for consideration.
Patent Selections: A separate section
of important and recent patents on materials science is also
included in the journal. The patents annotated in this section
are relevant to the articles published in this journal
issue, categorized by materials, biomaterials, biological
materials, magnetic materials, medical implant materials,
nanomaterials, ceramics, plastics, polymers, semi-conductors,
coatings, composites, paper, wood, textile, methods design
and techniques in all areas of materials science.
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tables etc.
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tables etc.
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should be 8000-40000 words excluding figures, structures,
photographs, schemes, tables etc.
There is no restriction on the number of figures, tables or
additional files e.g. video clips, animation and datasets,
that can be included with each article online. Authors should
include all relevant supporting data with each article (Refer
to Supplementary Material section).
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All pages must be numbered sequentially, facilitating in the
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Manuscripts may be divided into the following sections:
1. Cover Letter: It is mandatory to submit
a signed covering letter along with the manuscript, by the
author to whom correspondence is to be addressed, delineating
the scope of the submitted article declaring the potential
competing interests, acknowledging contributions from authors
and funding agencies, and certifying that the paper is prepared
according to the 'Instructions for Authors'.
All inconsistencies in the text and in the reference section
and any typographical errors must be carefully checked and
corrected before the submission of the manuscript. The article
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unlawful, defamatory, fabricated, plagiarized, or which would,
if published, in any way whatsoever, violate the terms and
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2. Title: The title of the article should
be precise and brief and must not be more than 120 characters.
Authors should avoid the use of non-standard abbreviations.
The title must be written in title case except for articles,
conjunctions and prepositions.
3. Short Running Title: Authors must provide a short
‘running title’ of their manuscripts.
4. Authors’ Names and Affiliations: The names
of the authors should be provided according to the previous
citations or as the authors would want them to be published
along with the institutional affiliations, current address,
telephone, cell & fax numbers and the email address. Email
address must be provided with an asterisk in front of the
name of the principal author. The corresponding author should
also be designated and the full address, telephone, cell &
fax numbers and the email address must be stated to receive
correspondence and galley proofs.
5. Abstract: The abstract summarizing the
essential features of the review or research article should
not exceed 200 words and must include information regarding
patents.
6. Keywords: Authors must provide 6 to 8
keywords in alphabetical order.
7. Text Organization: The main text should
begin on a separate page and should be divided into title
page, abstract and the main text. The text may be subdivided
further according to the areas to be discussed, which should
be followed by the Acknowledgement (if any) and Reference
sections. The Review Article should mention any previous important,
recent and old reviews in the field and contain a comprehensive
discussion starting with the general background of the field.
It should then go on to discuss the salient features of recent
developments along with relevant patents. The authors should
avoid presenting material which has already been published
in a previous review. The authors are advised to present and
discuss their observations in brief. For Research Articles,
the manuscript should begin with the title page and abstract
followed by the main text, which must be structured into separate
sections as Introduction, Material and Methods, Results,
Discussion, Conclusion, Current & Future Developments,
Acknowledgements, Conflict of Interest and References.
The patent registration number and patent authority of the
author's intellectual property must be cited in the article.
The manuscript style must be uniform throughout the text and
10pt Times New Roman font should be used. The full term for
an abbreviation should precede its first appearance in the
text unless it is a standard unit of measurement. Italics
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Species) for emphasis and for unfamiliar words or phrases.
Non-assimilated words from Latin or other languages should
also be italicized e.g. per se, et al., in vitro, in vivo,
in situ, etc.
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National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.).
A specific declaration of such approval must be made in the
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the Methods section especially in the case of human studies
where inclusion of a statement regarding obtaining the written
informed consent from each subject or subject's guardian is
a must. The original should be retained by the guarantor or
corresponding author. Editors may request to provide the original
forms by fax or email.
Patent Review Coverage: Authors
should review the most recent and important patents based
on the topic covered. Coverage of novel inventions, methods,
techniques and designs in all areas of materials science should
be emphasized, including the significance of the reported
patents.
Current & Future Developments: The review/research
article should conclude with a short section called “Current
& Future Developments”. The author(s) will give
their opinion on the current and future important developments
on the topic discussed in their article.
Symbols and Units: Greek symbols and special
characters often undergo formatting changes and get corrupted
or lost during preparation of a manuscript for publication.
To ensure that all special characters used are embedded in
the text, these special characters should be inserted as a
symbol but should not be a result of any format styling (Symbol
font face) otherwise they will be lost during the conversion
to PDF/XML.
Authors are encouraged to consult reporting guidelines. These
guidelines provide a set of recommendations comprising a list
of items relevant to their specific research design.
Only ISO symbols, written in italic, should be used for the
various parameters. All kinds of measurements should be reported
only in International System of Units (SI). SI units should
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value by a space (whatever the language).
The µ in µg or µm should be in Roman. The
symbol for litre is L and that for minute is min. For temperature,
please use only one of °C, °F or K in the entire manuscript.
As the Angström (1Å = 10-10 m) is not an SI unit,
it should be replaced by the nanometre (1nm = 10-9 m) or by
the picometer (1pm = 10-12 m): 1Å = 0.1nm = 100pm. Multiple
units should be written with negative superscripts (for example,
25mgµL-1 µs-1). The list of notations should appear
just before the first paragraph of full text.
A list of symbols and units should be provided if used extensively
throughout the text.
8. List of Abbreviations: If abbreviations
are used in the text either they should be defined in the
text where first used, or a list of abbreviations can be provided.
9. Acknowledgements: The specific requirements for
authorship have been defined by the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE; http://www.icmje.org)
(For Biomedical only). Examples of authors' contributions
are: 'designed research/study', 'performed research/study',
'contributed important reagents', 'collected data', 'analyzed
data', 'wrote paper' etc. This information must be
included in the submitted manuscript as a separate paragraph
under the heading ‘Acknowledgements’. The corresponding
author is responsible for obtaining permission from all co-authors
for the submission of any version of the manuscript and for
any changes in the authorship.
All individuals listed as authors must have contributed substantially
to the design, performance, analysis, or reporting of the
work and are required to indicate their specific contribution.
Anyone (individual/company/institution) who has substantially
contributed to the study for important intellectual content,
or who was involved in the article’s drafting the manuscript
or revising must also be acknowledged.
Guest or honorary authorship based solely on position (e.g.
research supervisor, departmental head) is discouraged.
10. Conflict of Interest: Financial contributions
to the work being reported must be clearly acknowledged, as
should any potential conflict of interest under the heading
'Conflict of Interest'. Authors must list
the source(s) of funding for the study, for each author, and
for the manuscript preparation. No patents should be cited
by authors that are in various stages of legal litigation.
11. References: References should be numbered
sequentially [in square brackets] in the text and listed in
the same numerical order in the reference section. All references
must be complete and accurate. Online citations should include
the date of access. Journal titles should conform to the present
Index Medicus abbreviations. It is necessary to list all authors
if the total number of authors is 6 or less and for more than
6 authors use 6 authors and then et al. The reference
numbers must be finalized and the bibliography must be fully
formatted before submission.
References should be listed in the following Vancouver Style:
Journal:
[1] Zhang J, Liu X, Wang L, Yang T, Guo X, Wu S, et al.
Au-functionalized hematite hybrid nanospindles: General synthesis,
gas sensing and catalytic properties. J Phys Chem C 2011;
115(13): 5352-7.
Book:
[2] Abou-Ras D, Kirchartz T, Rau U. Advanced Characterization
Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells. 1st
ed. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA: Weinheim 2011.
Book Chapter:
[3] Heath J, Zabierowski P. Capacitance Spectroscopy of Thin-Film
Solar Cells. In: Abou-Ras D, Kirchartz T, Rau U, Eds. Advanced
Characterization Techniques for Thin Film Solar Cells. 1st
ed. Weinheim, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA 2011, pp.
81-105.
Conference Proceedings:
[4] Latino M, Licoccia S, Krishnakumar T, Aricò AS,
Donato N, Neri G. Gas sensing properties of CdO nanostructures,
Proceedings X International Conference on Nanostructured
Materials. Rome, Italy, September 13-17, 2010.
Meeting Abstract:
[5] Berube N, Antaya H, Cote M. Organic solar cells: A theoretical
study of the effects of polymer side-chains. Bulletin
of the American Physical Society - APS March Meeting.
Texas, USA (2011).
Website:
[6] Process-HVOF. Available at: http://www.fst.nl/en/page00042asp.
(Accessed on: March 28, 2011).
Thesis:
[7] Prette G, Luiz A. Sintering of Co2MnO4 spinel for protective
coatings in SOFC. PhD thesis, University of Trento, Trento,
Italy, May 2011.
Patent:
[8] As a service, the Publishers can provide each author a
certain number of relevant patents to assist them in writing
their article. All patent application references will be provided
by the author and will be published as it is.
Patent Reference Style: All inventors’
names of the cited patents must be stated with the title,
publication number and the year of publication e.g.
Yang, F., Forrest, S.R. Organic photosensitive cells grown
on rough electrode with nano-scale morphology control. US7955889
(2011).
Citation of the patents will be according to the international
convention as follows:
• WO Patents: 1978-2003
Yue, S., Johnson, I., Haugland, R. Dimers of unsymmetrical
cyanine dyes. WO9306482 (1993).
Li, Q., Guo, Z.Y., Kane, T., Liu, Z. System and method for
temperature gradient capillary electrophoresis. WO03033743
(2003).
• WO Patents: 2004 onwards
Konishi, Y., Kusumoto, M., Yuhi, T. Solar cell module. WO2011064820
(2011).
• US Patent Applications: 2001 onwards
Wallace, D.G., Cruise, G., Rhee, W., Schroeder, J., Coker,
G. Rapid gelling biocompatible polymer composition. US20010055615
(2001).
Hugener-campbell, T., Vanderspurt, T.H., Schmidt, W.R., Zhitnik,
S.M. Production of tailored metal oxide materials using a
reaction sol-gel approach. US20110003085 (2011).
• Issued/Granted US Patents:
Hultmark, D., Steiner, H., Rasmuson, T., Boman, H.G. Bacteriolytic
proteins. US4355104 (1982).
Novak, J., Soundarrajan, P. Gated beta-molybdenum oxide sensor.
US7950271 (2011).
• EP Patents:
Sutherland, J.W., Patterson, D.R. Homogeneous method for assay
of double-stranded nucleic acids using fluorescent dyes and
kit useful therein. EP684316 (1995).
Sawada, T., Koi, Y., Sasaki, T., Yoshimi, M., Goto, M., Yamamoto,
K. Method for making a silicon based thin film solar cell.
EP1650812 (2011).
Some important points to remember:
• Superscripts in the in-text citations and reference
section should be avoided.
• Abstracts, unpublished data and personal communications
(which can only be included if prior permission has been obtained)
should not be given in the reference section but they may
be mentioned in the text and details provided as footnotes.
• The authors are encouraged to use a recent version
of EndNote (version 5 and above) or Reference Manager (version
10) when formatting their reference list, as this allows references
to be automatically extracted.
12. Tables:
• Data tables should be submitted in Microsoft Word
table format.
• Each table should include a title/caption being explanatory
in itself with respect to the details discussed in the table.
Detailed legends may then follow.
• Table number in bold font i.e. Table 1,
should follow a title. The title should be in small case with
the first letter in caps. A full stop should be placed at
the end of the title.
• Tables should be embedded in the text exactly according
to their appropriate placement in the submitted manuscript.
• Columns and rows of data should be made visibly distinct
by ensuring that the borders of each cell are displayed as
black lines.
• Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals sequentially
in order of their citation in the body of the text.
• If a reference is cited in both the table and text,
please insert a lettered footnote in the table to refer to
the numbered reference in the text.
• Tabular data provided as additional files can be submitted
as an MS Excel spreadsheet.
13. Figures/Illustrations: The quality of
the illustrations printed in the journal largely depends on
the quality of the figures/illustration provided by the author.
The acceptance of a manuscript for publication is subject
to the figures being up to the highest standards in terms
of clarity and resolution. In case, the figures supplied are
not up to the standards required, the authors will be given
the option to either return the manuscripts within one week
with appropriate drawings/figures or they may opt to have
these professionally prepared through the paid professional
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The authors should provide the illustrations as separate files,
as well as embedded in the text file, numbered consecutively
in the order of their appearance. Each figure should include
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If a figure consists of separate parts, it is important that
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Photographs should be provided with a scale bar if appropriate,
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Scaling/Resolution:
For Line Art image type, which is generally an image based
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of 300 dpi.
For Combination image type, which is generally an image containing
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file format is TIFF, with color mode being RGB or Grayscale,
in a resolution of 500-900 dpi.
Formats:
For illustrations, the following file formats are acceptable:
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• PDF (also especially suitable for diagrams)
• PNG (preferred format for photos or images)
• Microsoft Word (version 5 and above; figures must
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• BMP
• CDX (ChemDraw)
• TGF (ISISDraw)
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If the large size of TIFF or EPS figures acts as an obstacle
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Files should not be compressed with tools such as Zipit or
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Image Conversion Tools:
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Good general tools for image conversion include GraphicConverter
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which is available on Macintosh, Windows and UNIX platforms.
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Color Figures/Illustrations:
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is US$ 965; the second additional page will
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