FORMAT OF MANUSCRIPT 

Manuscripts should be typed using “Times New Roman”, font 12, double-spaced (NOT 1-1/2 spaced) on consecutively numbered pages of uniform size no greater than 21 x 30 cm with a 3.0 cm margin on the left and 2.0 cm margins on top, bottom and right.  IUPAC-IUB nomenclature and the use of SI units is required, although common units may be placed in parentheses after the SI units.  (Note:  Use nm instead of angstroms, Pa instead of Torr or mbar).

ORGANIZATION OF MANUSCRIPT (Each item should begin on a new page) 

1.     Manuscript Report Form (see attached form)

2.     Author’s Certification Form (see attached form)

3.     Title page containing the following, centered starting at the top:  title; names, affiliations and addresses of all authors.  This is followed by the abstract, left-justified and double-spaced, which must include a concise statement of results and conclusions.  (Note that abstract may extend onto a second page if necessary, but should be limited to 300 words)

4.     Text, double-spaced (Times New Roman, font 12), which generally will consist of sections such as Introduction, Experimental, Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, etc.

5.     List of references (single-space within a reference, double-space between references)

6.     Tables, one per page (caption above each table)

7.     List of figure captions

8.     Figures (without captions; just put figure number at bottom or on reverse side)

MANUSCRIPT LENGTH LIMITATION 

The length limitation will be rigorously enforced.

Invited papers are limited to 6000 words.  Contributed papers are limited to 4000 words.

Estimation of Length:  One page of double-spaced text with above margins = 250 words

            Each micrograph, photograph, graph, schematic, spectrum, etc., counts as 150 words

            A full-page table counts as 300 words, half-page table as 150 words, etc.

            The list of references is included in the word count.

            The list of figure captions is not included in the word count. 

LANGUAGE 

All papers will be published in English.  Authors in Japan please note that information about how to have the English of your paper checked, corrected and improved (before submission) is available from:

Elsevier Science Japan
Higashi Azabu 1-chome Building 4F
1-9-5 Higashi Azabu, Minato-ku
Tokyo 106-0044
JAPAN
Tel: 81 (03) 5561 5032
Fax: 81 (03) 5561 5045

REFERENCES 

The References should be numbered consecutively throughout the text and should be collected together in a reference list at the end of the paper.  Authors should ensure that every reference appearing in the text is in the list of references and vice versa.  In the text, numerals for references are given in square brackets full-size, not as superscripts; numerals referring to equations are enclosed in parentheses. 

The following are examples of how references should be listed for (1) a journal article, (2) a book, and (3) a multi-author book such as a conference proceedings. 

1.     T. Vasilos and J. T. Smith, J. Appl. Phys., 35 (1964) 871

2.     A. Nadai, Theory of Flow and Fracture of Solids, Vol. 1, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2^nd edn. 1950, p. 350

3.     R. D. Marshall and A. Neujberger, in A. Gottschald (ed.) Glycoproteins, Vol. 5, Part A, 2^nd edn. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1972, p. 215 

When a conference proceedings paper has also been published in an archival journal, use the journal citation.  For PhD theses, provide the title, name of university, and year.  A “personal communication” should be referred to only when permission has been obtained from the person who made the personal communication and should include the affiliation of the individual.  A reference to “in the press” implies that the paper has been accepted for publication and must include the name or title of the publication.  “Unpublished results” and oral presentations are not acceptable references.

TABLES 

Each table, regardless of how short, should be placed on a separate sheet of paper.  They are to be numbered with Roman numerals, and should have captions which make their general meaning understandable without reference to the text.  The units in which results are expressed should be given at the top of each column and should not be repeated on each line of the table.  It should be remembered that the length of a printed page is always greater than its width.  Tables printed sideways (landscape) should only be used in extraordinary circumstances.

FIGURES 

One complete set of original figures must be provided with the initial submission of the manuscript.  Figures should be numbered with arabic numerals, with grouping of figures permitted and labeled with lower-case letters (e.g., figure 2a, 2b, etc.)  Graphs, schematics, spectra, etc. should be submitted in the same size as originally drawn.  The publisher will reduce the size for publication as appropriate.  Because the publisher will reduce the size, all letters and numbers should be at least 3 mm in height.  Line drawings in India ink on drawing paper or supplied as glossy black-and-white prints, or figures generated on a laser printer or high-resolution ink-jet printer on plain bond paper are acceptable.  Figures generated on a dot-matrix printer or photocopies are not acceptable.  Care should be taken in the use of computer-generated figures in that they often contain extraneous information or do not write exponents, subscripts, formulas, or symbols correctly (e.g., CR2O3 for chromium oxide on a figure is not acceptable).  For micrographs, a scaled bar (sometimes called a micron marker) must be placed on the micrograph.  Each original figure should bear the principal author’s name and figure number on the back.  Figure captions do not have to be placed on the figure; they should be provided on a separate sheet of paper. 

Figures can be printed in color when they are judged by the Editor to be essential to the presentation.  There is an extra charge to the author for publication of color figures which is Dfl 1300.00 (approx. US$800) for the first page containing color and Dfl 650.00 (approx. US$400.00) for each additional page containing color.  Authors will be billed in Dutch Guilders; the dollar price is for estimation only.