MaterialsLetters详细投稿指南

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Guide for Authors

Materials Letters

Materials Letters

is dedicated to publishing novel, cutting edge reports of broad

interest to the materials community. The journal provides a forum for materials

scientists and engineers, physicists, and chemists to rapidly communicate on the

most important topics in the field in materials. We are primarily interested in

those contributions which bring new insights, and papers will be selected on the

basis of the importance of the new knowledge they provide.

Contributions include a variety of topics such as:

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Materials

-

Metals

and

alloys,

amorphous

solids,

ceramics,

composites,

nanocrystals, polymers, semiconductors.

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Applications

- Structural, opto-electronic, magnetic, medical, MEMS, sensors,

smart.

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Characterization

-

Analytical,

microscopy,

scanning

probes,

nanoscopic,

optical, electrical, acoustic, spectroscopic, diffraction.

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Novel

Materials

-

Micro

and

nanostructures

(nanowires,

nanotubes,

nanoparticles), nanocomposites, thin films, superlattices, quantum dots.

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Processing

- Thin film processing, sol-gel processing, mechanical processing,

assembly, and nanocrystalline processing leading to unique materials.

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Properties

- Mechanical, magnetic, optical, electrical, ferroelectric, thermal,

interfacial, transport, thermodynamic.

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Synthesis

-

Quenching,

solid

state,

solidification,

solution

synthesis,

vapor

deposition, and high pressure, explosive processes leading to unique materials.

The following topics are inappropriate for publication:

Building materials - aggregate, asphalt, cement, concrete, plaster

Catalytic materials

Corrosion and oxidation phenomena and protection

Liquid crystals

Metallurgical Processes

Natural raw materials

–

clays, minerals, rocks

Oxide glasses and glass ceramics

Recycled materials

Refractories

Single crystal growth

Theory

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Types of Contribution:

Letters are intended as brief reports of significant, original and timely research

results on the science, applications and processing of materials which warrant

rapid publication. In considering a manuscript for publication, particular attention

will

be

given

to

the

originality

of

the

research,

the

desirability

of

speedy

publication, the clarity of the presentation and the validity of the conclusions.

There is a

strict four-page limit

to printed articles. Manuscripts

must not exceed

2000 words

plus three figures and one table. The maximum number of figures

is strictly

limited to five.

If the maximum of 5 figures is used, then the total

number of words must be reduced to 1600.

If more than 5 figures are used, the

manuscript will be rejected.

The manuscript submitted for review should

not exceed 8 pages (including title, abstract, references, figures, tables

and figure captions).

Contact Details:

Authors should submit their article via the online submission system. Authors will

be asked to choose the Editor whose subject area is most closely aligned to the

subject of their article. Each Editor's specialties are given below. To expedite the

review process, authors will also be prompted to nominate 3 potential referees,

who are not at the same institute, to serve as potential referees. Contact details

are helpful.

Principal Editors

Prof. J. Hojo - Nano- composites, Composites, Sol-gel preparation

Prof.

T.G.

Nieh

-

Metallic

Alloys,

Ceramics,

Composites,

High

Temperature

Materials, Mechanical Behavior, Material Processing

Prof. L.S.

Shvindlerman

- Nano- Crystalline Metals, Thermodynamics,

Kinetics,

Interfaces and Surfaces.

Prof. A.F.W. Willoughby - Semiconductor/Electronic Materials, Polymers

Online Submission:

Authors must submit their articles using the secure online submission system at

.

To facilitate rapid publication, it is essential to precisely follow these instructions.

Failure to do so can result in a delay or rejection of the manuscript for publication.

To ensure a timely review you will be required to answer the following questions

before your paper will be considered for review.

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? Has your paper, or par

t of your paper, been published before, or is it currently

submitted for review to another journal?

Yes / No

(If yes, then do not submit your paper to Materials Letters.)

? Is the total number of words less than 2000?

Yes / No

(If greater than 2000, please reduce the number of words.)

? Is the number of figures greater than 5?

Yes / No

(If yes, then the paper will automatically be rejected.)

? Are the x

-ray diffraction patterns indexed?

Yes / No

(see 4.10) (If your x-ray patterns are not indexed, the paper will be rejected for

publication.)

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奇怪

]

? Do the micrographs have professional quality scale markers?

Yes / No

(Please

replace

the

black

bar

on

SEM

&

TEM

micrographs

with

a

professional

quality scale marker. See 4.9)

Ethics in Publishing

For

information

on

Ethics

in

Publishing

and

Ethical

guidelines

for

journal

publication see

and

.

Policy and ethics

The work described in your article must have been carried out in accordance with

The Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for

experiments

involving

humans

;

EC

Directive

86/609/EEC

for

animal

experiments

;

Uniform Requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical

journals

. This must be stated at an appropriate point in the article.

Conflict of interest

All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest

including

any

financial,

personal

or

other

relationships

with

other

people

or

organizations

within

three

years

of

beginning

the

submitted

work

that

could

inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work. See also

.

Submission declaration

Submission of an article implies that the work described has not been published

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previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or

academic thesis), that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere,

that

its

publication

is

approved

by

all

authors

and

tacitly

or

explicitly

by

the

responsible authorities where the work was carried out, and that, if accepted, it

will

not

be

published

elsewhere

including

electronically

in

the

same

form,

in

English

or

in

any

other

language,

without

the

written

consent

of

the

copyright- holder.

Copyright

Upon

acceptance

of

an

article,

authors

will

be

asked

to

complete

a

'Journal

Publishing

Agreement'

(for

more

information

on

this

and

copyright

see

).

Acceptance of the agreement will ensure the widest possible dissemination of

information.

An

e-mail

will

be

sent

to

the

corresponding

author

confirming

receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or

a link to the online version of this agreement.

Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles including

abstracts

for

internal

circulation

within

their

institutions.

Permission

of

the

Publisher is required for resale or distribution outside the institution and for all

other derivative works, including compilations and translations (please consult

). If excerpts from other copyrighted works are included, the author(s) must

obtain written permission from the copyright owners and credit the source(s) in

the

article.

Elsevier

has

preprinted

forms

for

use

by

authors

in

these

cases:

please consult

.

Retained author rights

As an author you (or your employer or institution) retain certain rights; for details

you are referred to:

.

Role of the funding source

You are requested to identify who provided financial support for the conduct of

the research and/or preparation of the article and to briefly describe the role of

the

sponsor(s),

if

any,

in

study

design;

in

the

collection,

analysis

and

interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit

the paper for publication. If the funding source(s) had no such involvement then

this should be stated. Please see

.

Funding body agreements and policies

Elsevier

has

established

agreements

and

developed

policies

to

allow

authors

whose articles appear in journals published by Elsevier, to comply with potential

manuscript

archiving

requirements

as

specified

as

conditions

of

their

grant

awards. To learn more about existing agreements and policies please visit

.

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Language and language services

Please write your text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but

not a mixture of these). Authors who require information about language editing

and

copyediting

services

pre-

and

post-submission

please

visit

or

our

customer support site at

for more information.

Submission

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be guided stepwise

through

the

creation

and

uploading

of

your

files.

The

system

automatically

converts source files to a single PDF

the article, which is used in the peer- review

process. Please note that even though manuscript source files are converted to

PDF files at submission for the review process, these source files are needed for

further processing after acceptance. All correspondence, including notification of

the Editor's decision and requests for revision, takes place by e-mail removing

the need for a paper trail.

Referees

Please submit, with the manuscript, the names, addresses and e-mail addresses

of

3

potential

referees.

Note

that

the

editor

retains

the

sole

right

to

decide

whether or not the suggested reviewers are used.

Use of wordprocessing software

It is important that the

saved in the native format of the wordprocessor used.

The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple

as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed and replaced on processing

the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or

to hyphenate words. However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts

etc. Do not embed

using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table

grid, use only one grid for each individual table and not a grid for each row. If no

grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be

prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also the

Guide to Publishing with Elsevier:

). Do not import the figures into the text ,

instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on

the manuscript. See also the section on Electronic illustrations.

To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the

and

Article structure

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Follow

this

order

when

submitting

manuscripts:

Title,

Authors,

Affiliations,

Abstract,

Keywords,

Main

text,

Acknowledgements,

Appendix,

References,

Figure

Captions

and

then

Tables.

For

submission

via

the

website

you

are

requested to import low-resolution images into the article at the approximate

location you wish them to appear. Thus the PDF which is created for refereeing

purposes will contain all necessary information. In addition you will be asked to

separately upload high quality images. Collate acknowledgements in a separate

section at the end of the article and do not include them on the title page, as a

footnote to the title or otherwise.

Text Layout

Use double spacing and wide (3 cm) margins. (Avoid full justification, i.e., do not

use a constant right-hand margin.) Ensure that each new paragraph is clearly

indicated. Present tables, figures and figure legends at the point they will appear

in the manuscript. If possible, consult a recent issue of the journal to become

familiar with layout and conventions. Number all pages consecutively, use 12 or

10 pt font size and standard fonts.

Subdivision - numbered sections

Divide

your

article

into

clearly

defined

and

numbered

sections.

Subsections

should be numbered 1.1 (then 1.1.1, 1.1.2, ...), 1.2, etc. (the abstract is not

included

in

section

numbering).

Use

this

numbering

also

for

internal

cross-referencing: do not just refer to

brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate line.

Introduction

State the objectives of the work and provide an adequate background, avoiding

a detailed literature survey or a summary of the results.

Material and methods

Provide

sufficient

detail

to

allow

the

work

to

be

reproduced.

Methods

already

published should be indicated by a reference: only relevant modifications should

be described.

Theory/calculation

A Theory section should extend, not repeat, the background to the article already

dealt with in the Introduction and lay the foundation for further work. In contrast,

a Calculation section represents a practical development from a theoretical basis.

Results

Results should be clear and concise.

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