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Materials Letters
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2009
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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
Wear
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
/mlblue
.
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.
? Has your paper, or part
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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? 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)
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Publishing
For
information
on
Ethics
in
Publishing
and
Ethical
guidelines
for
journal
publication
see
/publishingethics
and
/ethicalguidelines
.
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
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;
EC
Directive
86/609/EEC
for
animal
experiments
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ronment/chemicals/lab_animals/legislation_
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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
/conflictsofinterest
.
Submission
declaration
Submission of an article implies that
the work described has not been published
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
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and
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see
/copyright
).
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of the agreement
will
ensure
the
widest possible dissemination of information. An
e-mail will be sent to the
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receipt
of
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manuscript
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with
a
'Journal
Publishing
Agreement'
form
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link
to
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version
of
this
agreement.
Subscribers may
reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of
articles including
abstracts
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he
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and translations (please consult
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).
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excerpts
from
other
copyrighted
works
are
included,
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author(s)
must
obtain
written
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from
the
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preprinted
forms
for
use
by
authors
in
these
cases:
please
consult
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.
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you (or your employer or institution) retain
certain rights; for details
you are
referred to:
/authorsrights
.
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source
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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
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/funding
.
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policies
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established
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policies
to
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whose articles
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archiving
requirements
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of
their
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awards.
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more
about
existing agreements
and
policies
please
visit
/fundingbodies
.
Language and language
services
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require information about language editing
and
copyediting
services
pre-
and
post-submission
please
visit
/languageediting
or
our
customer
support
site
at
for more information.
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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
file
of
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 file be 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
prepare these 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:
/guidepublication
).
Do
not
import
the figures into the
text
file
but,
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
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