Special Issue on Superhard
Coatings
SURFACE AND COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Papers presented at International Conference on Superhard Coatings
will be considered for publication in a special issue of Surface and
Coatings Technology. The manuscript preparation, submission and
reviewing procedure are according to general policy of the Journal (see the
instructions to authors at: http://authors.elsevier.com/journal/surfcoat)
Submit your manuscript at the International Conference on
Superhard Coatings to Guest Editors Dr. Vladimir Zhitomirsky and Dr. Avi
Raveh on Sunday evening 26 February, or Monday 27 February.
FORMAT OF MANUSCRIPT
Submit one original and three
photocopies of the manuscript, complete in all respects. Manuscripts should
be typed double-spaced (NOT 1-1/2 spaced) on consecutively numbered
pages of uniform size A4 (21´ 30
cm) or Letter (8.5´ 11”) with a 3.0
cm margin on the left and 2.0 cm margins on top, bottom and right.
Use Arial or Times New Roman fonts. IUPAC-IUB nomenclature and
SI units are required, (use nm instead of Angstroms, Pa instead of Torr or
mbar). although common units may be placed in parentheses after the SI units.
In
addition, the authors are requested to provide:
·
Electronic version of the complete manuscript (full text
and figures) as Word or PDF file (3 copies), on CD-ROMs (preferred), or
3.5” floppy disks.
·
Author's
Certification Form
ORGANIZATION OF MANUSCRIPT (Each item should begin on a new page)
1.
Manuscript
Cover Page
2.
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)
3.
Text, double-spaced, which generally will consist of
sections such as: Introduction, Experimental Apparatus and Procedure,
Results, Discussion, Conclusions, Acknowledgments, etc.
4.
List of references (single-space within a reference,
double-space between references)
5.
Tables, one per page (caption above each table)
6.
List of figure captions
7.
Figures (without captions; just put figure number at
bottom)
MANUSCRIPT LENGTH
The authors are kindly asked to adhere to the manuscript length
limitations. Invited papers are limited to 5000 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 using square brackets and
should be listed by number 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-HiII, New York, 2nd edn. 1950, p. 350.
3.
R. D. Marshall and A. Neujberger, in A. Gottschald (ed.) Glvcoproteins,
Vol. 5, Part A, 2nd 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). A scaled bar
(sometimes called a micron marker) must be placed on all micrographs.
Each figure should be placed on a separate sheet of paper. The
grouping of figures and labeled with lower-case letters (e.g., figure 2a, 2b,
etc.), may be placed on the same sheet. Each original figure should bear the
principal author's name and figure number on the bottom side of the sheet.
Figure captions do not have to be placed on the figure; they should be
provided on a separate sheet of paper.
Color plates. Figures may be published in color, if this
is judged essential by the editor. There is an extra charge to the author for
publication of color figures. Further information is available from the
publisher. For color reproduction in print, you will receive information
regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt of your accepted article. For
further information on the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/locate/authorartwork.
Please note: Because of technical complications which can
arise by converting color figures to grey scale please submit in addition
usable black and white prints corresponding to all the color illustrations.
Suggestions for Preparing a Good Paper
Suggestions for preparing a good paper are offered by Ray
Boxman, the Conference Chairman – they may be downloaded
by following this link.
Questions?
All questions to be
addressed to the special issue editors:
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Dr. Vladimir Zhitomirsky
Tel-Aviv University
Faculty
of Engineering
Dept.
of Interdisciplinary Studies
POB
39040
Tel-Aviv 69978
Israel
Tel. +972-3-640-8176
Fax +972-3-641-0179
Mobile
phone +972-(0)50-599-9764
e-mail: zhitom@eng.tau.ac.il
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Dr. Avi Raveh
NRC-Negev
Division of Chemistry
POB 9001
Beer-Sheva 84190
Israel
Tel. +972-8-656-8075
Fax
+972-8-656-8686
Mobile
phone +972-(0)54-475-7915
e-mail: aviraveh@hotmail.com
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