Instructions for authors

Abstract Submission Guidelines

Please follow this general information to submit an abstract to the IMC17.

Deadline

Abstract submission will be closed on April 30, 2010 (extended).

Abstract Submission

Abstracts should be submitted only through the IMC17 website www.imc-17.com. To submit your abstract you have to create an account with a login and a password. This account can be used to track the abstract review process and to access the comments of the referees.

A maximum of 2 submissions per account registered in our system will be allowed.

The reception of any abstract will be automatically confirmed to all corresponding authors by e-mail. After submission, abstracts will not be accessible for corrections.

Abstract Content

Abstracts should be a condensed version of the final presentation and include all significant findings. Write the text so readers who are not specialists will be able to appreciate the purpose of the study and understand the procedures and conclusions. The text, entirely written in English, must include short introduction and motivation of the study, including experimental procedures, main results and conclusions. It is not necessary to divide the text into sub-sections.

Instructions for Abstract Preparation

• TEMPLATE LAYOUT — You must download a formatted Word template by clicking here. Your abstract, however, should be uploaded only in Portable Document Format (pdf).
• EXTENSION / FORMAT — Your abstract should consist of exactly 2 pages, Letter format (279 x 216 mm / 11 x 81/2 in). Submissions of less than 300 words will not be accepted.
• PAGE 1 — The first page should have only text, no illustrations.
  
  • Title — Times New Roman, 14 point, boldface, alignment centered. Use initial capitals for each word and single line spacing if more than one line is needed for the title. Leave one line of space after the title.
  • Authors’ names — Times New Roman, 12 point, alignment centered. Type the authors’ names in sequence, separated by commas. Each name must be followed by a superscript number as reference to each author’s affiliation. Indicate the corresponding author with an asterisk after the superscript number. Use single line spacing if more than one line is needed for the authors’ names. Leave one line of space after authors’ names.
  • Authors’ affiliations — Times New Roman, 12 point, alignment left. List each author’s affiliation in one line, preceded by the corresponding superscript number. Add the e-mail address only for the corresponding author. Leave one line of space after authors’ affiliations.
  • Text — Times New Roman, 12 point, alignment justified (left and right). Begin all paragraphs without indentation and skip a line before each new paragraph. Use metric system (SIU) only.
  • References — Indicate references in the text with Arabic numbers in square brackets, preferably at the end of the sentence, before the period. Example:
    

    References must be included with the appropriate reference styles for proceedings abstracts [1], journal articles [2], and books [3]. Acknowledgments are included in the last reference, which is cited at the end of the last sentence of the text on the first page [4].

    Collect references at the end of the text, on page 1 or page 2. For three or more authors, use first-named author’s name plus “et al.” (see references 1 and 3 below). Do not use underlines on publication titles; use italics. Acknowledge sponsorship or support should be the last reference, corresponding to a numeral at the end of the text. Examples:
    

    [1] H.G. Hansma et al., Microsc. Microanal. 5 (Suppl. 2) (2002) 1012.
    [2] M.A. Rodrigues, Thin Soli Films, 6 (2000) 1192.
    [3] J.I. Goldstein et al., Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis, Plenum, New York, 1992.
    [4] This research was supported by CNPq (Brazil).

• PAGE 2 — The second page can comprise figures, figure captions and tables, as well as continuation of the text. Place table captions above tables at the left margin; place figure captions below figures.
  
  • Line drawings, micrographs and pictures — All artwork must be electronically inserted into the Word document. Color figures may be used and will be reproduced as such in the electronic proceedings distributed on CD-ROM only. Line art must be created either in a drawing program or scanned into a suitable format for importing into the document. Check that the width of lines and size of fonts allow the figure to be clear at its final size, if reduced. Be sure to include figure labels and scale markers as necessary.
  • Tables — All tables must be electronically inserted into the Word document. Use the table-making functions of the Word processor to create the table with a horizontal rule at the top and bottom and below the column headings. Indicate units (in parentheses) in column headings as needed. Type text single-spaced within the table.
• UPLOAD — All contributions must conform to the requirements above. Only Portable Document Format (pdf) will be accepted by the IMC17 electronic submission system. The final pdf file size should not exceed 4 megabytes.
• ACCEPTANCE POLICY — Abstracts will be reviewed according to the following criteria: (a) relevance to a specific symposium, (b) scientific content and innovative proposals quality, (c) clarity of the text, and (d) compliance with the format. Abstracts not meeting the criteria above will not be accepted. Accepted abstracts must be presented by a registered author. Because major revisions may affect a symposium organizer’s decision to accept your abstract, please review it carefully before submission. After submission, abstracts will not be accessible for corrections.
• PRESENTATIONS — Presentations can be either oral or as a poster. The authors may express their preference about the form of presentation. However, the Program Committee reserves the right to decide the form of presentation. Oral presentations, invited or contributed, as well as posters and slides for oral presentations should be in English. Each symposium room will be supplied with a projector that can be connected to a computer. You must bring your own computer if you need it during your presentation.