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Please refer to this Guide for Authors when preparing manuscripts for submission. The online sample copy and current year issues can also be used as a guide for style. Contributors should bear in mind the interdisciplinary nature of the readership of many journals, and, when applicable, emphasize the importance of the topic being presented to the research community, extending beyond specialists in the field.
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All manuscripts should be submitted using the online submission service by following the instructions given on the submission website. In order to submit a manuscript, you will need either a Microsoft Word, or LaTeX document (including a PDF) that includes the text, figures, and tables. If you experience difficulty uploading large files, please contact the editorial office for assistance.
Tables should be included in the manuscript documents, following the example provided in the template.
Vector graphic images such as plots, graphs, and line diagrams (including chemical structures) should either be embedded into a Word document or saved as a PDF, PS, or EPS file. Original files of graphical items prepared using ChemDraw or Photoshop may also be included. Bitmap graphic images such as photographs and electron microscope images should be saved as TIFF or PNG files; each figure part must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi (1000 pixels wide when the image is typeset at a single column width).
Supporting Information in the form of additional figures, experimental details, and/or movies may accompany a manuscript, and will be published online. This material will not be edited and should be error-free. Where possible, Supporting Information should be prepared as a single document (i.e., Word, PDF, or LaTeX). See the section on Supporting Information for more details.
The corresponding author must ensure that all authors have seen and approved the manuscript and meet the criteria for authorship. For more details, see the “Authorship” section in the Editorial Policies tab.
The author must inform the editor of manuscripts submitted, soon to be submitted, or in press at other journals that have a bearing on the manuscript being submitted. Duplicate submission is not permitted and will result in rejection. Ethical guidelines issued by, the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, and the Singapore Statement on Research Integrity are followed. In particular, authors should reveal all sources of funding for the work presented in the manuscript and should declare any conflict of interest.
Consideration will be given to submitted papers that have been previously:
Only the original submitted version of a manuscript is allowed to be posted as a preprint. Manuscripts previously published in other contexts will not be considered, at the discretion of the editor.
If the manuscript is a revised or extended version of a manuscript previously rejected by the journal to which it is being submitted, the author must inform the editor about the previous submission in the cover letter and explain in detail what changes have been made. See “Appeals Procedure” for additional information.
To ensure continuity of contact details, the senior scientist of each manuscript should hold at minimum a permanent staff position at an academic or research institution or be a permanently contracted staff member in industry. Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the Editorial Office.
All authors of submitted manuscripts will receive an email acknowledging the successful submission of the manuscript.
You do not need to reformat your manuscript for a new submission. However, authors are requested to follow the guidelines presented here when preparing their Revised Manuscripts. The Manuscript Preparation Checklist provides an overview of these points.
Word and LaTeX templates for all article types are available and authors are requested to use them when preparing manuscripts for submission. In general, the order of the sections in the file is:
Title – Author(s) – (Dedication) – Affiliation(s), – Keywords – Abstract -– Main text [including Figures, Schemes and Tables] – (Experimental/Methods Section) – Acknowledgements – References – (Biographies) – Table of Contents text [Sections in brackets are only present in certain article types]
Manuscripts must be written in American English and be grammatically and linguistically correct. Authors should seek assistance with style, grammar and vocabulary if necessary.
Please note: Wiley provides a professional language and manuscript editing service, with expert help in English language editing, translation service, manuscript formatting, and figure preparation. For detailed information, costs and instructions please go to: Wiley Editing Services.
The structure and compositions of all materials central to the manuscript must be disclosed in the main text or in Supporting Information, this includes commercial and proprietary products, pure materials, and mixtures. Manuscripts reporting results using undisclosed material compositions may not be considered for publication and may be returned without external review.
Symbols for physical quantities should be italicized, but their units should not be written in italics. As examples: T for temperature with K as the unit, in contrast to T for the unit Tesla; J with units Hz, a with units nm. Stereochemical information (cis, E, R, etc.; d, L), locants (N-methyl), symmetry groups and space groups (C2v), and prefixes in formulae or compound names (tBu and tert-butyl) must be in italics. Latin phrases such as “in situ” should not be italicized. Formula numbers should be bold (Arabic numerals and, if necessary, Roman lowercase letters). Labels of axes labels should be formatted as "variable [units]", e.g., T [K] where the variable is in italics and the units are enclosed in square brackets and in upright type.
Equations should be labeled with consecutive numbers and mentioned by label in the text, for example, “Equation (1).” They should be provided in an editable format – use symbols or an equation editor – do not embed as graphics.
Vectors must be in bold italic letters and tensors in bold letters (both in the text and in equations).
Please distinguish carefully between subscripts, superscripts, and special symbols. Units (e.g. V cm–1, K, Pa etc.) should be written in upright letters (not in italics) with a short space to the number before.
Please use SI units throughout. Mathematical functions which are tabulated (e.g., sin, cos, exp, e, etc.) should be given in upright letters (not in italics).
Physical data should be arranged as follows, where possible:
In addition, when quoting physical data, the following should be considered:
Nomenclature should conform to the current American usage. The rules and recommendations of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB), and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) should be followed. The Latin names of biological species and genera should be written in italics, with the full name always used when it appears for the first time in the text (e.g., Homo sapiens); the abbreviated form (e.g., H. sapiens) may be used thereafter.
Abbreviations and acronyms should be used sparingly and consistently. Where they first appear in the text, the complete term should also be given. Common acronyms such as bp, DNA, RNA, NMR, UV–vis., wt, do not need to be defined.
The manuscript should start with the following:
A short text and graphic should be provided for the Table of Contents (TOC). The TOC text should describe the main results in 50 to 60 words. It should be written for a general audience and be written in the third person.
The TOC figure should convey the main message of the article. It does not have to be a figure from the article; it can be a combination of figures or a new, original figure composed to represent the topic. The author must be the copyright holder for this figure and any images used to create it. The size of the image should be either 55 mm × 50 mm (w × h) or 110 mm × 20 mm (w × h).
This journal uses Wiley Chemistry-Material Sciences reference style; as the journal offers Free Format submission, however, this is for information only and you do not need to format the references in your article. This will instead be taken care of by the typesetter.
References to the literature or to footnotes in the text are typed in square brackets as superscripts after any punctuation. These are numbered consecutively and listed at the end of the main body of text. They should not contain comprehensive experimental details, which should instead be included in the Experimental Section, or long explanatory text. The names of all authors should be given, starting with the initials of given names followed by the family name (“et al.” should not be used). The names of the last two authors should be separated by a comma (not by “and”). Composite references not be used. Please double check your references to ensure correct (online) linkage.
Mode of citation: Only a comma is required between the name of the last author and the title of the journal. Journal titles should be abbreviated in accordance with the "Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index" (CASSI; no commas appear in the journal names) and italicized. The journal title should be followed (no comma) by the year of publication (in boldface), comma, volume number (in italics), comma, first page or article number, period.
The following examples show citation formats for common reference types:
In-Text examples:
Diabetes mellitus is associated with a high risk of foot ulcers.[1-3]
Several interventions have been successful at increasing compliance.[11,14-16]
The data of Smith et al[18] is further evidence of this effect.
As reported previously,[1,3-6]
Journals Articles:
[1] Y. Zou, M. Zheng, W. Yang, F. Meng, K. Miyata, H. J. Kim, K. Kataoka, Z. Zhong, Adv. Mater. 2017, 29, 1703285.
[2] E. Branscomb, M. J. Russell, BioEssays 2018, 40, 1700179.
[3] A. Behrens, K. Foremny, T. Doll, Phys. Status Solidi A., 2017. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201700873.
[4] A. Jones, B. Smith, unpublished.
Books:
[5] R. J. Farrauto, L. Dorazio, C. H. Bartholomew, Introduction to Catalysis and Industrial Catalytic Processes, Wiley, Hoboken, NJ 2016.
Chapter in a Multi-Authored Book:
[6] J. Lienemann, A. Greiner, J. G. Korvink, X. Xiong, Y. Hanein, K. F. Böhringer, in Sensors Update, Vol. 13 (Eds: H. Baltes, G. K. Fedder, J. G. Korvink), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany 2004, Ch. 1.
Proceedings Volumes:
[7] C. D'silva, V. Parthasarathy, S. N. Rao, in Proc. 2016 Workshop Wearable Systems Applications (Eds: E. H. Lee, A. L. Copley), ACM, New York 2016, 13.
[8] C. D’silva, presented at 14th Annual Int. Conf. Mobile Systems, Applications, Services, New York, June 2016.
Thesis and Patents:
[9] Y. Sheima, Master Thesis, Universität Freiburg 2017.
[10] H.-S. Seo, D.-C. Kim (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.), Ger. 2016122271, 2016.
Preprints:
[11] A. Bag, M. Neugebauer, U. Mick, S. Christiansen, S. A. Schulz, P. Banzer, (Preprint) arXiv:1909.04478, v2, submitted: Sept 2019.
Additional reference examples are provided in the manuscript templates.
Tables should be provided with a brief legend and should only be subdivided by three horizontal lines (head rule, neck rule, foot rule). Tables with only one or two columns and columns with only one or two entries are to be avoided. For footnotes in tables, Roman lowercase letters followed by a closing parenthesis should be used. All tables are numbered (Arabic numerals) in the sequence in which they are referred to in the text. When tables are cited in the text, the word “Table” should be used without abbreviation.
High-resolution image files are not required at initial submission, but please ensure that images are of sufficient resolution for referees to properly assess the data. Each figure and scheme should have a caption and should be inserted in-line within the main text. All figures and schemes must be mentioned in the text in numerical order. Different types of atoms in structural chemistry figures should be clearly distinguishable (by color).
Vector graphic images such as plots, graphs, and line diagrams (including chemical structures) should either be embedded into a Word document or saved as a PDF, PS, or EPS file. Original files of graphical items prepared using ChemDraw or Photoshop may also be included. Bitmap graphic images such as photographs and electron microscope images should be saved as TIFF or PNG files; each figure part must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi (1000 pixels wide when the image is typeset at a single column width). More details can be found in the Manuscript Preparation Checklist and Graphics FAQ tab.
Supporting Information is information that is not essential to the article but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. Succinct text and the necessary graphics for the Supporting Information must be submitted, where possible, as a separate document (i.e., Word, or PDF). The document should include the title and names of all the authors and a template that can be used to prepare this page is included in the manuscript template. Any graphics should be embedded into the Supporting Information file and should not be submitted as separate graphics files. The author must keep a copy of the Supporting Information and make this available to readers upon request. Other types of Supporting Information, e.g., multimedia files, raw data, code, etc., may be provided separately, with large files provided in a compressed file format, e.g., .zip or .rar.
All funding sources relevant to the work reported should be acknowledged, including grant numbers and names of funding bodies. Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed in the Acknowledgements, with permission from the contributor.
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. If the authors have no conflicts of interest, this should be stated.