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Manuscript Preparation:
General
Structure
Text Layout
Corresponding Author
Abstract
Keywords
Units
References
Illustrations
Colour Costs and Queries
Free online colour
Tables
Electronic Annexes

Other:
Notification
Copyright
PDF Proofs
Author Benefits
Online paper tracking
Enquiries
Useful Links



Submission of papers:

Authors should submit their manuscript online. Please visit http://ees.elsevier.com/pcs

Editors:

Professor Arun Bansil
Physics Department
Northeastern University
Boston
MA 02115
USA

Professor Yoshi Iwasa
Institute for Materials Research
Tohoku University
Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku
Sendai 980-8577
Japan

Professor Kosmas Prassides
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
Durham
DH1 3LE
UK

Associate Editor:

Professor Jinghong Li
Department of Chemistry
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084
PR China

Submission Language: English
English Language: Manuscripts should be proof-read and have English language errors corrected before submission as we may have to return papers due to poor language usage. Elsevier has negotiated with five different language editing companies to provide their services to our authors at favourable rates. You will find a listing of these companies which provide pre-submission language editing on http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorsview.authors/languageediting/.

Types of contributions: Full length articles and reviews. Short communications may be published as "Technical Notes" and will receive somewhat more rapid handling than full length articles.

Corresponding author: Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.

Original material: 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consideration for publication elsewhere, that its publication is approved by all authors and that, if accepted, it will not be published elsewhere in the same form, in English or in any other language, without the written consent of the Publisher.

Detailed instructions on manuscript preparation and artwork instructions can be found below. The editor reserves the right to return manuscripts that do not conform to the instructions for manuscript preparation and artwork instruction, as well as papers that do not fit the scope of the journal, prior to refereeing.

Peer Review Policy:

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Manuscript Preparation:

General:
Elsevier can accept text files in most standard word-processing formats, but Word or LaTeX are preferred.
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Structure:
Follow this order when typing manuscripts: Title, Authors, Affiliations, Abstract, Keywords, Main text, Acknowledgements, Appendix, References, Figure Captions and then Tables. 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.
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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 and figure legends on separate pages at the end of 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.
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Corresponding author:
Clearly indicate who is willing to handle correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also post-publication. Ensure that telephone and fax numbers (with country and area code) are provided in addition to the e-mail address and the complete postal address. Full postal addresses must be given for all co-authors. Please consult a recent journal paper for style if possible.
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Abstract:
A self-contained abstract not exceeding 200 words (100 words in a technical note)outlining in a single paragraph the aims, scope and conclusions of the paper must be supplied.
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Keywords:
Keywords should be selected from the list provided in each issue of the journal. A maximum of five should be selected. Each keyword should be accompanied by the capital letter denoteing the category from which the keyword has been selected (i.e. A manuscript on electrical properties of superconducting afullerenes may have the following keywords: A. fullerenes, A. superconductors, D. electrical properties, D. superconductivity). Keyword Listing
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Units:
Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the international system of units (SI). If other quantities are mentioned, give their equivalent in SI.
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References:
All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.

Example: Since Markiewicz [1]...

1. R.S. Markiewicz, A Survey of the Van Hove scenario for high-Tc superconductivity with special emphasis on pseudogaps and striped phases, J. Phys. Chem. Sol. 58 (1997), 1179-1310.

2. G. Meijer, in: H.K. Kusmany, J. Fink, M. Mehring and S. Roth (Eds), Electronic Properties of Fullerenes. Springer Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg, 1993, p. 154.

3. C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, Ch. 13, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1986, Ch. 13. The references above refer to a book, a paper in a journal, a paper in a contributed volume, and an unpublished paper or thesis respectively.
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Illustrations:
For electronic submission, all figures must be in digital form (minimum 300dpi). Sacle marks should be printed in all micrographs. Please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for full details

Colour Costs and Queries:
For colour illustrations, a colour printing fee is charged to the author per colour page. Further information concerning colour illustrations and costs is available from Author Support at authorsupport@elsevier.com, and at htpp://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions..
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FREE ONLINE COLOUR
If, together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour and black/white figures then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will appear in colour on the web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in colour in the printed version. ' Usable' means the formats comply with our instructions. See the information about Illustrations at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions..
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Tables:
Tables should be numbered consecutively and given suitable caption and each table is laid out on a new page. No vertical rules should be used. Tables should not duplicate results presented elsewhere in the manuscript (for example, in graphs). Footnotes to tables should be typed below the table and should be referred to by superscript lowercase letters.
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Electronic Annexes
Elsevier can now accept electronic annexes, such as short videos, computer-enhanced images, audio clips and large databases to be published on ScienceDirect. Please refer to the Artwork Instructions (Multimedia files) at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions for details on file types to be used. If you are submitting on hardcopy, please supply 3 disks/CD ROMs containing the electronic annex to the editor for review. In the text of your article you may wish to refer to the annex. This is not mandatory, however, if you do wish to refer to the annex in the text then please do so using this example: "?see Electronic Annex 1 in the online version of this article." Production will insert the relevant URL at the typesetting stage after this statement.
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Notification:

Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their paper by the editor. The Publisher will also send a notification of receipt of the paper in production.
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Copyright:

All authors must sign the Transfer of Copyright agreement before the article can be published. This transfer agreement enables Elsevier to protect the copyrighted material for the authors, but does not relinquish the authors' proprietary rights. The copyright transfer covers the exclusive rights to reproduce and distribute the article, including reprints, photographic reproductions, microfilm or any other reproductions of similar nature and translations. Authors are responsible for obtaining from the copyright holder permission to reproduce any figures for which copyright exists.
For more information please go to our copyright page http://www.elsevier.com/copyright.
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PDF Proofs:

When your manuscript is received by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form. Proofs are not to be regarded as 'drafts'. One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility. A form with queries from the copyeditor may accompany your proofs. Please answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required. The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if corrections are not communicated. Return corrections within 48 hours of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please confirm this.
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Author Benefits:

No page charges: Publication in this journal is free of charge.

Free Offprint: The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with a PDF file of the article via e-mail. The PDF file is a watermarked version of the published article and includes a cover sheet with the journal cover image and a disclaimer outlining the terms and conditions of use.

Author Discount: Contributors to Elsevier journals are entitled to a 30% discount on all Elsevier books. See http://www.elsevier.com/bookauthors for more information.

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Online Paper Tracking:

Authors can track the status of their accepted paper online at http://www.elsevier.com/trackarticle using the reference supplied by the Publisher.

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Author enquiries:

All author enquiries should be made to: authorsupport@elsevier.com

Useful links: •Submission Checklist can be downloaded

Keywords for the Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

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Authors should select a maximum of five keywords. Each keyword should be accompanied by the capital letter denoting the category from which the keyword has been selected.

A. TYPES OF MATERIAL
alloys
amorphous materials
ceramics
chalcogenides
electronic materials
elements
fullerenes
glasses
inorganic compounds
interfaces
intermetallic compounds
magnetic materials
metals
microporous materials
multilayers
nanostructures
non-crystalline materials
optical materials
organic compounds
organometallic compounds
oxides
polymers
quantum wells
quasicrystals
semiconductors
surfaces
superconductors
thin films

B. PREPARATION AND PROCESSING
chemical synthesis
crystal growth
epitaxial growth
laser annealing
plasma deposition
sol-gel growth
vapour deposition

C. TECHNIQUES
ab initio calculations
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
electron diffraction
electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)
electron microscopy
high pressure
infrared spectroscopy
Mo?ssbauer spectroscopy
neutron scattering
photoelectron spectroscopy
positron annihilation spectroscopy
Raman spectroscopy
scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM)
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
ultrasonic measurements
XAFS (EXAFS and XANES)
X-ray diffraction

D. PROPERTIES AND PHENOMENA
acoustical properties
anelasticity
anharmonicity
charge-density waves
colour centres
critical phenomena
crystal fields
crystal structure
defects
dielectric properties
diffusion
elastic properties
electrical conductivity
electrical properties
electrochemical properties
electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)
electronic structure
equations-of-state
Fermi surface
ferroelectricity
fracture
lattice dynamics
luminescence
magnetic properties
magnetic structure
mechanical properties
microstructure
Mo?ssbauer effect
muon spin resonance (''m'' USR)
nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR)
optical properties
phase equilibria
phase transitions
phonons
piezoelectricity
radiation damage
semiconductivity
specific heat
spin-density waves
superconductivity
superlattices
surface properties
thermal conductivity
thermal expansion
thermodynamic properties
transport properties