October 29

Full Manuscript Submission

A special issue in Sensor Letters will be published for selected papers in this conference, subject to a full stringent peer-review process by specialist referees assigned by the technical program committee.

Interested authors should submit their full research papers for review via the conference on-line submission system <click here> by 23 Nov 2007.

Authors are to login using the same Login ID and Password that they had used earlier to submit their abstracts. Authors who have misplaced or forgotten their ID/password can email the EACCS Conference Manager at: eaccs2007@inmeet.com.sg with the subject title “EACCS 2007 – Request for retrieval of manuscript login ID/password”, complete with their name, organization, paper ID and paper title. The conference manager will then retrieve the ID/password for them.

All authors must strictly follow SENSOR LETTERS manuscript preparation and reference style as available on website http://www.aspbs.com/sensorlett/, otherwise, the manuscript will be rejected. A MS-Word template can be downloaded <click here> to prepare your manuscript. The Copyright Transfer Agreement Form <click here> must also be duly completed and signed, then sent to the conference manager by email (eaccs2007@inmeet.com.sg) or fax (+65 6356-7471) by the same deadline.

Due to the limited space available, all manuscript submission is limit to only 4 pages in print. An US$100 charge will be imposed for each exceeding page.

The relevant instruction on manuscript preparation is extracted as follows:

TYPING

All manuscripts must be in English, typed double-spaced on one side of the page throughout (including footnotes, references, tables, legends) on 8.5" x 11" or A4 white paper leaving at least 1 inch left hand margin.

INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL

The first page of the manuscript should have a concise title limited to about 15 words and the names of all authors, complete mailing address for correspondence, telephone, fax numbers and email address. Please indicate with an asterisk (*) the author to whom correspondence regarding the manuscript should be directed.

ABSTRACT

All manuscripts must contain an informative 100 to 250 words abstract explaining the essential contents of the work, key ideas and results.

FIGURES

It is very important to supply high quality figures in a form suitable for reproduction. All figures, tables, illustrations, photographs should be prepared in such a way that they could be printed in a single column size with a width of 3 1/4 inches or 8.25 cm. Only if absolutely necessary should figures/tables/photos occupy double columns. Each figure must be referred to in the text and will be printed in black and white unless otherwise instructed by the authors. Each Figure should be submitted on a separate sheet and marked with the name of the author, title of manuscript and figure number. All formulae and figures should be carefully drafted and never drawn freehand. Use same font and size for all figure legends. High quality original figures and glossy prints of all photographs are required. Photocopies of the figures and photographs are not acceptable.

FREE COLOR PRINTING

Color illustrations are most welcome by the journal as they are effective in conveying complex graphs and photographs. Free color printing at the Editor-in-Chief's discretion, will provide an opportunity to publish color figures/illustrations in print at NO COST to the authors.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Half-tone illustrations should be supplied as clear, glossy, unmounted prints. The author's name, title of manuscript and figure number should be written on the back.

TABLES

Each table must be referred to in the text. Each table should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet and identified sequentially by Arabic numerals corresponding to the order in which they appear in the text. Each table should have a brief explanatory title, which should be labeled unambiguously. The position of each table should be clearly marked in the text.

UNITS

Internationally accepted units of measurement must be used. The units of measurement are used in conjunction with their numerical values; the units should be abbreviated as suggested below. If more commonly used units are adopted, conversion factors should be given at their first occurrence. Greek symbols may be used.

%, ºC, nm, µm (not m), mm, cm, cm3, m, h (or hr), min, s (or sec), µg, mg, g (or gm), kg, cal, kcal, in. (or write out inch), ml [write out liter(s)].

The APS style guide can be used as a general reference on matter of units, grammar and formatting.

ABBREVIATIONS

No abbreviations are allowed in the title and abstract and should be defined the first time they are used within the text. The "SENSOR LETTERS" should be abbreviated as "Sensor Lett." for the journals/books citation purpose.

REFERENCES

References should be in the proper format on a separate page, numbered in the sequence in which they occur in the text. Cite references numerically as superscripts in the text and list at the end of the manuscript. References should be listed in the following style:

1. C. A. Grimes, E. C. Dickey, C. Mungle, K. G. Ong, and D. Qian, J. Appl. Phys. 90, 4134 (2001)

2. J. M. Cowley, Diffraction Physics, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1995)

3. W. Heimbrodt and P. J. Klar, in Magnetic Nanostructures, Edited by H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2002), Chapter 1, pp.1-58

4. J. P. Turner and P. C. Chu, in Microelectronics, T. J. Kern, Ed., Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA (1995), Vol. 143, p.375.

Do not use the phrases "et al." and "ibid." in the reference section. Instead, the names of all authors in a reference must be listed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

These should be brief and placed at the end of the text before the references.

PROOFS

Page proofs for the correction of printer's errors only will be dispatched to the corresponding author denoted with an asterisk (*) unless otherwise requested. Alterations at this stage are not allowed as they are expensive and may have to be charged to the authors. The proofread copy and reprint order form must be returned within 72 hours.

OFFPRINTS

Authors may order offprints of articles with a minimum of 100 from American Scientific Publishers (ASP) prior to publication. An order form accompanying the page proofs will be sent directly to the corresponding author (*). Please return your offprint order form with the page proofs.

SUBMISSION (UPON ACCEPTANCE)

Upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication, authors should submit to the publisher a diskette or CD containing the final version of the manuscript accompanied by a hard copy printout to improve the accuracy and speed up the typesetting process. The disk or CD should be clearly labeled with the author's name, manuscript title, the date, and the hardware and software package used in preparation. The preferred medium is 3.5-inch diskette or a CD in Windows/MS-DOS or Macintosh. We are also able to accept line artwork/graphics on disk or CD if you supply us the source files to enables us to modify the artwork as required for the journal format.

To speed up the reviewing process, editors will communicate with authors and the referees via email. ASP or Editor-in-Chief or Editors will not return manuscripts to authors and keep any records whatsoever after a formal decision has been made about the manuscript. Editors have the right to reject the manuscript.

COPYRIGHT

All authors are responsible for the complete contents of their manuscript. The author(s) warrant that the work contains no unlawful or libelous statements and opinions and liable materials of any kind whatsoever, do not infringe on any copyrights, intellectual property rights, personal rights or rights of any kind of others, and contain any materials, instructions, procedures, information or ideas that might cause any harm, damage, injury, losses or costs of any kind to person or property. It is authors' responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions from other sources for reproduction of any figures, tables, photos, illustrations, text or other copyright materials from previously published work. It is the policy of American Scientific Publishers to own the copyright of all contributions it publishes. To comply with the U.S. Copyright Law, a Copyright Transfer Form that transfer copyright of the article to the publisher must be completed by the authors prior to publication of an accepted article in this journal. Authors must submit a signed copy of this form with their manuscript.