Author Guidelines

Submission
Manuscriptsshouldbesubmittedbyoneoftheauthorsofthemanuscriptthrough
theonlineManuscript Tracking System.Regardlessofthesourceofthe
wordprocessingtool,onlyelectronicPDF(.pdf)orWord(.doc,.docx,.rtf)files
canbesubmittedthroughtheMTS.Thereisnopagelimit.Onlyonline
submissionsareacceptedtofacilitaterapidpublicationandminimize
administrativecosts.Submissionsbyanyoneotherthanoneoftheauthorswillnot
beaccepted.Thesubmittingauthortakesresponsibilityforthepaperduring
submissionandpeerreview.Ifforsometechnicalreasonsubmissionthroughthe
MTSisnotpossible,theauthorcancontactamse@hindawi.comforsupport.

Terms of Submission
Papersmustbesubmittedontheunderstandingthattheyhavenotbeenpublished
elsewhereandarenotcurrentlyunderconsiderationbyanotherjournalpublished
byHindawioranyotherpublisher.Thesubmittingauthorisresponsiblefor
ensuringthatthearticle'spublicationhasbeenapprovedbyalltheothercoauthors.
Itisalsotheauthors'responsibilitytoensurethatthearticlesemanatingfroma
particularinstitutionaresubmittedwiththeapprovalofthenecessaryinstitution.
Onlyanacknowledgmentfromtheeditorialofficeofficiallyestablishesthedateof
receipt.Furthercorrespondenceandproofswillbesenttotheauthor(s)before
publicationunlessotherwiseindicated.Itisaconditionofsubmissionofapaper
thattheauthorspermiteditingofthepaperforreadability.Allenquiries
concerningthepublicationofacceptedpapersshouldbeaddressed
toamse@hindawi.com.

Peer Review
Allmanuscriptsaresubjecttopeerreviewandareexpectedtomeetstandardsof
academicexcellence.Submissionswillbeconsideredbyaneditorandifnot
rejectedrightawaybypeerreviewers,whoseidentitieswillremainanonymous
totheauthors.

Article Processing Charges

AdvancesinMaterialsScienceandEngineeringisanopenaccessjournal.Open
accesschargesallowpublisherstomakethepublishedmaterialavailableforfree
toallinterestedonlinevisitors.Formoredetailsaboutthearticleprocessing
chargesofAdvancesinMaterialsScienceandEngineering,pleasevisit
theArticle Processing Chargesinformationpage.

Units of Measurement
UnitsofmeasurementshouldbepresentedsimplyandconciselyusingSystem
International(SI)units.

Title and Authorship Information

Thefollowinginformationshouldbeincluded
Paper title
Full author names
Full institutional mailing addresses
Email addresses

Abstract
Themanuscriptshouldcontainanabstract.Theabstractshouldbeselfcontained
andcitationfreeandshouldnotexceed200words.

Introduction
Thissectionshouldbesuccinct,withnosubheadings.

Materials and Methods

Thispartshouldcontainsufficientdetailsothatallprocedurescanberepeated.It
canbedividedintosubsectionsifseveralmethodsaredescribed.

Results and Discussion

Thissectionmayeachbedividedbysubheadingsormaybecombined.

Conclusions
Thisshouldclearlyexplainthemainconclusionsoftheworkhighlightingits
importanceandrelevance.

Acknowledgments
Allacknowledgments(ifany)shouldbeincludedattheveryendofthepaper
beforethereferencesandmayincludesupportinggrants,presentations,andso
forth.

References
Authorsareresponsibleforensuringthattheinformationineachreferenceis
completeandaccurate.Allreferencesmustbenumberedconsecutivelyand
citationsofreferencesintextshouldbeidentifiedusingnumbersinsquare
brackets(e.g.,asdiscussedbySmith[9];asdiscussedelsewhere[9,10]).All
referencesshouldbecitedwithinthetext;otherwise,thesereferenceswillbe
automaticallyremoved.

Preparation of Figures
Uponsubmissionofanarticle,authorsaresupposedtoincludeallfiguresand
tablesinthePDFfileofthemanuscript.Figuresandtablesshouldnotbe
submittedinseparatefiles.Ifthearticleisaccepted,authorswillbeaskedto
providethesourcefilesofthefigures.Eachfigureshouldbesuppliedinaseparate
electronicfile.Allfiguresshouldbecitedinthepaperinaconsecutiveorder.
Figuresshouldbesuppliedineithervectorartformats(Illustrator,EPS,WMF,
FreeHand,CorelDraw,PowerPoint,Excel,etc.)orbitmapformats(Photoshop,
TIFF,GIF,JPEG,etc.).Bitmapimagesshouldbeof300dpiresolutionatleast
unlesstheresolutionisintentionallysettoalowerlevelforscientificreasons.Ifa
bitmapimagehaslabels,theimageandlabelsshouldbeembeddedinseparate
layers.

Preparation of Tables
Tablesshouldbecitedconsecutivelyinthetext.Everytablemusthavea
descriptivetitleandifnumericalmeasurementsaregiven,theunitsshouldbe
includedinthecolumnheading.Verticalrulesshouldnotbeused.

Proofs
Correctedproofsmustbereturnedtothepublisherwithin23daysofreceipt.The
publisherwilldoeverythingpossibletoensurepromptpublication.Itwill
thereforebeappreciatedifthemanuscriptsandfiguresconformfromtheoutsetto
thestyleofthejournal.

Copyright
OpenAccessauthorsretainthecopyrightsoftheirpapers,andallopenaccess
articlesaredistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution
License,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distributionandreproductioninany
medium,providedthattheoriginalworkisproperlycited.
Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,tradenames,trademarks,andsoforthinthis
publication,evenifnotspecificallyidentified,doesnotimplythatthesenamesare
notprotectedbytherelevantlawsandregulations.
Whiletheadviceandinformationinthisjournalarebelievedtobetrueand
accurateonthedateofitsgoingtopress,neithertheauthors,theeditors,northe
publishercanacceptanylegalresponsibilityforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmay
bemade.Thepublishermakesnowarranty,expressorimplied,withrespecttothe
materialcontainedherein.

Disclosure Policy
Acompetinginterestexistswhenprofessionaljudgmentconcerningthevalidityof
researchisinfluencedbyasecondaryinterest,suchasfinancialgain.Werequire
thatourauthorsrevealanypossibleconflictofinterestsintheirsubmitted
manuscripts.
Ifthereisnoconflictofinterests,authorsshouldstatethatTheauthor(s)
declare(s)thatthereisnoconflictofinterestsregardingthepublicationofthis
paper.