Actinides 2009 Proceedings

The Actinides 2009 proceedings will be published electronically in the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering. Articles published in the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering are given a full citation including volume, page, and year. The Actinides 2009 Proceedings will be fully reviewed, web accessible, and archived.

 Instructions for Authors:

• Manuscripts should be submitted as file attachments to e-mail messages to: manuscriptsAN2009@lbl.gov by August 31, 2009 (Monday).
• Manuscripts should be prepared with Microsoft Word using the template file MSEUSLetterTemplate.dot and submitted as a Microsoft Word document. A PDF version of the Microsoft Word manuscript should also be submitted. Using color in graphics is encouraged. 
• Manuscript maximum length: 12 journal pages for invited talks, 8 journal pages for contributed presentations. The page format is automatically provided in the template.

Files required for submission:

1. The Microsoft Word document manuscript file prepared from the MSEUSLetterTemplate.dot template and a PDF version of the Microsoft Word manuscript.
   (click here to download MSEUSLetterTemplate.dot)
2. The copyright form (MSECopyrightForm.pdf). Print, sign, scan and submit it together with the manuscript file by e-mail. If copyrighted material is included in your manuscript, a signed release letter from the copyright holder will be required for publication. Completed copyright forms can also be sent by FAX to:  +1 510.486.5596.
   (click here to download MSECopyrightForm.pdf)

Three files to help prepare the manuscript:

1. Guidelines on how to use the Word template MSEWordTemplateGuidelines.doc.
   (click here to download MSEWordTemplateGuidelines.doc)
2. An example file of the manuscript document MSEWordExampleDocument.doc
   (click here to download MSEWordExampleDocument.doc)
3. An essential manuscript checklist:  Essential_Checklist.pdf
   (click here to download Essential_Checklist.pdf)

General Information:

All papers will be peer reviewed. Revisions by the authors will be required if necessary. We expect to submit the final ready-to-publish papers in a package to the publisher in January 2010. Please note that no editing, proofreading or layout changes will be made after we submit the package to the publisher.

Please contact us by e-mail to manuscriptsAN2009@lbl.gov if you have any special needs in preparing your manuscript.