Proceedings

Both NC-AFM Conference and Casimir Workshop participants are invited to contribute an article to the conference proceedings, which will be published in the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B (JVST B). Publishing your work in the conference proceedings represents an excellent opportunity to promote your work, as NC-AFM proceedings have in the past always been highly visible and widely cited. This is in particular the case as every conference participant (main conference AND Casimir Workshop) will receive a bound complementary copy of the proceedings via mail.

The proceedings will be edited by Hendrik Hölscher, Karlsruhe Research Laboratory, Germany, and Udo D. Schwarz, Yale University. Submission deadline is October 16, 2009, but please contact us at your earliest convenience to let us know about your plans to submit a contribution so that we can plan ahead. Publication of the proceedings is scheduled for the May/June issue of JVST B in 2010.

Instructions for preparing manuscripts for the proceedings of the NC-AFM 2009 Conference

1. Submission: Papers will be reviewed according to criteria set by the JVST and must meet JVST standards for both technical content and written English. All manuscripts for the proceedings must be submitted as a PDF file along with a cover letter containing your complete address to the guest editor via email (Hendrik.Hoelscher@imt.fzk.de).
2. Program number: It is important that the submitted manuscript has the program number of your contribution to the NC-AFM conference or the satellite conference entered in the top-right corner of the title page.
3. Length: Papers can contain up to a nominal total of 20-25 pages of double-spaced text, tables, figures, references, abstract, etc. If the submitted paper is longer than 25 pages, the final decision on acceptance for publication will be made by the JVST editors based on the recommendations of the reviewers.
4. Format: The text should be double-spaced; the font recommended by JVST is Times New Roman 12pt. Pages should have one inch margins on all sides.
5. Figures and Tables: Each figure and table should be displayed on a separate page. Table and figure captions should be listed on a separate page and NOT below the table or figure; only the figure/table number must appear with the figure/table.
6. Footnotes: Authors may include their e-mail addresses along with all other footnotes in the following format: Electronic mail: smith@yale.edu
7. Costs: JVST publishes articles authored by members of the American Vacuum Society (AVS) free of charge. Therefore, let us know when submitting whether any of the authors is presently AVS member. For submissions where no author is AVS member, we will provide a complementary 1-year membership for the paper's corresponding author paid for form conference funds. As a result, there will be no page charges or other costs for your submission.
8. Color: Your figures can appear online in color for free. To take advantage of this offer, you will need to send the electronic file(s) of your figure(s) within 24 hours of receiving your acceptance email from JVST directly to the publisher (the American Institute of Physics, AIP). Please do not send anything until you receive notice the paper is accepted and has a 9 digit AIP number. Sending color figures in the pdf file used for the review process does not allow for color reproduction (either online or print) at the publishing stage. Only sending AIP the files directly will enable this. A “Publisher’s Announcements” email with more details will be sent to you once your paper has been accepted.
9. Materials Index Entries: If applicable, please provide us with at least three material terms, which should indicate what materials (i.e., chemical species) are discussed in the article. These terms are needed as entries for the JVST Materials Index.

For more details, please refer to:
JVST author instructions: www.avs.org/literature.information.aspx
JVST Word template: www.avs.org/pdf/JVST/eC.doc
Instructions for this template: www.avs.org/pdf/JVST/eCEinstructions.pdf

 

Manuscript deadline: October 16, 2009

 

Please submit your manuscript as PDF together with a cover letter containing your complete address and information whether or not one of the authors is presently AVS member via email to guest editor Dr. Hendrik Hölscher at Hendrik.Hoelscher@imt.fzk.de