Instructions for manuscripts

GENERAL FORMAT

Please use a recent version of Microsoft Word to prepare both full-length papers and extended abstracts (as .docx files). Any figures and illustrations should be in the JPG format (as .jpg files) and should be embedded directly into the Word Document where they are intended to appear. This time, the proceedings will be distributed in an electronic format and will not be printed.

All papers must be written in English. Use portrait orientation, and include 1 inch margins on all sides. The preferred font is 11 point Calibri. If fonts other than Calibri, Arial, Times New Roman, or Symbol are used, they should be embedded in the document to ensure they will appear properly. Please do not include headers, footers, or page numbers, which will be added later in the compiled proceedings. The text should be spaced at 1.1 lines (as this document is) and the paragraphs should be justified. A blank line may be inserted between paragraphs, if desired.

TITLE AND AUTHOR INFORMATION

Center the title of the paper on the first line using a 14 point bold font. Calibri is the preferred font for the manuscripts. Insert a blank line, followed by author names and affiliations in 11 point font, capitalizing only the first letters. Indicate corresponding authors with a star and include a corresponding author email address. An example is shown below:

 

Pyrotechnics Today in the Real World

Jane A. Author,* John B. Researcher, Joan C. Investigator
Organization Name, City, State, Country

*corresponding author e-mail: jane.a.author@organization.com

TABLES AND FIGURES

The tables and figures should be self-explanatory; that is, they should be coherent independent of the main text. The use of table footnotes and descriptive figure captions is encouraged in this context. Tables and figures should each be numbered consecutively in order of appearance and must be referred to in the main text. They should be sized to be legible on a single page, generally no more than 2 per page. A table title should appear above each table and a figure caption should appear below each figure. Table titles and figure captions should be formatted as follows:

        Table 1. Table Title
        Figure 1. Figure caption and description. It may be more than one sentence.

You should embed any figures or illustrations in JPG format directly into the Word Document, and position them where you would like them to appear. They should be inserted “In Line with Text.”

EQUATIONS

Equations, if used, should be prepared using Microsoft Word’s built-in equation editor or alternatively, included as embedded image files (JPG format) to ensure they will appear correctly.

CITATIONS AND REFERENCES

Citations in the text should appear as super-scripted numerals, outside the punctuation of the sentence. References should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals in the order of citation and styled in the ACS journal format. It is preferable to include the reference title. Examples appear below:

        This sentence is about the first reference.¹

        (1)  Shaw, A. P.; Diviacchi, G.; Black, E. L.; Moretti, J. D.; Sadangi, R. K.; Grau, H. A., Jr.; Gilbert,
              R. A., Jr. Versatile Boron Carbide-Based Visual Obscurant Compositions for Smoke
              Munitions. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2015, 3, 1248-1254.