Title in Times New Roman (10 pt Bold, single-spaced, flush left) Using First Capital Letters (Recommended Size: Two Lines) will be filled in by SPEA 9 Surname Author,1 Surname Author,2 Surname Author,1,2 (1) Affiliation, Institution, Town, Country. (2) Affiliation, Institution, Town, Country. xxxxxxxxxx@E-mail address (font style: Times 9pt) The Graphical Illustration (Figure, Scheme, etc.) should not exceed the size of this area. A short abstract indicating the novelty and main findings of the work should be included here (Times New Roman 9 pt, justified, single-spaced) and should not exceed the size of this area. A Graphical Illustration at the left side should be readable in both 'Color' and 'Black & White' formats. Authors and the email address of corresponding author should be typed as indicated above in Times New Roman 8 pt italic. The corresponding author MUST be the presenting author and MUST register for the SPEA9 Meeting. His/Her name MUST be written in BOLD. This section will be included in the Book of Abstracts that will be distributed to the participants in printed form. No abstracts will be accepted that include presenting authors who do not register to attend the SPEA9 Meeting. Each registered author can submit up to TWO abstracts as presenting author; additional abstracts submitted by the same presenting author will be charged with an additional fee of 40 EUR per supplementary abstract. Submission of abstracts : Abstracts MUST be submitted by email to spea9-abstract@unistra.fr according to the following instructions. Abstracts submitted by fax will not be accepted. Abstracts should be submitted in MS Word format or any compatible file formats. Pdf or image formats will cause rejection of the abstract. The file should be named as “Name.Surname_x.doc”, corresponding to the Presenting Author (as in Neil.Armstrong_1.doc). The number corresponds to the number of submitted abstracts by the same presenting author. electronic form. The abstract should be written in such a way that the Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions are clearly described. However, the use of these headings in the abstract text is NOT mandatory. Please do not modify the template format (no text in color). It is important to follow strictly the format of this document. We recommend strongly to type the abstract over this template in order to ensure that all abstract contributions have the same style in the final publication, i.e. two columns of text written in Times New Roman 9 pt (justified) with page margins of 2.0 cm all around. Leave one line (9 pt) before and after each Figure and, if possible, please insert the Figures as Picture Enhanced Metafiles (e.g. Fig. 1, where the number refers to the Figure number: 1, 2, 3…). The corresponding captions (Times New Roman 9 pt) should follow straight after the Figures, without any line between the Figure and its caption. Please be aware that the Graphical Illustration can be also referred to within the text (e.g. “…as shown in the Graphical Illustration.”). Guidelines for abstract : Abstracts may be rejected unless the following guidelines are respected. The full abstract (written in English) includes the Graphical Abstract as presented in this template and cannot be longer than 3 pages for both oral and poster presentations. Do not use non-standard abbreviations in title. Accepted abstracts will be published in Fig. 1 Caption (Times New Roman 9 pt). Colored Figures will appear in the electronic version of the SPEA9 Book of Abstracts. Since the Graphical Illustration will appear in both 1 electronic and printed versions of the SPEA9 Book of Abstracts, it should be readable in both 'Color' and 'Black & White' formats. The use and numbering of single-column Tables is recommended (e.g. Table 1). Leave one line before and after each Table (9 pt). Table 1 Caption (Times New Roman 9 pt).a Times New Roman 9 pt Times New Roman 9 pt a Bold Footnote text if needed (8 pt). Two-columns Tables are not recommended, but if necessary they should be included just before the acknowledgements (e.g. Table 2). Acknowledgements & references should appear at the end of the abstract (Times New Roman 9 pt). Leave one line before the section titles. References should be sequentially numbered with square brackets before puncture signs (e.g. “…photocatalysis [1,2].”; “…as shown by other authors [2-4],…”). Please follow the examples of styles for articles in journals [1], conference proceedings [2], books [3] and articles in books [4]; a maximum of 5 references is recommended. When submitting your abstract, please : 1 Select between ORAL or POSTER talk, 2 Choose and rank from 1 to 3 the most relevant topics among the list (final assignment will be made upon abstract selection): Water treatment Air treatment Soil remediation Surfaces, coatings, textiles Green synthesis Environmental reactions Novel materials Photocatalytic membranes, thin films Visible-light active materials Chemical engineering Interface with life science Standardization, management, commercial applications Modeling and mechanistic studies Process fundamentals Photocatalytic hybrid systems Water-splitting, hydrogen production CO2 utilization, solar fuels 3 Propose a maximum of 6 free keywords. 4 Indicate if you plan to contribute to one of the Special Issues of SPEA 9. Details on http://spea9.unistra.fr/ Table 2 Caption (Times New Roman 9 pt).a a Times New Roman 9 pt Times New Roman 9 pt Bold Footnote text if needed (8 pt). Acknowledgements. If needed, the acknowledgements should be written here.. Times New Roman 8 pt References [1] X. Author, Y. Author, Z. Author, Catal. Today 20 (2001) 537. [2] X. Author, Y. Author, Z. Author, Proc. of SPEA 6, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2006, p. 10. [3] TiO2-based photocatalysts. X. Editor, Y. Editor, Z. Editor (Eds.), Rome, Wiley, 2000. [4] X. Author, Y. Author, in TiO2-based photocatalysts, X. Editor, Y. Editor (Eds.), Rome, Wiley, 2000, p. 10. 1. Oral Poster 2. I apply for student SPEA9 grant to cover my accomodation costs in Strasbourg : Yes No 3. Chosen topics by order of preference Topic 1: ________________________________________ Topic 2: ________________________________________ Topic 3: _______________________________________ 4. Special Issues of SPEA 9 Contribution to Special Issues of SPEA 9 ? Yes No Journal name: _________________________ 5. Free keywords Keywords: 6 maximum, one single line maximum (font style: Times italic 9pt) 2