Seminar of Chemical Technology of Organic Materials SS 2012
Manuscript preparation guidelines for “Seminar of Chemical
Technology of Organic Materials“
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The abstract should describe the content of the paper using a maximum of 200 words. The format of this seminar
paper is similar to the format used for publishing a scientific paper. The entire article is written using the font
Times New Roman (title:18 pt and your name: 10 pt, bold, italic). This Abstract is written using Times New
Roman 9 pt.
0.5 cm, equal column width
1. Introduction (10 pt bold)
1.1 Subchapter (if needed) (10 pt bold) This part
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Paragraphs: Indentation: Left: 0 cm, Right: 0 cm
is written using Times New Roman 10 pt and it should
Special: First line: 0.55 cm. Spacing: Before: 3 pt,
describe the topic of your paper, including the state of the
After: 3 pt
art. The used literature must be cited in the text (the
references). The references should be cited between square
brackets and they should appear in order. If the references
are at the end of the sentence place them before the point
[1]. If you want to cite more than one reference do it in the
The format of the abstract is:
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Format: One column
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Paragraphs: Indentation: Left: 1.5 cm, Right: 1.5 cm.
Spacing: Before: 0 pt, After: 0 pt
following way: [1-4] for references 1, 2, 3, and, 4 or [1, 6,
Insert Section Break continuous before and after the
9] for references 1, 6, and 9. For a combination of both
Abstract. Do not insert Page Number!
types, use: [1-4, 6, 9] for references 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9.
The entire paper should be written using academic
Details about how to format the references and what should
(impersonal) voice. Do not use “I believe…”, “In my
be included can be seen at the end of this paper.
opinion…”, “…you can see”.
The entire paper should be formatted using justify
alignment and 1.5-fold line spacing. Between chapters
leave an empty line with 1 space. The paper should not be
2. Main body of the paper: chose the title related to
the topic of your term paper (10 pt bold)
longer than 12 pages! There is no minimum number of
2.1 Subchapter (if needed) In this section the
pages required, but the amount of information given should
topic should be described in detail using the cited literature.
be detailed enough to present the topic clearly. You can use
Most of the figures and tables (if necessary to clearly
this template to write you paper or format the paper using:
express your research) should be included. Figures and
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Margins: Top: 3.5 cm, Bottom: 3 cm, Inside: 1.5 cm
Tables should be numbered in Arabic numerals in order of
and Outside: 1.5 cm.
their appearance in the body of the text (Figure 1 / Table 1,
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Orientation: Portrait
Figure 2 / Table 2,…). Both figures and tables can be one
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Pages: Mirror margins
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Format: Two columns, width: 8.5 cm, Spacing:
column (8.5 cm) or two columns (17.5 cm) wide. Captions
should be placed below figures and on top of tables. They
should be written using Times New Roman 9 pt. Only
Seminar of Chemical Technology of Organic Materials SS 2012
“Figure / Table” and Arabic numerals should be written in
space created by the combination of Ctrl+Shift+Space keys.
bold. The caption for both tables and figures should clearly
At the end of the line the number and the unit are bound
and adequately describe the content of the table or figure.
together, they do not appear separated (meaning: the
number at the end of the line and unit at the beginning of
Table 1. Fonts and font sizes that have to be used in this paper.
entry
style
size
/ pt
1
title
Times New Roman
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2
author1)
Times New Roman bold italic
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abstract
Times New Roman
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main text
Times New Roman
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heading
Times New Roman bold
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Inline heading Times New Roman bold
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figure caption Times New Roman
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table title
Times New Roman
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table body
Times New Roman
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equations
Times New Roman
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references
Times New Roman
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1) use comma to differ more than one author and insert “and”
before the last author.
the following line).
font
Data tables should be provided in Microsoft Word
table format. Font and font size for the content of tables
should be Times New Roman 9 pt. The text inside the
Graphs should be prepared in Origin. For students
Origin is provided by the JKU free of charge and can be
downloaded
from:
https://software.im.jku.at/.
For
registration use k*matriculation number* as the user name
and your KUSSS password. The font used in graphs is
Times New Roman. The axis labels are 36 pt, and the
numerical values on the axis are 28 pt. Axis labels are
indicated as following: physical dimension / unit (e.g. T / K
or σ / MPa). Apply for the axis the following conditions:
Thickness: 2, Major and Minor ticks: IN. If you need to
write some text in the graph, use large enough fonts (>
20 pt). An example is given in Figure 1.
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Table should be aligned to the left, if necessary right (like
in the last column in Table 1). Tables should be embedded
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signifying each independent row of the content in the table.
A legend may be appended as a footnote adjacent to the
table, if necessary. Use only three horizontal black lines to
Rp / kgPE gcat h
table. The table must contain an entry as the first column,
-1
in the text. The text should explain the data displayed in the
visibly distinct the beginning and end of the table, and to
border the column declaration from the content of the table.
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2000
Units should be separated as following: MPa s-1.
4000
6000
Al/Ti ratio / mol mol
8000
10000
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Numerical values and units are separated by spacing; mA
and m A represent different units! Symbols and units must
Figure 1. Polymerization rate (Rp) as function of the Aluminum
be used in a consistent manner. The number format should
Titanium (Al/Ti) ratio. If the Figure was taken from a reference,
not use comma, but the decimal point. It is preferable to use
cite the reference in the caption.
scientific notation both in the text and the figures
Chemical structures must be prepared in ChemDraw.
(Examples: 3.5  10–4 A or 0.35 mA). Do not use
For students ChemDraw is provided by the JKU free of
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engineering notation, e.g. 3.5 E . Units (e.g. A cm , K, Ω)
charge
should be written in upright letters (not in italics). SI units
http://sitelicense.cambridgesoft.com/sitelicense.cfm?sid=17
must be used. Between the number and the unit, as well as
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between individual units (A cm ) use the unbreakable
For
and
can
registration
be
the
downloaded
required
E-mail
from:
address
k*matriculation number*@students.jku.at must be used.
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After registration an E-mail is sent to the named E-mail
account including the needed serial number. The JKU
students
account
can
be
entered
at:
https://mail.students.jku.at.
4. Conclusions (10 pt bold)
In this section a short summary of the information
presented in the paper and some conclusions should be
given.
Structure Drawing Preferences have to be used according to
the ACS style sheet with modification of the font from
Times New Roman to Arial. The configuration of
5. References (10 pt bold)
documents and objects can be stored in ChemDraw under:
All authors should be cited. References that contain et al. are
Document Settings (Go to File > Document Settings; click
not allowed with the exception of extreme cases with more than
the Drawing tab and configure the settings) and Object
Settings (Go to Object > Object Settings; configure the
settings and click OK; the settings you chose are applied
only to the selected object). Under File > Preferences
20 authors. The journal abbreviated name can be used and found
on CASSI website: http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp
References
must be listed in the CTO style only. All references should be
numbered sequentially [in square brackets] in the text and listed in
the same numerical order in the reference section.
choose the units with points and tolerance with 3 px.
See the CTO citation style as follows:
Settings for drawings and text are listed in Table 2.
Journal Reference: author(s), title, Journal, (year), volume(issue),
Table 2. Settings for drawings and text in ChemDraw.
entry
1
2
3
4
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8
9
setting
chain angle
bond spacing
fixed length
bold width
line width
margin width
hash spacing
font
size
page from-to.
value
120°
18% of width
14.4 pt (0.50 cm)
2.0 pt (0.071 cm)
0.6 pt (0.021 cm)
1.6 pt (0.096 cm)
2.5 pt (0.088 cm)
Arial
8 pt
Example:
[1] Gahleitner M., Neissl W., Paulik C., Two centuries of
polyolefins. Looking back, Kunststoffe, (2010), 100(9), 18-24.
Book Chapter Reference: author(s), title, In: book title, Ed.: Editor,
publisher, (year), volume, page from-to.
Example:
[2] Smolin E.M., Rapport L., s-Triazines and Derivatives, In: The
Equations should be numbered sequentially and they
should appear on a separate line, centered:
E  mc 2
Interscience Publishers Inc., NY, Interscience Publishers LTD.,
London, (1951), 309-387.
(1)
where: E = energy
m = mass
c = speed of light
Each physical dimension and abbreviation must be
explained upon first use (see above).
3. Discussion (10 pt bold)
This section presents your opinion about the topic and
gives an interpretation of the data.
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, Ed.: Weissberger, A.,
Patents: inventor(s), country indicator and patent number, (year
of filing), declarant.
Example:
[3] Dicke R., Burger M., Hahn C., Endesfelder A., Schwarzinger
C., Bretterbauer K., Schmidt H., EP2160383, (2008), AMI
Agrolinz Melamine International GmbH.
URL(WebPage): author(s) if known, title of the webpage/Webdocument, URL, (Accessed: day. month, date).
Seminar of Chemical Technology of Organic Materials SS 2012
Example:
[4] Dodd S., The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and
Editors, 2nd Ed., http://www.oup.com/us/samplechapters/0841234
620/?view=usa, (Accessed: 07. Mar., 2011).
Thesis: author, title, Ph.D. Thesis, university, (year).
Example:
[5] Curie M.S., Récherches sur les substances radioactives, Ph.D.
Thesis, A La Faculté des Sciences de Paris, (1903).