Instructions for Preparing Abstracts for the Conference NANOHARD 2009, May 24 - 27, 2009. (1 line) Name(s) of author(s) Affiliation(s) and address(es) Telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of corresponding author (2 lines) This set of instructions is in the style and format to be used by authors preparing abstracts for NANOHARD 2009. Please follow this example and these instructions when typing your abstract. THE FILE MUST NOT EXCEED 2 Mb. The abstract file can be sent as an attached file to: nanohard@nanohardbg.eu until the deadline submission March 25th, 2009. The filename and the mail subject must be: NANOHARD 2009_ J. Smith.doc (i.e. is the abstract submitted by J. Smith to the Conference NANOHARD 2009; J. Smith sends a mail to nanohard@nanohardbg.eu with NANOHARD2009_J.Smith as the subject and attaches the NANOHARD 2009_J. Smith. doc file to the mail) The abstract should be prepared as a Microsoft Word, version Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000 or XP. The abstract should be written in English and should be single-spaced throughout. Abstract format is Times New Roman, 12 point font. The abstract can be a maximum of two (2) pages, including figures and tables, size A4 (i.e. 210 x 297 mm) with 2.5 cm margins on all four sides. All figures, including captions, should be on the last page. Figures should be saved as .bmp, .gif, jpeg, .pict. or .tif, and inserted into the abstract. The abstract should be headed by the title, author(s), affiliation(s) and address(es). The abstract should also contain address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address to the corresponding author. Underline the name of the corresponding author. Begin the text two lines below the last line of the author/affiliation section. The topic and preferable presentation (oral or poster) should be noticed on the left bottom corner of the page. References should be listed as below [1] Dj.M. Maric, P.F. Meier and S.K. Estreicher: Mater. Sci. Forum Vol. 83-87 (1992), p. 119 [2] M.A. Green: High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells (Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 1987). A typical figure caption is shown on the second page of this template. Figures should be saved as BMP, GIF, JPEG, PCX, PICT, PNG or TIFF and inserted in the last page of the abstract submission. Deadline: March 25, 2009 (date of receipt) The corresponding author will be notified of the committee’s decision on the submitted abstract(s) by April 05, 2009. Authors whose abstracts are accepted will be asked to submit manuscripts for full paper before the Conference with deadline May 05, 2009. Typing and layout instructions can be found on the web page of the conference. Fig.1 Lattice parameter obtained by X-ray diffraction of the Ti-Si-N samples as a function of the Si content. The solid line is solely introduced as guidance.