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Scope and Editorial Policy
– General Considerations – Types of Manuscripts – Functions of
Reviewers
– Revised Manuscripts – Just Accepted Manuscripts
Preparation of Manuscripts
– Submission of Manuscripts – Journal Publishing Agreement –
Table of Contents Graphic
– Cover Letter – Submission Details – Submitting Artwork for the
Journal Cover – Patent Activities and Intellectual Property Issues
Elements of Manuscripts
– Title – Author List – Abstract – Keywords – Text – References and
Footnotes
– Nomenclature – Supporting Information – Artwork | ACS Policies for Proofs, Eprints, and Reprints
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research at the interface of materials science, engineering, bio-related sciences, and chemistry. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature.
The emphasis is on papers that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials science, engineering, bio-related sciences, and chemistry into important applications. Among the basic areas the journal covers are advanced active and passive electronic, optical (including photonic), and magnetic materials, films, coatings, colloids, biomaterials and biointerfaces, polymer materials, hybrid and composite materials, nanomaterials, material stability, degradation and wear, and green/sustainable materials. Example applications include (but are not limited to) electronic, optical and electro-optical devices, sensors, biosensors, biocides, cell growth, diagnostics, coatings and adhesives, separation, catalysis, functional and active surfaces, patterning, membranes, energy conversion and storage, imaging (including bioimaging), and information processing and storage.
Manuscripts that are essentially reporting data or applications of data are, in general, not suitable for publication in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
All manuscripts are subject to critical, anonymous peer review. It is to be understood that the final decision relating to a manuscript’s suitability rests solely with the Editor.
Corresponding authors will receive 50 free electronic reprints via an Electronic Reprint
URL. There are no page charges associated with ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
Just Accepted manuscripts are peer-reviewed, accepted manuscripts that are posted on the
ACS Publications Web site prior to technical editing, formatting for publication, and author proofing—usually within 30 minutes to 24 hours of acceptance by the Editorial Office.
During the manuscript submission process, Authors can choose to have their manuscript posted online as a Just Accepted manuscript. To ensure rapid delivery of the accepted

manuscript to the Web, authors must adhere carefully to all requirements in the journal’s
Information for Authors. For further information, please refer to the Just Accepted FAQ, at http://services.acs.org/pubshelp/passthru.cgi?action=kb&item=244 . Note that publishing a manuscript as Just Accepted is not a means by which to comply with the NIH Public Access
Mandate . After a manuscript is technically edited and formatted, it will be removed from the
“Just Accepted” Web site and published as an ASAP article.
Accepted manuscripts will be published on the “Articles ASAP” page on the Journal Web site as soon as page proofs are corrected and all author concerns are resolved. Publication on the Web usually occurs within 1–4 working days of receipt of page proof corrections, and this can be anywhere from 2 to 11 weeks in advance of the cover date of the issue.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces publishes 6 types of papers
:
Letters, Articles, Reviews, invited Spotlights on Applications, invited Forum Articles, and Comments.
A.
Letters are short articles that report results whose immediate availability to the applied science and engineering community is deemed important. Letters are restricted to 2500 words or the equivalent (8 double-spaced word-processed pages of text and 3-4 figures), and no more than
30 references. A brief abstract of less than 100 words should be included. Letters are intended to provide rapid communication of important results and should be written in a form that is engaging and easy to follow. The narrative should flow continuously, without separate subsections, through introductory material, followed by a sufficient outline of the experiment to allow the reader to follow what was done, results presented and described in a way that captures their essential details, and concluding remarks. Experimental details that are not essential to the understanding of the Letter, but that would be useful for those trying to reproduce the experiment, or in providing helpful additional information for experts, should be included as supporting information. Letters often will be complete publications, but follow-up publication may occasionally be justified when the research is continued and a more complete account of the work is deemed necessary. Special efforts will be made to expedite the reviewing and the publication of Letters. The time for proof reading the galley proofs is relatively short. For this reason, authors of Letters should ensure that manuscripts are in final, error-free form when submitted.
B.
Articles should cover their subjects with thoroughness, clarity, and completeness but should be as concise as possible.
Abstracts to Articles are limited to 300 words and should summarize the significant results and conclusions. Articles are scheduled for publication in the order of acceptance within limitations of available space.
C.
Reviews are limited to a maximum of 10 journal pages (approximately 50 pages of doublespaced manuscript), including tables, figures, and references. Reviews should constitute concise, yet complete, surveys of the literature written by experts for non-experts. Their purpose is to acquaint the readers of the journal with recent progress in key materials or interfaces research areas, with a focus on application. Reviews should be written for a more general audience of
“materials scientists and engineers” and provide a balanced view of the topic in question.
Exclusive (or near exclusive) focus on the author’s research is discouraged in Reviews. Invited

and contributed Reviews will be considered for publication and will be peer-reviewed in the same manner as Letters and research Articles. Authors interested in contributing a Review may submit a one-page outline for consideration ( Schanze-office@ami.acs.org
). It is incumbent on authors to submit copyright permissions for material that is being reproduced from other sources.
D.
Spotlights on Applications are usually invited by the Editor and will be so designated. By focusing on active research areas, these articles are not intended to be standard reviews of the literature. The author will be asked to provide a clear, concise, and critical status report of the field as an introduction, and the author’s own contribution to the field should constitute the main body of the article. An emphasis should be placed on drawing a clear relationship between materials or interface synthesis, structure, and/or properties and the application that is the focus of the Spotlight. Authors in important active research fields in the area of applied materials and interfaces are encouraged to propose Spotlights. One-page proposals should be sent to the Editorin-Chief K. S. Schanze ( Schanze-office@ami.acs.org
) for consideration.
E.
Forum Articles. Occasionally a group of manuscripts that are focused in a particular topical area will be published as a Forum, which is essentially a “virtual symposium.” Scientists and engineers in important active research fields in the area of applied materials and interfaces are encouraged to propose Forum topics. One-page proposals should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief
K. S. Schanze ( Schanze-office@ami.acs.org
) for consideration.
F.
Comments are technical contributions providing, with supporting material, a respectful but alternative point of view to one that has appeared in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces .
G.
Additions/Corrections are intended to correct a significant mistake or omission in the original article that may mislead the reader or cause confusion. They are not intended to report subsequent scientific progress or refinements, which often in part consist of part reinterpreting previously published data.
Addition/Corrections should consist of a submitted manuscript document file that contains the following information: i.
The document title lines should include title, authors, affiliations and citation (including the DOI) of the original published manuscript. ii.
The submitted addition/correction manuscript file should contain text that explains exactly what is being corrected and why. A statement should also be included indicating whether the conclusions of the work have been affected, and if so in what way. iii.
All authors are deemed to be equally responsible for any errors. A statement of regret for the mistake may be included. Statements should not be included that attempt to assign responsibility for any errors or mistakes to any particular authors or persons. iv.
If graphics are being corrected, the manuscript file should contain the graphics, along with captions that clearly describe the contents of the figures. The figure(s) should be labeled with numbers consistent with the figure number(s) in the original paper that is
(are) being corrected.
The Editor requests the scientific advice of reviewers who are active in the area of research and development covered by the manuscript. The reviewers act only in an advisory capacity, and the final decision concerning a manuscript is the responsibility of the Editor. The reviewers are asked to comment not only on the scientific content but also on the manuscript’s suitability for

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
.
With respect to Letters
, the reviewers are asked to comment specifically on the urgency of publication. Authors must suggest, when submitting a manuscript, names and e-mail addresses of at least five scientists who could give a competent and objective evaluation of the work.
All reviews are anonymous, and the reviewing process is most effective if reviewers do not reveal their identities to the authors. An exception arises in connection with a manuscript submitted for publication in the form of a comment on the work of another author. Under such circumstances, the first author will, in general, be allowed to review the communication and to write a rebuttal. The rebuttal and the original communication may be published together in the same issue of the journal.
A manuscript sent back to an author for revision should be returned to the Editor as soon as possible. If a revision is not received within 21 days , it will be considered withdrawn. Revised manuscripts are sometimes sent back to the original reviewers, who are asked to comment on the revisions. If only minor revisions are involved, the Editor will examine the revised manuscript in light of the recommendations of the reviewers without seeking further opinions.
On resubmission, two copies of the final manuscript file will be required: (a) The final revised manuscript file that does not contain any highlighting or editing marks. This file should be uploaded as the primary manuscript document file; (b) A marked copy of the revised manuscript that shows changes made on revision clearly highlighted. This file should be uploaded separately from the manuscript file as Supporting Information for Review.
A letter from the author must also accompany the revised manuscript and provide a detailed account of how the author has responded to the reviewer’s and Editor’s comments, addressing each comment point-by-point The dates of receipt of the original and revised manuscripts will both appear in the publication.
Manuscripts must be submitted via the ACS Paragon Plus Environment
( http://paragonplus.acs.org/login ). Complete instructions and an overview of the electronic online (Web) submission process are available through the secure ACS Paragon Plus Web site.
Authors will view the PDF version of their manuscripts prior to formal submission to the Editor.
In response to the request for revision from the Editor, authors must also submit all revisions and final, accepted manuscripts via the ACS Paragon Plus Environment. The supported platforms and word processing packages are listed in the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Web home page via http://pubs.acs.org/acsami
.To use Web submission, authors must be able to provide electronic versions of text and graphics. Any Supporting Information should also be submitted electronically.
The Web submission site employs state-of-the-art security mechanisms to ensure that all electronically submitted papers are secure. These same security mechanisms are also utilized throughout the peer-review process, permitting access only to editors and reviewers who are assigned to a particular manuscript.
Authors are asked to embed graphics in the text. A mechanism is also provided for submitting an electronic cover letter to the Editor. Cover letters submitted directly as text in the Web

submission form are preferred for ease of reviewing over attachments of Word or pdf files.
Authors will be sent a message by e-mail acknowledging receipt of the manuscript. Manuscripts submitted as e-mail attachments will not be accepted.
A properly completed and signed Journal Publishing Agreement must be submitted for each manuscript. ACS Paragon Plus provides an electronic version of the Agreement that will be available on the My Authoring Activity tab of the Corresponding Author's Home page once the manuscript has been assigned to an Editor. A PDF version of the Agreement is also available, but
Authors are strongly encouraged to use the electronic Journal Publishing Agreement.
If the
PDF version is used, all pages of the signed PDF Agreement must be submitted.
If the
Corresponding Author cannot or should not complete either the electronic or PDF version for any reason, another Author should complete and sign the PDF version of the form. Forms and complete instructions are available at http://pubs.acs.org/page/copyright/journals/index.html
.
It is journal policy to not allow republication in an ACS Applied Materials & Interface article material that has already been made publically available (published or posted on the internet).
This restriction includes but is not limited to:
1) Articles or substantial material taken from documents posted on a pre-print archive site
2) Conference proceedings publications, or substantial material taken from such publications
These are considered prior publications and the usual restrictions for reuse of published material apply. (See guidelines on plagiarism and acceptable reuse of published material below.)
As exceptions, the Editors of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have determined that content from the following publically available sources may be reused, with permission from the copyright holder, in an ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Article (co)authored by at least one of the authors of the original material:
1) A thesis or dissertation required to obtain a degree.
2) A publically available research report that was mandated by a government agency or funding agency.
For detailed information about plagiarism and acceptable reuse of published material see the
ACS Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research , section B13. As a rule, it is not acceptable to reproduce sections of text from previously published work. Doing so constitutes plagiarism, and in any case usually indicates a lack of conceptual originality in the work. All revised manuscripts are checked using software that highlights overlap in text with existing publications. The results are evaluated by the editor, who makes a judgment as to whether the overlap is significant and constitutes plagiarism or self-plagiarism.
We recognize that reproduction of previously published figures, or reuse of data from those figures, is often useful when comparing new results with previous ones. This is acceptable practice, provided permission is obtained from the copyright owner of the original work (usually

the publisher) and credit to the original source is provided. (Reproduction of many figures from other publications is common and legitimate in review articles.)
The authors should disclose at the time of submission all potential sources of bias, including affiliations, funding sources, and financial or management relationships, that may constitute conflicts of interest. The corresponding author should provide a statement on behalf of all authors of a paper. For further information, please read the ACS Ethical Guidelines to
Publication of Chemical Research , section B12.
When submitting a manuscript to the Journal via ACS Paragon Plus, the submitting author is asked to identify the funding sources for the work presented in the manuscript.
Identifying funding sources is optional during submission of an original manuscript.
Funding source information is required when a revised manuscript is submitted.
All authors are encouraged to register for an ORCID iD, a unique researcher identifier.
With this standard identifier, you can create a profile of your research activities to distinguish yourself from other researchers with similar names, and make it easier for you colleagues to find your publications. Learn more at http://www.orcid.org
Authors and reviewers can add their ORCID iD to, or register for an ORCID iD from, their account in ACS Paragon Plus. Submitting authors have the option to provide existing ORCID iDs for coauthors during submission, but they cannot create new ORCID iDs for coauthors.
During manuscript submission, the submitting author must provide contact information (full name, email address, institutional affiliation and mailing address) for all of the co-authors.
Because all of the author names are automatically imported into the electronic Journal Publishing
Agreement, the names must be entered into ACS Paragon Plus in the same sequence as they appear on the first page of the manuscript. (Note that co-authors are not required to register in
ACS Paragon Plus.) The author who submits the manuscript for publication accepts the responsibility of notifying all co-authors that the manuscript is being submitted. Addition or deletion of an author after the manuscript has been submitted requires a confirming e-mail to the
Editor from every author whose name appears on the title page and from any author being deleted. For more information on ethical responsibilities of authors, see the Ethical Guidelines to
Publication of Chemical Research .
A graphic must be included with each manuscript for the Table of Contents (TOC). This graphic should be high-impact, capturing the reader’s attention, and in conjunction with the manuscript title, should give the reader a quick visual impression of the essence of the paper without providing specific results. Some of the best images are simple, relatively free of text and technical characters, and make use of color for visual impact. The graphic submitted for use on the Table of Contents is used for multiple purposes, including the document abstract and other situations where a representative graphic is required. The TOC graphic should be in the form of a

structure, graph, drawing, SEM/TEM photograph, or reaction scheme. It is best to stay away from complex structure schemes and small-sized details. The author must submit a graphic in the actual size to be used for the TOC that will fit in an area 1.4 in. high and 3.3 in. wide (3.6 cm ×
8.4 cm). Larger images will be reduced to fit within those dimensions. Type size of labels, formulas, or numbers within the graphic must be legible. Tables or spectra are not acceptable.
Captions, titles, and other text should not be included with this graphic. Provide the TOC graphic upon submission of the paper as the last page of the manuscript.
A letter must accompany the manuscript, should be entered as text in the html form during submission, and it must contain the following elements in the order listed.

A paragraph explaining why your manuscript is appropriate for ACS Applied Materials &
Interfaces.
This paragraph should clearly indicate what application is described in the work.

If the manuscript was previously rejected by ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
, provide the manuscript number of the rejected manuscript and a detailed response to each reviewer’s comments.

If the manuscript was previously rejected by any other ACS journal, provide the name of the journal, the manuscript number, an explanation of the basis for the rejection, and a statement granting ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces permission to obtain the Editor’s decision letter and review for the rejected manuscript. Also indicate if the newly submitted manuscript has been revised based on the previous reviews. If so, provide a detailed response to each reviewer’s comments.
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A statement confirming the manuscript, or its contents in some other form, has not been published previously by any of the authors and/or is not under consideration for publication in another journal at the time of submission.
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A description of any Supporting Information and/or Review-Only Material.
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The names and e-mail addresses of five possible reviewers.
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If the manuscript was invited, whether as part of a Forum, special issue, or as an individual contribution, this should be noted in the cover letter.
The following information is required for manuscript submission in the ACS Paragon Plus
Environment:

Type of Manuscript (Article
,
Letter
,
Comment
, Review, invited Forum Article, or invited
Spotlight on Application)

Manuscript Title

Abstract

Verification of Authorship or Submitting Agent

Name and contact information (including e-mail address) of the Corresponding Author

Name(s) and contact information (including e-mail address) of all other authors

Precautions for handling dangerous material or for performing hazardous procedures should be explicitly stated.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces features a different image on the cover of each issue. The image is usually related to work which is published in that particular issue. Authors are encouraged to submit images to be considered for use on future covers at the time of the initial submission of their manuscript.
Images to be considered for the cover should be submitted as TIF, EPS, or high-resolution PDF files with a resolution of at least 300 ppi (pixels per inch) for pixel-based images. The image size is 8.5 in
×
8.8 in, 21.6 cm
×
22.4 cm, or 2530 pixels
×
2640 pixels. The minimum acceptable resolution is 300 ppi. More information may be found in the Digital Image Guidelines for
Journal Cover Graphics in the ACS Paragon Plus Environment. Please include a separate copyright (for unpublished image) or a permission to reproduce in all media form (for previously published images) for each image submitted, the name of the person who created the image, and a brief description of the image. The copyright transfer process required prior to publication of a cover is usually most straightforward when the graphic is generated by one of the authors themselves, based on elements from the submitted manuscript. Additional copyright and permissions information may be found at http://pubs.acs.org/page/copyright/index.html
.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that all patent activities and intellectual property issues are satisfactorily resolved prior to first publication ( Just Accepted , ASAP, or in issue). Acceptance and publication will not be delayed for pending or unresolved issues of this nature. The actual date on which an accepted paper is published on the Web is recorded on the Web version of the manuscript and on the first page of the PDF version.
Authors may want to have their manuscripts edited professionally before submission to improve clarity. The ACS ChemWorx English Editing Service can assist you in improving and polishing the language in your manuscript. You can learn more about the services offered, at http://es.acschemworx.acs.org
.
Authors should consult a recent issue of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces and The ACS Style
Guide , 3rd ed. (2006) Oxford University Press, Order Department, 201 Evans Road, Cary NC
27513, for formal guidance. All pages must be numbered. Any author who is not fluent in idiomatic English is urged to obtain assistance with manuscript preparation from a fluent colleague or the ACS ChemWorx English Editing Service, as manuscripts with grammar deficiencies are sometimes handicapped during the scientific review process.
Titles should clearly and concisely reflect the emphasis and content of the paper. Titles are of great importance for current awareness and information retrieval and should be carefully constructed for these purposes.

Bylines should include all those who have made substantial contributions to the work. To facilitate indexing and retrieval and for unique identification of an author, use first names, initials, and surnames (e.g., John R. Smith) or first initials, second names, and last names (e.g., J.
Robert Smith). At least one author must be designated with an asterisk to indicate the person to whom readers may send correspondence.
Below the author list should be a list of the authors’ affiliations. This should also include the contact author’s contact information.
All Articles, Letters, Reviews, Forum Articles, and Spotlights on Applications must be accompanied by an abstract, which should state briefly the purpose of the research (if this is not contained in the title), the principal results, and major conclusions.
All Articles, Letters, Reviews, Forum Articles, and Spotlight on Applications must be accompanied by 5-8 keywords. These keywords will appear in the PDF version of the article and will also be used as a search term in the HTML version of the article.
All sections of the paper must be presented in a clear and concise manner. Authors should include an introductory statement outlining the scientific motivation for the research. The statement should clearly specify the relevance of the present work to applications, the problems it has solved or the practical advances it will enable. In Articles (but not Letters), the introduction should be a separate section of the paper. In the discussion section, the author should discuss the significance of his/her observations, measurements, or computations and their implications for the applications outlined in the introductory section. An extensive review of prior work is not appropriate in Letters and Articles, and documentation of the literature should be selective rather than exhaustive, particularly if reviews can be cited. Tabulation of experimental results is encouraged whenever it leads to a more effective presentation or economical use of space.
Authors are encouraged to make extensive use of the Supporting Information format, because this material is now widely available on the Web at http://pubs.acs.org
. Figure captions should be concise and easy to read, but should be sufficiently detailed to provide a reasonable understanding of the figures without reference to the main text. For example, in a graph the caption should include enough information to readily distinguish between different datasets, provide an indication of the statistics used to derive error bars, and indicate briefly any trend that is shown. In the case of an image, the sample, imaging technique and scale should be clearly provided.
Particular attention should be given to ensuring that experimental procedures are reported in sufficient detail to allow full understanding by the expert reader to the extent that would allow ready reproduction of the experiments. (References to methods used in previous publications may be used, provided the details are very similar.) Technical details that are not essential, but would nevertheless be useful to anyone wanting to fully understand the experiments may be included as Supporting Information. (This may be especially useful in the case of Letters, where

succinct communication in the main text is paramount.) Rigorous attention to the control and measurement of experimental parameters should be described, including considerations of possible sources of systematic and statistical errors, such that the conclusions of the article may be fully justified. It is especially important when describing device characterization to indicate how many devices were characterized and to differentiate between average, typical, and bestcase results. A Perspective in ACS Nano ( http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn402883g ) on reporting performance in organic photovoltaic devices provides some useful and generally applicable guidance.
References in all ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces article types now require the use of the full title of the referenced article.
References and explanatory notes should be grouped at the end of the manuscript and typed double-spaced. They should be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text as well as individually, with only one citation per reference (no a, b, c, etc. within a numerical reference). Titles should be included in references and written in title case, i.e., with the initial letter of each significant word capitalized.
All author names must be in the last name, first initial order. The total number of references should typically not exceed 30 for Letters or 70 for Articles or Spotlights on Applications. The proportion of self-citations should be reasonable such that they are included, along with representative citations to other work, as part of a balanced view of the field. Papers should not depend on unpublished material for their usefulness, and excessive reference to material in press is discouraged. References should adhere to ACS journal format with proper punctuation arrangement. References to published journal articles should include the following components: author names, article titles , CAS Source Index (CASSI) journal abbreviations, year, volume number, and full page ranges. See the examples below.
Reference Format.
(1) Boisselier, E.; Astruc, D. Gold Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine: Preparations, Imaging,
Diagnostics, Therapies and Toxicity. Chem. Soc. Rev.
2009 , 38 , 1759–1782.
(2) Cottrell, T. L. The Strengths of Chemical Bonds , 2nd ed; Butterworth Scientific
Publications: London, 1958.
(3) Wong, K. T.; Bent, S. F. In Functionalization of Semiconductor Surfaces ; Tao, F.,
Bernasek, S. L., Eds.; Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, 2012; Chapter 5, pp 89−103.
(4) Janiak, J. Phase Behavior and Solution Properties of Aqueous Polyion-Surfactant Ion
Systems. Ph.D. Thesis, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 2012.
(5) Kilian, K. A.; Bugarija, B.; Lahn, B. T.; Mrksich, M. Geometric Cues for Directing the
Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
2010 , 107,
4872-4877.
For work published online (ASAP) and work submitted for publication (e.g., submitted; in press), the DOI should be furnished in addition to the standard bibliographic information. DOI is an accepted form of citation before and after the article appears in an issue:
(6) Brown, A.; Ngai, T. Y.; Barnes, M. A.; Key, J. A.; Cairo, C. W .
Substituted
Benzoxadiazoles as Fluorogenic Probes: A Computational Study of Absorption and
Fluorescence.
J. Phys. Chem. A 2011 , DOI: 10.1021/jp2079296.

Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the references. Because subscribers to the Web edition are now able to click on the “CAS” tag following each reference to retrieve the corresponding abstract at Chemical Abstracts Service, reference accuracy is critical.
Nomenclature should conform to current American usage. Insofar as possible, authors should use systematic names similar to those used by Chemical Abstracts Service and the International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Chemical Abstracts (CA) nomenclature rules are described in Appendix IV of the Chemical Abstracts Index Guide. For CA nomenclature advice, consult the Manager of Nomenclature Services, Chemical Abstracts Service, P.O. Box 3012,
Columbus, OH 43210-0012. A name generation service is available for a fee through CAS Client
Services, 2540 Olentangy River Road, P.O. Box 3343, Columbus, OH 43210-0334; Telephone:
(614) 447-3870; Telefax: (614) 447-3747; or E-mail: answers@cas.org
.
Authors are strongly encouraged to use Supporting Information to submit extensive tables, graphs, spectra, mathematical derivations, expanded discussion of peripheral points, or other material that, although essential to the specialized reader who needs all the data or all the detail, does not help and often hinders the effective presentation of the work being reported. The
Supporting Information will be included in the Web edition of the journal and is available free of charge to the public. Authors are encouraged to make use of this resource, in the interest of shorter articles (which mean more rapid publication) and clearer, more readable presentation.
Although auxiliary by definition, the supporting materials are archived as part of the scientific record and should be prepared with the same care and integrity as the main body of the article.
Supporting Information must be submitted at the same time as the manuscript and uploaded separately to the ACS Paragon Plus Environment. A list of acceptable file types is available on the Web. All Supporting Information files of the same type should be prepared as a single file
(rather than submitting a series of files containing individual images or structures). For example, all Supporting Information available as PDF files should be contained in one PDF file.
The Supporting Information section should be preceded by a cover page that is labeled at the top as “Supporting Information” and provides the title, authors, author affiliations, and corresponding author’s contact information. The title and the author list must match the title and author list in the manuscript file. The Supporting Information should begin on the second page.
Page numbers should be included in the Supporting Information file and formatted as “S1, S2,
S3, etc”. Figures, Schemes, and Tables should be labeled as “S1, S2, S3, etc”.
Do not upload figures and tables that are to be published in the primary article in the Supporting
Information File.
A paragraph should appear at the end of the paper indicating the nature of the material and the means by which the interested reader may obtain copies directly. Use the following format:
Supporting Information Available : Description of the material. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

General Considerations.
Insert your illustrations into the manuscript following the Web instructions for manuscript preparation. See http://pubs.acs.org/page/aamick/submission/index.html
for additional guidance. All figures, tables, and schemes must be cited in the text chronologically. Figures, schemes, and tables must be embedded in the text of the manuscript (not grouped at the end of the manuscript). Where applicable, provide error limits on data and pay attention to the proper use of significant figures when presenting numerical data. Illustrations must fit a one- or two-column format on the journal page: For efficient use of journal space, single-column illustrations are preferred. For best results, submit illustrations in the actual size at which they should appear in the journal.
Original illustrations that do not need to be reduced to fit a single or double column will yield the best quality. Lettering should be no smaller than 4.5 points. (Helvetica or Arial type works well for lettering.) Lines should be no thinner than 0.5 point. Lettering and lines should be of uniform density. If you must submit artwork that must be reduced, use larger lettering and thicker lines so that, when reduced, the artwork meets the above-mentioned parameters. Avoid using complex textures and shading to achieve a three-dimensional effect. To show a pattern, choose a simple crosshatch design.
Chemical Structures.
Structures should be produced with the use of a drawing program such as
ChemDraw. Structure drawing preferences (preset in the ACS Stylesheet in ChemDraw) are as follows:
(1) As drawing settings select: chain angle bond spacing fixed length bold width line width margin width hash spacing
120º
18% of width
14.4 pt (0.508 cm, 0.2 in.)
2.0 pt (0.071 cm, 0.0278 in.)
0.6 pt (0.021 cm, 0.0084 in.)
1.6 pt (0.056 cm, 0.0222 in.)
2.5 pt (0.088 cm, 0.0347 in.)
(2) As text settings select: font size
Arial/Helvetica
10 pt
(3) Under the preferences choose: units tolerances points
5 pixels
(4) Under page setup choose:
Paper US Letter
Scale 100%
Authors using other drawing packages should, in as far as possible, modify their program’s parameters so that they reflect the above guidelines.
Correspondence regarding accepted manuscripts should be directed to Journal Publications,
American Chemical Society, 2540 Olentangy River Road, P.O. Box 3330, Columbus, OH 43210
(fax 614-447-3745; e-mail acsproof@acs.org
). The corresponding author of an accepted

manuscript will receive e-mail notification and complete instructions when page proofs are available for review via a secure Web site
.
Authors will access the secure site through ACS
ChemWorx and will need an ACS ID. To obtain an ACS ID or to reset your password, go to www.acschemworx.org. The attention of the authors is directed to the instructions that accompany the proof, especially the requirement that all corrections, revisions, and additions be entered on the proof and not on the manuscript. Proofs should be carefully checked against the manuscript (in particular all tables, equations, and formulas) and returned within 48 h of receipt in order to ensure timely publication of the manuscript
.
Routine rephrasing of sentences or additions are not permitted at the page proof stage. Alterations should be restricted to serious changes in interpretation or corrections of data. Extensive or important changes on page proofs, including changes to the title or list of authors, are subject to Editorial review. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that all authors listed on the manuscript agree with the changes made on the proofs.
Under the ACS Articles on Request policy
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ACS AuthorChoice offers authors a wider range of open access license options, such as Creative
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