Instructiontosubmitmanuscriptfor on-site proceedings
Osamu Nakagawara1, Eiji Kusano2 and Akira Kinbara3
1Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Yasu, Shiga, 5202393, Japan,
2Advanced Materials Science Research and Development Center, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Matto, Ishikawa, 9240838, Japan,
3The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 1538304, Japan,
If you wish to describe abstract of your manuscript, please type the text here. Accepted manuscript will be published as the on-site proceedings of ISSP2017.
Submit your PDF formatted manuscript to the committee via website until May 12, 2017.If you can not convert your manuscript to PDF file, please contact to ISSP 2017office. Please note that the copyright form is attached to your manuscript for the on-site proceedings.
1. Instruction for manuscript preparation
1.1 General
You should submit a PDF FORMATTED MANUSCRIPT. Read the following guidelines carefully: Papers must be written in English.The manuscript must fit within an area of 16.5 cm (6-1/2 in.) width by 25.4 cm (10 in.) height on A4 size (21.0 cm x 29.7 cm)or letter size sheets.
The numbers of pages permitted are 4 pages for each presentation (6 pages manuscript is permitted for invited presentation).
If authors need further pages, please contact ISSP2017 committee.
Clear font style and size, such as 10.5 point Times New Roman, is recommended so that all the letters in the text andin the figuresare not smaller than0.33cm (1/8 in.). 9-12 point Times New Roman is permitted if you don't have 10.5 point type. Either typewriter or word-processingtype is permitted as long as type is clear and high contrasts.
Papers must be laid out double column and typed in single space with appropriate spacing between paragraphs, sections,chapters and so on. Type the title in bold letters, Single-spaced. On a new line, type the author's names and their affiliations and addresses including e-mailaddress.
After the first page, remaining texts must start at the top of the second page.
1.2 Figures, tables and photographs
All figures and photographs should be sized and placed in the paper. DON'T put figures and photographs at the end of yourmanuscript. They should be clear and high contrast originals. Since the on-site proceedings will be provided via USB-memory, use of color photographs and figures is recommended.
Lines should be bold, and figures, symbols, letters should be large (9-12 point type is recommended) and well spaced for reading easily.
Roman numerals should be used for tables andArabic numerals for figures. Table captions should be centered above the tables. Figurecaptions should be centered below the figures.
1.3 Corrections
Authors should check their own manuscript carefully for typographical errors and small changes. The ISSP committee will NOT correctyour manuscript. If your native language is not English, it is recommended to ask natives to check the manuscript.
Papers received by the ISSP committee are considered to be in the final form as a camera ready manuscript.ISSP committee will make no correction for your manuscript. It should be noted that manuscript that does not meet the above requirements may not be included in the on-site proceedings.
After publication, original manuscript materials will NOT be returned to the authors. Authors are advised to prepare extra copies of themanuscript and figures for their own purposes in advance of submitting the paper for review and publication.
1.4 References
References to other papers should be consecutively numbered and listed at the end of the paper.
*ISSP References style
Journal articles
[1] H. Yukawa: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 28 (1989) 102.
[2] R. H. Bruce: Solid State Technol. 20 (1983) No. 10, 64.
Journal articles in without English
[3] T. Haseda: Oyo Buturi (58) 111 [ in Japanese ].
[4] V. I. Kozub: Fiz. Tekh. Poluprovodn. 9 (1984) 2284 translation: Sov. Phys. Semicond. 9 (1985) 1097.
Book references
[5] E. Podolsky and G. Boman: Plasama Acceleration,ed. S. W. Kash (Stanford Univ., Stanford, 1960), 2nd ed., Vol.1, Chap.3, p.12.
Proceedings
[6]G. P. Vella-Coleiro: Proc. Int. Conf. Plasma Chemistry,New York, 1992 (ABC Press, Pittsburgh, 1992) p. 351.
[7]H. Kitahara: Proc. 2nd Int. Symp. Sputtering & PlasmaProcesses, Tokyo, 1993 (ISSP'93 Committee, Tokyo, 1993) p. 201.
[8]M. Kitagawa: Proc. 18th Int. Conf. Plasma Physics, Kyoto, 1987, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 26 (1987) Suppl. 26-3, Pt. 1, p. 21.
Unpublished work citation
[9] R.T. Smith, presented at the 1994 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, 1994 (unpublished).
[10] B.W. Wilson: (private communication).
[11] Y. Kobayashi: PhD thesis, OsakaUniversity, Osaka, 1985.
[12] K. S. Jones: submit to Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.
[13] T. Hata: in preparation for publication.
References to patent
[14] M. Inoue and E. Setoyama: Japan Patent 663921 (1978)
Citation within the paper should be bracketed, e.g. [12]. There is no need to position reference number as a superscript (above the text line). However, if your word processor or typesetter can produce small numbers to designate references, these may be printed assuperscripts, e.g. 12). Book titles can be italicized instead of underlined.
ISSP committee recommends ISSP reference style. Other reference styles of JJAP, AIP, IEEE, and MRS journals are permitted in ISSPproceedings.
1.5 Address for submission and inquiries
You should submit PDF formatted file via web-form in ISSP web-site ( Recommended size of PDF file is less than 4M-byte. Please DO NOT forget to embed the fonts to the PDF file.
If you cannot convert your manuscript to PDF file, please contact to ISSP2017 office.
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2. Guide for presentation
2.1 General
All presentation should be given by English. Every oral presentation is presented again as poster presentation in the day. Therefore, speakers of oral session are requested to prepare poster presentation, too.
2.2 Style of presentations
*Invited Presentation (Oral and Poster)
Invited speakers present both oral and poster presentation. Oral presentation: 40 minutes for presentation including 5 minutes discussion,and Poster presentation: Evening session (based on the oral presentation).
*Presentation A & Manufacturer's Presentation (Oral and Poster)
The authors present both oral and poster presentation. Oral presentation: 20 minutes for presentation including 5 minutes discussion,and Poster presentation: Evening session (based on the oral presentation)
*Presentation B (Poster)
The authors present only poster presentation.
Poster presentation: Evening session
2.3 Equipment for presentation
2.3.1 Oral presentation
An LCD projector is prepared as equipment for presentations.Please test your laptop PC during the break time before your session. Bring the copy of your file for presentation saved in CD-R, CD-RW or USB memory for any possible trouble on your PC. Substitutive PC, in which Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Reader are installed, is prepared in the meeting place.
2.3.2 Poster presentation
A poster board of 1.8m width x 0.9m height is prepared for poster presentation. The presenting authors should prepare posters that are written in bigger font (over 24 points) for poster session. The presenting authors in the oral sessions also should present posters in the poster sessions for discussion based on their oral presentations. The copies of slides used in the oral session are permitted for the poster presentation.
Copyright Form
This form must be properly completed and signed by an authorized person and accompany your manuscript submitted for publication by the committee of the International Symposium on Sputtering & Plasma Processes (hereafter ISSP committee) in the Proceedings of ISSP2017-The 13th International Symposium on Sputtering & Plasma Processes.
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1. The consent of the first-named author be sought as a condition in granting republication permission to others.
2. The consent of the undersigned employer be obtained as a condition in granting permission to others to reuse all or portions of the paper for promotion or marketing purposes.
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