Guidelines for Preparation of Abstracts (Title Max 200 Characters Including Spaces)

GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF ABSTRACTS (TITLE MAX 200 CHARACTERS INCLUDING SPACES)

João A. Silva,a Manuel L. Monteirob (max 40 characters per name including spaces)

aCentro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. bCentro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Portugal. E-mail: (max 100 characters per one affiliation/address including spaces, please put here only the essential data such as name of the Institution, City and Country)

Note: This template can only be used for the preparation/viewing of your draft, but not for its submission. Please note that the final aspect of the Abstract (e.g. text size, image size, formatting, margins etc.) will be adjusted during the compilation of the Book of Abstracts.

Abstract should be constructed online using Leading Abstract Submission Platform by copying the parts of your Abstract (created externally in WORD or similar software) to the corresponding windows of the Abstract Submission page. Abstract should fit within one A4 page. Margins: 30 mm top and bottom, 25 mm left and right. The length of the abstract is limited to a maximum of 2500 characters including spaces. Tables, figures, references and acknowledgements will count as text and are included in the maximum number of 2500 characters.

Author’s Affiliation (Company/University): should only include essential information such as the Institution name, City and Country. All other information should be added to the Registration form. E-mail address of the presenter should also be provided.

Structural formulae, equations, schemes, and figures: should be submitted as a single image. It should be of a jpeg type (max 5Mb size), and of a sufficient quality for direct reproduction. During formatting, this image will be adjusted as 15x5cm frame (in order to achieve a best fit, please prepare your image considering 1:3 ratio between height and width). Please note that an image counts as 500 characters.

References: Should be indicated sequentially in the text by numbers in square brackets. They should then be listed at the end of the text. The author´s names (see example below) are followed by the Journal Name in italics, year, volume (in italics) and the initial page number.

[1] J.A. Silva, M.L. Monteiro, Dalton Trans. 2006, 80, 1625. [2] J.A. Silva, M.L. Monteiro, Inorg. Chem. 2007, 25, 2012.