Submission Guidelines

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts should be submitted, in duplicate to the Editor in Chief. Contributions should be in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

Papers in Bahasa Malaysia should be accompanied by an abstract in English.

The Manuscript, including the abstract, references, tables, figures and figures caption should be clearly typewritten, double-spaced and on one side only, on good A-4 size papers with ample margins. Each page of the manuscript should be numbered at the top. If the manuscript is typed with a word processor, please enclose the diskette containing the manuscript.

Tables and figures should be numbered in the order of appearance in the text. Each table and each figure should occupy a separate page in a form ready for reproduction and they shoal be large enough for reduction to a minimum of 50% of their original size.

Abstract should not be more than 300 words long for Letters.

References should be numbered in square brackets, e.g. [1], in the order or citation. The Following examples show the preferred format for references.

[1] Hunt, A (1991); J. Non-Cryst. Solid. 134, 187
[2] Sakka, S. (1998); Sol-Gel Technology for Thin Films, Fibres Performs, Electronics and Speciality Shapes; Ed. Lisa C. Klein. Noyes, New Jersey. Chap. 7, pp. 140.

All submitted papers will be acknowledged and referred. The acceptance and rejection of paper is the sole prerogative of the Editor. They will not be returned to the author.

Please send manuscripts to:

Prof Dr A. Halim Shaari
Editor in Chief, Solid State Science & Technology
Department of Physics, Universiti Putra Malaysia
43400 Serdang Selangor, Malaysia,
email ahalim@fsas.upm.edu.my