Instructions for Authors
   
  The growing interest and activity in the field of sensor technologies requires a forum for rapid dissemination of important results: Sensor Letters is that forum. SENSOR LETTERS offers scientists, engineers and medical experts timely, peer-reviewed research on sensor science and technology of the highest quality. SENSOR LETTERS publishes original rapid communications (letters), full research papers and timely state-of-the-art reviews (with author's biography and photo) encompassing the fundamental and applied research on sensor science and technology in all fields of science, engineering, and medicine. Highest priority will be given to letters reporting important new scientific and technological findings.
   
  SENSOR LETTERS POLICY: It is journal policy to publish only original and unpublished research work therefore SENSOR LETTERS does not wish to receive any papers on research work that has already been reported in parts or contains already published text, data, figures, tables or other illustrations or any copyright materials whatsoever that has been submitted or accepted for publication either in a journal or conference proceedings elsewhere in any form, in print or in electronic media. When submitting a manuscript, authors should make a full statement to the Editor-in-Chief or Editors that the research work contained in their manuscript is completely original and unpublished. If redundant or duplicate publication is attempted or occurs authors should expect immediate editorial action to be taken including prompt rejection of the submitted manuscript. Submission of any manuscript that contains redundant or duplicate publication of the same or very similar research work violates the policies of this journal.
   
  TYPES OF MANUSCRIPTS: There are no pages charges to authors to publish their research work in Sensor Letters. Sensor Letters publishes three categories of research papers.
   
  (1) RAPID COMMUNICATIONS: Highest priority will be given to the short communications reporting important new scientific and technological findings. Short communications on new findings with breakthrough results will be considered for accelerated publication though authors should provide a brief description why the manuscript be considered for fast tracking. No section headings should be used for these rapid communications.
   
  (2) FULL RESEARCH PAPERS: Full-length papers that report original research work on new ideas.
  (3) REVIEWS: The state-of-the-art review articles with author's short biography and photo will be published. Reviews are limited to a maximum length of 20 journal pages. It is authors? responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions to reproduce any previously published copyright materials from other sources.
   
  SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPT: Authors are encouraged to submit high quality original work that has not been published previously or submitted nor under consideration by other journals or conference proceedings elsewhere. Authors should use double spacing throughout the manuscript, including for the title page, abstract, keywords, text, acknowledgments, references, individual tables, and legends. Number pages consecutively, beginning with the title page. Authors should use the sequence: title page, abstract and keywords, text (introduction, experimental methods, results and discussion, conclusions), acknowledgments, references, legends, tables and figures (each on separate page). Enclose a signed copyright transfer agreement. Authors should not submit prior or duplicate publication or submission elsewhere of any part of the work as defined in the journal policy. For review articles, authors should include all permissions to produce previously published copyright material or illustrations.
Authors are encouraged to submit their manuscript electronically via our Electronic Submission System (PDF or Microsoft Word files) at: http://www.ephysics.des.upatras.gr/SensorLetters/. Alternatively an electronic copy or a set of four hardcopies of the manuscript can be mailed to the Editorial Office at:
   
 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Professor Dimitris Kouzoudis
Engineering Sciences Department
University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
Phone: +30-2610-996-880
Fax: +30-2610-996-846
Email: kouzoudis@des.upatras.gr
   
  Authors should submit a list of FIVE (5) potential referees accompanied with their complete mailing address, telephone, fax and email address, who may be contacted for reviewing the manuscript though refereeing is done by anonymous reviewers selected by the Editor-in-Chief or Editors.
   
  COVER ART: SENSOR LETTERS features new cover art time to time. Authors are encouraged to submit high quality color figure/illustration to have their published paper featured.
   
  LETTERS: Highest priority will be given to the short communications reporting important new scientific and technological findings. Rapid publication is provided for concise and up-to-date reports. These communications should not exceed five (5) published pages. No section headings should be used for the short communications, however headings and subheadings may be used for full research articles and reviews.
   
  RESEARCH ARTICLES: Full length papers that report original research work on new ideas in the fields of sensors.
   
  REVIEWS: The state-of-the-art review articles with author's short biography and photo will be published. Reviews are limited to a maximum length of 30 journal pages. It is authors’ responsibility to obtain written copyright permissions to reproduce any copyright materials from other sources. Authors are advised to cite proper references in figure/tables captions of all previously published figures/tables/illustrations including their own published work and obtain copyright permissions from appropriate publishers and authors.
   
  TYPING: All manuscripts must be in English, typed double-spaced on one side of the page throughout (including footnotes, references, tables, legends) on 8.5" x 11" or A4 white paper leaving at least 1 inch left hand margin.
   
  INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL: The first page of the manuscript should have a concise title limited to about 15 words and the names of all authors, complete mailing address for correspondence, telephone, fax numbers and email address. Please indicate with an asterisk (*) the author to whom correspondence regarding the manuscript should be directed.
   
  ABSTRACT: All manuscripts must contain an informative 100 to 250 words abstract explaining the essential contents of the work, key ideas and results.
   
  FIGURES: It is very important to supply high quality figures in a form suitable for reproduction. All figures, tables, illustrations, photographs should be prepared in such a way that they could be printed in a single column size with a width of 3 1/4 inches or 8.25 cm. Only if absolutely necessary should figures/tables/photos occupy double columns. Each figure must be referred to in the text and will be printed in black and white unless otherwise instructed by the authors. Each Figure should be submitted on a separate sheet and marked with the name of the author, title of manuscript and figure number. All formulae and figures should be carefully drafted and never drawn freehand. Use same font and size for all figure ligands. High quality original figures and glossy prints of all photographs are required. Photocopies of the figures and photographs are not acceptable.
   
  FREE COLOR PRINTING: Color illustrations are most welcome by the journal as they are effective in conveying complex graphs and photographs. Free color printing at the Editor-in-Chief's discretion, will provide an opportunity to publish color figures/illustrations in print at NO COST to the authors.
   
  PHOTOGRAPHS: Half-tone illustrations should be supplied as clear, glossy, unmounted prints. The author's name, title of manuscript and figure number should be written on the back.
   
  TABLES: Each table must be referred to in the text. Each table should be typed double-spaced on a separate sheet and identified sequentially by Arabic numerals corresponding to the order in which they appear in the text. Each table should have a brief explanatory title, which should be labeled unambiguously. The position of each table should be clearly marked in the text.
   
  UNITS: Internationally accepted units of measurement must be used. The units of measurement are used in conjunction with their numerical values; the units should be abbreviated as suggested below. If more commonly used units are adopted, conversion factors should be given at their first occurrence. Greek symbols may be used.
   
  %, ºC, nm, µm (not m), mm, cm, cm3, m, h (or hr), min, s (or sec), µg, mg, g (or gm), kg, cal, kcal, in. (or write out inch), ml [write out liter(s)].
   
  The APS style guide can be used as a general reference on matter of units, grammar and formatting.
   
  ABBREVIATIONS: No abbreviations are allowed in the title and abstract and should be defined the first time they are used within the text. The "SENSOR LETTERS" should be abbreviated as "Sensor Lett." for the journals/books citation purpose.
   
  REFERENCES: References should be in the proper format on a separate page, numbered in the sequence in which they occur in the text. Cite references numerically as superscripts in the text and list at the end of the manuscript. References should be listed in the following style:
   
  1. C. A. Grimes, E. C. Dickey, C. Mungle, K. G. Ong, and D. Qian, J. Appl. Phys. 90, 4134 (2001)
2. J. M. Cowley, Diffraction Physics, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1995)
3. W. Heimbrodt and P. J. Klar, in Magnetic Nanostructures, Edited by H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers, Los Angeles (2002), Chapter 1, pp.1-58
4. J. P. Turner and P. C. Chu, in Microelectronics, T. J. Kern, Ed., Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA (1995), Vol. 143, p.375.
   
  Do not use the phrases "et al." and "ibid." in the reference section. Instead, the names of all authors in a reference must be listed.
   
  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: These should be brief and placed at the end of the text before the references.
   
  PROOFS: Page proofs for the correction of printer's errors only will be dispatched to the corresponding author denoted with an asterik (*) unless otherwise requested. Alterations at this stage are not allowed as they are expensive and may have to be charged to the authors. The proofread copy and reprint order form must be returned within 72 hours.
   
  OFFPRINTS: Authors may order offprints of articles with a minimum of 100 from American Scientific Publishers (ASP) prior to publication. An order form accompanying the page proofs will be sent directly to the corresponding author (*). Please return your offprint order form with the page proofs.
   
  ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION: Upon acceptance of the manuscript for publication, authors should submit to the publisher a diskette or CD containing the final version of the manuscript accompanied by a hard copy printout to improve the accuracy and speed up the typesetting process. The disk or CD should be clearly labeled with the author's name, manuscript title, the date, and the hardware and software package used in preparation. The preferred medium is 3.5-inch diskette or a CD in Windows/MS-DOS or Macintosh. We are also able to accept line artwork/graphics on disk or CD if you supply us the source files to enables us to modify the artwork as required for the journal format.
   
  To speed up the reviewing process, editors will communicate with authors and the referees via email. ASP or Editor-in-Chief or Editors will not return manuscripts to authors and keep any records whatsoever after a formal decision has been made about the manuscript. Editors have the right to reject the manuscript.
   
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