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\textbf{NEW SUBMISSIONS}~\\

Submission to this journal proceeds totally online and you will be
guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of your files. The
system automatically converts your files to a single PDF file, which is
used in the peer-review process.\\

As part of the Your Paper Your Way service, you may choose to submit
your manuscript as a single file to be used in the refereeing process.
This can be a PDF file or a Word document, in any format or lay-out that
can be used by referees to evaluate your manuscript. It should contain
high enough quality figures for refereeing. If you prefer to do so, you
may still provide all or some of the source files at the initial
submission. Please note that individual figure files larger than 10 MB
must be uploaded separately.\\

Please note that the instructions related to Units still apply to all
new submissions.\\

\textbf{Nomenclature}~\\

Nomenclature should conform to current scientific usage. Author(s)
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 can be found in Appendix IV
of the Chemical Abstracts Index Guide.\\

\emph{IUPAC Guidelines for Polymer Nomenclature}\\

Authors are invited to follow IUPAC recommendations for naming and
drawing polymers. A two-page guide is available
here:\url{http://www.iupac.org/nc/home/projects/project-db/project-details.html?tx\_wfqbe\_pi1\%5Bproject\_nr\%5D=2008-032-1-400}\\

\textbf{\emph{Introduction}}~\\

For full-length manuscripts, a proper~\emph{introduction}~is required.
The purpose of the introduction is to briefly summarise previous work
and recent progress in the field and not to repeat information found in
previous publications. The introduction must be kept to a minimum length
and only references that pertain to the information in the manuscript
should be used. For shorter articles, introductions should be
correspondingly brief.\\

The title should be concise, informative and representative of the
contents of the manuscript.\\

\textbf{Abstract}~\\

An abstract of approximately 100 to 150 words identifying the new and
significant results of the study must be provided for all manuscripts,
including articles, reviews, and communications. The abstract should
comprise a brief and factual account of the contents and conclusions of
the paper as well as an indication of any new information presented and
its relevance. Abstracts should be self-contained. References to
formulae, equations or references that appear in the main text are not
permissible.\\

\textbf{Graphical Abstract}~\\

\textbf{In addition to the Abstract, which will appear at the beginning
of the text, the author should provide a graphical abstract (TOC). The
TOC graphic should capture 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. It should be in the form of a
structure, graph, drawing, TEM/SEM/AFM micrograph, or reaction scheme
without any added text. Tables or spectra are not acceptable. Color is
encouraged. Type size of labels, formulas, or numbers within the graphic
must be legible. The graphic should be submitted as a separate file in
either TIFF, JPG, Word, or Powerpoint format.}\\

\textbf{\emph{Experimental}}~\\

The~\emph{experimental}~section should provide sufficient detail of the
materials, methods and equipment to allow repetition of the work
elsewhere, but should not contain excessive detail of commonly used
procedures. Precautions for handling dangerous material or for
performing hazardous procedures should be explicitly stated.\\

\textbf{\emph{References}}~\\

There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission.
References can be in any style or format as long as the style is
consistent. Where applicable, author(s) name(s), journal title/book
title, chapter title/article title, year of publication, volume
number/book chapter and the pagination must be present. Use of DOI is
highly encouraged. The reference style used by the journal will be
applied to the accepted article by Elsevier at the proof stage. Note
that missing data will be highlighted at proof stage for the author to
correct.\\

\textbf{\emph{Formatting requirements}}~\\

There are no strict formatting requirements but all manuscripts must
contain the essential elements needed to convey your manuscript, for
example Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods,
Results, Conclusions, Artwork and Tables with Captions.\\

If your article includes any Videos and/or other Supplementary material,
this should be included in your initial submission for peer review
purposes.\\

Divide the article into clearly defined sections.\\

\textbf{\emph{Figures and tables embedded in text}}~\\

Please ensure the figures and the tables included in the single file are
placed next to the relevant text in the manuscript, rather than at the
bottom or the top of the file.\\

\textbf{REVISED SUBMISSIONS}\\

\textbf{\emph{Supplementary data}}~\\

Elsevier accepts electronic supplementary material to support and
enhance your scientific research. Supplementary files offer the author
additional possibilities to publish supporting applications,
high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips and more.
Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the
electronic version of your article in Elsevier Web products, including
ScienceDirect:~\href{http://www.sciencedirect.com/}{http://www.sciencedirect.com}.
In order to ensure that your submitted material is directly usable,
please provide the data in one of our recommended file formats. Authors
should submit the material in electronic format together with the
article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For
more detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages
at~\url{http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions}.\\

Authors should be encouraged to submit their supplementary data in PDF
format and include a note at the end of the manuscript with a link to
the materials free of charge.\\

\textbf{\emph{Subdivision - unnumbered sections}}~\\

Divide your article into clearly defined sections. Each subsection is
given a brief heading. Each heading should appear on its own separate
line. Subsections should be used as much as possible when
cross-referencing text: refer to the subsection by heading as opposed to
simply ``the text''.\\

The main text should include introduction, experimental section,
results, discussion and conclusion. All footnotes (except for table
footnotes) should be identified with superscript Arabic numbers.
Headings and subheadings for different sections of the papers should be
used and clearly identified. If each section needs to be numbered, a
sequence such as 2., 2.1., 2.1.1., etc should be used. All tables and
figures must be mentioned in the text. Trade names should have an
initial capital letter.\\

\textbf{Math formulae}~\\

Detailed mathematical discussion should be placed in an appendix.
Equations and formulae should be typewritten.\\

\textbf{\emph{Conclusions}}~\\

The main conclusions of the study may be presented in a short
Conclusions section, which may stand alone or form a subsection of a
Discussion or Results and Discussion section. Please note that the
conclusions should not repeat the summary.\\

\textbf{\emph{Color artwork}}~\\

Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF,
EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If, together
with your accepted article, you submit usable color figures then
Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge, that these figures will
appear in color on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites)
regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color
in the printed version.~\textbf{For color reproduction in print, you
will receive information regarding the costs from Elsevier after receipt
of your accepted article}. Please indicate your preference for color in
print or on the Web only. For further information on the preparation of
electronic artwork, please
see\url{http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions}.~\\

Please note: Because of technical complications which can arise by
converting color figures to ``gray scale'' (for the printed version
should you not opt for color in print) please submit in addition usable
black and white versions of all the color illustrations.\\

At the editors discretion colour may be provided at no cost to the
author, if it is deemed essential to the clarity and presentation of the
article. Colour illustrations should be scanned at 300 dpi (500 dpi for
halftones/line art combinations).\\

\textbf{\emph{Use of word processing software}}~\\

Regardless of the file format of the original submission, at revision
you must provide us with an editable file of the entire article. Keep
the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will
be removed and replaced on processing the article. The electronic text
should be prepared in a way very similar to that of conventional
manuscripts (see also
the~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/guidepublication}{Guide to Publishing
with Elsevier}). See also the section on Electronic artwork.~\\

To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised to use the
`spell-check' and `grammar-check' functions of your word processor.\\

\textbf{Article structure}\\

\textbf{\emph{Results}}~\\

Results should be clear and concise.\\

\textbf{\emph{Discussion}}~\\

This should explore the significance of the results of the work, not
repeat them. A combined Results and Discussion section is often
appropriate. Avoid extensive citations and discussion of published
literature.\\

\textbf{Essential title page information}~\\

*~\emph{\textbf{Title.}}~Concise and informative. Titles are often used
in information-retrieval systems. Avoid abbreviations and formulae where
possible.\\

*~\emph{\textbf{Author names and affiliations.}}~Please clearly indicate
the given name(s) and family name(s) of each author and check that all
names are accurately spelled. Present the authors' affiliation addresses
(where the actual work was done) below the names. Indicate all
affiliations with a lower-case superscript letter immediately after the
author's name and in front of the appropriate address. Provide the full
postal address of each affiliation, including the country name and, if
available, the e-mail address of each author.\\

*~\emph{\textbf{Corresponding author.}}~Clearly indicate who will handle
correspondence at all stages of refereeing and publication, also
post-publication.~\textbf{Ensure that the e-mail address is given and
that contact details are kept up to date by the corresponding author.}\\

*~\emph{\textbf{Present/permanent address.}}~If an author has moved
since the work described in the article was done, or was visiting at the
time, a `Present address' (or `Permanent address') may be indicated as a
footnote to that author's name. The address at which the author actually
did the work must be retained as the main, affiliation address.
Superscript Arabic numerals are used for such footnotes.\\

\textbf{\emph{Highlights}}~\\

Highlights are mandatory for this journal. They consist of a short
collection of bullet points that convey the core findings of the article
and should be submitted in a separate editable file in the online
submission system. Please use `Highlights' in the file name and include
3 to 5 bullet points (maximum 85 characters, including spaces, per
bullet point). You can
view~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/highlights}{example Highlights}~on
our information site.\\

\textbf{\emph{Acknowledgements}}~\\

Collate acknowledgements in a separate section at the end of the article
before the references and do not, therefore, include them on the title
page, as a footnote to the title or otherwise. List here those
individuals who provided help during the research (e.g., providing
language help, writing assistance or proof reading the article, etc.).\\

\textbf{\emph{Formatting of funding sources}}~\\

List funding sources in this standard way to facilitate compliance to
funder's requirements:\\

Funding: This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health
{[}grant numbers xxxx, yyyy{]}; the Bill \& Melinda Gates Foundation,
Seattle, WA {[}grant number zzzz{]}; and the United States Institutes of
Peace {[}grant number aaaa{]}.\\

It is not necessary to include detailed descriptions on the program or
type of grants and awards. When funding is from a block grant or other
resources available to a university, college, or other research
institution, submit the name of the institute or organization that
provided the funding.\\

If no funding has been provided for the research, please include the
following sentence:\\

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies
in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.\\

\textbf{\emph{Units}}~\\

Follow internationally accepted rules and conventions: use the
international system of units (SI). If other units are mentioned, please
give their equivalent in SI.\\

\textbf{\emph{Footnotes}}~\\

Footnotes should be used sparingly. Number them consecutively throughout
the article. Many word processors build footnotes into the text, and
this feature may be used. Should this not be the case, indicate the
position of footnotes in the text and present the footnotes themselves
separately at the end of the article.\\

\textbf{Artwork}\\

\textbf{\emph{Electronic artwork}}~\\

\emph{General points}\\

* Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing of your original
artwork.~\\

* Preferred fonts: Arial (or Helvetica), Times New Roman (or Times),
Symbol, Courier.~\\

* Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.~\\

* Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.~\\

* Indicate per figure if it is a single, 1.5 or 2-column fitting
image.~\\

* For Word submissions only, you may still provide figures and their
captions, and tables within a single file at the revision stage.~\\

* Please note that individual figure files larger than 10 MB must be
provided in separate source files.\\

A detailed~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions}{guide on
electronic artwork}~is available.\\

\textbf{You are urged to visit this site; some excerpts from the
detailed information are given here.}~\\

\emph{Formats}~\\

Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is
finalized, please `save as' or convert the images to one of the
following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings,
halftones, and line/halftone combinations given below):~\\

EPS (or PDF): Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as
`graphics'.~\\

TIFF (or JPG): Color or grayscale photographs (halftones): always use a
minimum of 300 dpi.~\\

TIFF (or JPG): Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.~\\

TIFF (or JPG): Combinations bitmapped line/half-tone (color or
grayscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.~\\

\textbf{Please do not:}~\\

* Supply files that are optimized for screen use (e.g., GIF, BMP, PICT,
WPG); the resolution is too low.~\\

* Supply files that are too low in resolution.~\\

* Submit graphics that are disproportionately large for the content.\\

\textbf{\emph{Figure captions}}~\\

Ensure that each illustration has a caption. A caption should comprise a
brief title (\textbf{not}~on the figure itself) and a description of the
illustration. Keep text in the illustrations themselves to a minimum but
explain all symbols and abbreviations used.\\

\textbf{References}\\

\textbf{\emph{Citation in text}}~\\

Please ensure that every reference cited in the text is also present in
the reference list (and vice versa). Any references cited in the
abstract must be given in full. Unpublished results and personal
communications are not recommended in the reference list, but may be
mentioned in the text. If these references are included in the reference
list they should follow the standard reference style of the journal and
should include a substitution of the publication date with either
`Unpublished results' or `Personal communication'. Citation of a
reference as `in press' implies that the item has been accepted for
publication.\\

\textbf{\emph{Web references}}~\\

As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when the
reference was last accessed. Any further information, if known (DOI,
author names, dates, reference to a source publication, etc.), should
also be given. Web references can be listed separately (e.g., after the
reference list) under a different heading if desired, or can be included
in the reference list.\\

\textbf{\emph{Reference management software}}~\\

Most Elsevier journals have their reference template available in many
of the most popular reference management software products. These
include all products that
support~\href{http://citationstyles.org/}{Citation Style Language
styles}, such
as~\href{http://www.mendeley.com/features/reference-manager}{Mendeley}~and~\href{http://www.zotero.org/}{Zotero},
as well as~\href{http://endnote.com/downloads/styles}{EndNote}. Using
the word processor plug-ins from these products, authors only need to
select the appropriate journal template when preparing their article,
after which citations and bibliographies will be automatically formatted
in the journal's style. If no template is yet available for this
journal, please follow the format of the sample references and citations
as shown in this Guide.\\

Users of Mendeley Desktop can easily install the reference style for
this journal by clicking the following link:\\

\url{http://open.mendeley.com/use-citation-style/polymer}\\

When preparing your manuscript, you will then be able to select this
style using the Mendeley plug-ins for Microsoft Word or LibreOffice.\\

\textbf{\emph{Reference style}}~\\

\emph{Text:}~Indicate references by number(s) in square brackets in line
with the text. The actual authors can be referred to, but the reference
number(s) must always be given.\\

Example: `\ldots{}.. as demonstrated {[}3,6{]}. Barnaby and Jones
{[}8{]} obtained a different result \ldots{}.'~\\

\emph{List:}~Number the references (numbers in square brackets) in the
list in the order in which they appear in the text.~\\

\emph{Examples:}~\\

Reference to a journal publication:~\\

{[}1{]} J. van der Geer, J.A.J. Hanraads, R.A. Lupton, The art of
writing a scientific article, J. Sci. Commun. 163 (2010) 51--59.~\\

Reference to a book:~\\

{[}2{]} W. Strunk Jr., E.B. White, The Elements of Style, fourth ed.,
Longman, New York, 2000.~\\

Reference to a chapter in an edited book:~\\

{[}3{]} G.R. Mettam, L.B. Adams, How to prepare an electronic version of
your article, in: B.S. Jones, R.Z. Smith (Eds.), Introduction to the
Electronic Age, E-Publishing Inc., New York, 2009, pp. 281--304.\\

Reference to a website:\\

{[}4{]} Cancer Research UK, Cancer statistics reports for the UK.
\url{http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/aboutcancer/statistics/cancerstatsreport/},
2003 (accessed 13.03.03).\\

\textbf{\emph{Journal abbreviations source}}~\\

Journal names should be abbreviated according to
the~\href{http://www.issn.org/services/online-services/access-to-the-ltwa/}{List
of Title Word Abbreviations}.\\

\textbf{Video}~\\

Elsevier accepts video material and animation sequences to support and
enhance your scientific research. Authors who have video or animation
files that they wish to submit with their article are strongly
encouraged to include links to these within the body of the article.
This can be done in the same way as a figure or table by referring to
the video or animation content and noting in the body text where it
should be placed. All submitted files should be properly labeled so that
they directly relate to the video file's content. In order to ensure
that your video or animation material is directly usable, please provide
the files in one of our recommended file formats with a preferred
maximum size of 150 MB. Video and animation files supplied will be
published online in the electronic version of your article in Elsevier
Web products,
including~\href{http://www.sciencedirect.com/}{ScienceDirect}. Please
supply `stills' with your files: you can choose any frame from the video
or animation or make a separate image. These will be used instead of
standard icons and will personalize the link to your video data. For
more detailed instructions please visit
our~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions}{video instruction
pages}. Note: since video and animation cannot be embedded in the print
version of the journal, please provide text for both the electronic and
the print version for the portions of the article that refer to this
content.\\

\textbf{RESEARCH DATA}\\

\textbf{Data in Brief}~\\

Authors have the option of converting any or all parts of their
supplementary or additional raw data into one or multiple Data in Brief
articles, a new kind of article that houses and describes their data.
Data in Brief articles ensure that your data, which is normally buried
in supplementary material, is actively reviewed, curated, formatted,
indexed, given a DOI and publicly available to all upon publication.
Authors are encouraged to submit their Data in Brief article as an
additional item directly alongside the revised version of their
manuscript. If your research article is accepted, your Data in Brief
article will automatically be transferred over to~\emph{Data in
Brief}~where it will be editorially reviewed and published in the new,
open access journal,~\emph{Data in Brief}. Please note an open access
fee is payable for publication in\emph{Data in Brief}. Full details can
be found on
the~\href{http://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-in-brief}{Data in Brief
website}. Please use\href{http://www.elsevier.com/dib-template}{this
template}~to write your Data in Brief.\\

\textbf{Open data}~\\

This journal supports Open data, enabling authors to submit any raw
(unprocessed) research data with their article for open access
publication under the CC BY
license.~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/about/research-data/open-data}{More
information}.\\

\textbf{Database linking}~\\

Elsevier encourages authors to connect articles with external databases,
giving readers access to relevant databases that help to build a better
understanding of the described research. Please refer to relevant
database identifiers using the following format in your article:
Database: xxxx (e.g., TAIR: AT1G01020; CCDC: 734053; PDB:
1XFN).~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/databaselinking}{More information
and a full list of supported databases}.\\

\textbf{AudioSlides}~\\

The journal encourages authors to create an AudioSlides presentation
with their published article. AudioSlides are brief, webinar-style
presentations that are shown next to the online article on
ScienceDirect. This gives authors the opportunity to summarize their
research in their own words and to help readers understand what the
paper is about.~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/audioslides}{More
information and examples are available}. Authors of this journal will
automatically receive an invitation e-mail to create an AudioSlides
presentation after acceptance of their paper.\\

\textbf{Interactive plots}~\\

This journal enables you to show an Interactive Plot with your article
by simply submitting a data
file.~\href{http://www.elsevier.com/interactiveplots}{Full
instructions}.\\

\textbf{Submission checklist}~\\

The following list will be useful during the final checking of an
article prior to sending it to the journal for review. Please consult
this Guide for Authors for further details of any item.~\\

\textbf{Ensure that the following items are present:}~\\

One author has been designated as the corresponding author with contact
details:~\\

* E-mail address~\\

* Full postal address~\\

All necessary files have been uploaded, and contain:~\\

* Keywords~\\

* All figure captions~\\

* All tables (including title, description, footnotes)~\\

Further considerations~\\

* Manuscript has been `spell-checked' and `grammar-checked'~\\

* All references mentioned in the Reference list are cited in the text,
and vice versa~\\

* Permission has been obtained for use of copyrighted material from
other sources (including the Internet)~\\

Printed version of figures (if applicable) in color or
black-and-white~\\

* Indicate clearly whether or not color or black-and-white in print is
required.\\

For any further information please visit
our~\href{http://service.elsevier.com/app/overview/}{Support Center}.

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