期刊名称:SENSORS AND ACTUATORS B-CHEMICAL
期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
Sensors & Actuators, B: Chemical is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to covering research and development in the field of chemical sensors, actuators and microsystems.
The scope of the journal encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following areas: Sensing principles and mechanisms New materials development (transducers and sensitive/recognition components) Fabrication technology Actuators Optical devices Electrochemical devices Mass-sensitive devices Gas sensors Biosensors Analytical microsystems Environmental, process control and biomedical applications Signal processing Sensor and sensor-array chemometrics
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Instructions to Authors
1. Aims and Scope Sensors & Actuators, B: Chemical is an interdisciplinary journal dedicated to covering research and development in the field of chemical sensors, actuators and microsystems.
The scope of the journal encompasses, but is not restricted to, the following areas:
- Sensing principles and mechanisms
- New materials development (transducers and sensitive/recognition components)
- Fabrication technology
- Actuators
- Optical devices
- Electrochemical devices
- Mass-sensitive devices
- Gas sensors
- Biosensors
- Analytical microsystems
- Environmental, process control and biomedical applications
- Signal processing
- Sensor and sensor-array chemometrics
micro TAS - Micro Total Analysis Systems Microsystems for the generation, handling and analysis of (bio)chemical information The special section of Sensors & Actuators, B: Chemical on micro TAS is dedicated to contributions concerning miniaturised systems for (bio)chemical synthesis and analysis, also comprising work on Bio-MEMS, Lab-on-a-chip, biochips and microfluidics.
Topics covered by the micro TAS section include:
- Physics and chemistry of microfluidics
- Microfabrication technology for micro TAS
- Analytical chemical aspects
- Detectors, sensors, arrays for micro TAS
- micro TAS applications
- DNA analysis
- Microinstrumentation
- Microsystems for combinatorial chemistry
2. Types of contribution The journal publishes research papers, letters to the Editors and occasionally review articles. Short reports on current research can be submitted as a letter to the Editors. These should not exceed 2000 words or 4 printed pages. All papers will be reviewed by two independent referees. For all contributions the acceptance criteria are quality, originality, and scientific and technological relevance to the field. An adequate referencing to the state-of-the-art is essential. All contributions must be written in English.
3. Online Submission of Papers Authors are encouraged to submit their paper online to one of the editors by using the Elsubmit Online Submission tool for Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/sensors. To submit online, authors are required to go to this website and upload their article (compuscript) and its assosciated artwork, an electronic (PDF) proof is generated and the reviewing process is carried out using that PDF. Authors and editors send and recieve all corresponence by e-mail via the website and no paper correspondence is performed. Full instructions on how to use the online submission tool and how to prepare your manuscipt for online submission are available at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/sensors
Submission of Papers by Mail Authors should submit three copies of their manuscripts, one complete set of original illustrations and two copies to the Editors. For the final version, in addition to the original and two copies, authors should submit an electronic version of their manuscript on disk.
Papers should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief or the appropriate Regional Editor.
Editor-in-Chief: Professor Milena Koudelka-Hep Institute of Microtechnology University of Neuchatel Rue Jaquet-Droz 1 CH - 2007 Neuchatel Switzerland Tel: +41 32 7205 305, Fax: +41 32 7205 711 E-mail: Milena.Koudelka@unine.ch
Regional Editor for North America: Professor Marc Madou Mecahnical and Aerospace Engineering University of California Herny Samueli School of Engineering Irvine CA 92697-3975 USA Tel: +1-949-824-6585, Fax: +1-949-824-8585 E-mail: madsense@aol.com
Regional Editor for Asia: Professor M Egashira Department of Materials Science and Engineering Faculty of Engineering Nagasaki University 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan Tel: +81-95-819-2642, Fax: +81-95-819-2643 E-mail: egashira_s_a@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Papers for the micro TAS Section Send to Associate Editor: Professor Albert van den Berg MESA Research Institute University of Twente P.O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands Tel: +31 53 489 2691, Fax: +31 53 489 2575 E-mail: A.vandenBerg@el.utwente.nl
Contributions are accepted on the understanding that authors have obtained the necessary authority for publication. Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Upon acceptance of an article by the journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher. This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information. Authors are reminded that delays in publication may occur if the instructions for submission and disk and manuscript preparation are not strictly followed. Authors are strongly recommended to submit disks to aid rapid processing. To facilitate communication, authors are requested to provide their current email address, telephone and fax number.
4. Manuscript Preparation General All papers should be concisely written Papers should be written in English (American or British spelling but with use of only one form in the same paper). The author should remember that the journal is international and read widely by those whose first language may be other than that in which the paper is written. Clarity and precision are best achieved by the use of short words and simple sentences. Papers which do not satisfy the English language requirements will not be accepted. Authors in Japan please note that information concerning how to have the English of your paper checked, corrected and improved (before submission) is available from:
Elsevier Science K.K. Higashi Azabu 1-chome, Building 4F 1-9-15 Higashi Azabu Minato-ku Tokyo106-0044 Japan Tel: +81 (03) 5561 5032 Fax:+81 (03) 5561 5045 E-mail: info@elsevier.co.jp
When submitting their paper, authors are requested to provide names and addresses of three competent referees, although the choice of referees used will be made by the editor. The typescript should be in double-spaced typing on pages of uniform size with a wide margin on the left. This applies also to tables, legends for illustrations, references and footnotes. The margin and double spacing greatly facilitate editorial processing. Each table should be typed on a separate page, and the legends to illustrations should be typed in sequence on a separate page, widely spaced. Typescripts should be preceded by a sheet of manuscript paper bearing the name and address of the person to whom proofs are to be sent and indicating the number of pages in the typescript. Some flexibility of presentation will be allowed, but authors are urged to arrange the subject matter clearly and logically under such headings as Introduction, Experimental, Results, Discussion, etc.
Title Papers should be headed by a concise but informative title. This should be followed by the names of the authors and by the name and address of the laboratory in which the work was performed. If the address of the author at the time when the paper will appear will be other than that where the work was carried out, this may be stated in a footnote. Acknowledgements for financial support should not be made by a footnote to the title or name of the author but should be included in Acknowledgements at the end of the paper.
Abstract All papers should have an Abstract on a separate sheet. The abstract (preferably 50-200 words) 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. Complete sentences should be used, without unfamiliar abbreviations or jargon. The use of the present tense is customary.
Keywords Authors are requested to provide 4-6 keywords. These should follow the Abstract.
Introduction All papers should have a short Introduction. This should state the reasons for the work, with brief reference to previous work on the subject.
References The references should be numbered consecutively throughout the text and should be collected together in a reference list (headed References) at the end of the paper. The list of references should be given on a separate sheet of the manuscript. Footnotes and legends should not include bibliographic material, and reference lists should not include material that could more appropriately appear as a footnote. When appropriate, authors may refer to material available on the World Wide Web by citing the corresponding URL. Authors should ensure that every reference appearing in the text is in the list of references and vice versa. Numerals for references are enclosed in square brackets in the text, e.g., [1]; numerals referring to equations are enclosed in parentheses. The abbreviated titles of periodicals should conform to standard abbreviations such as those given in the INSPEC Science Abstracts Lists of Journals, regularly appearing in Electrical and Electronics Abstracts.
In the reference list, periodicals [1], books [2], multi-author books [3] and conference proceedings [4] should be cited in accordance with the following examples.
[1] C. di Natale, F.A.M. Davide, A. D'Amico, W. Gopel, U. Weimar, Sensor array calibration with enhanced neural networks, Sens. Actuators, B, Chem 18-19 (1994) pp.654-657
[2] A. Nadai, Theory of Flow and Fracture of Solids, Vol. 1, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2nd edn., 1950, p.350.
[3] B. Danielsson and K. Mosbach, in K. Mosbach (ed.), Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 137, Academic Press, New York, 1988, Ch. 16, pp. 181-197.
[4] K. E. Petersen, Silicon sensor technologies, Tech. Digest, IEEE Int. Electron Devices Meet., Washington, DC, USA, Dec. 2-7, 1985.
A reference to "to be published in [title of periodical]" or "in press" implies that the paper has already been accepted for publication. A name appearing in the text which refers to a person as originator of an unpublished idea is listed in the References as a "personal communication". In the text an author's name is given without initials except where it is wished to avoid confusion with namesakes. When reference is made to a publication written by more than two authors it is preferable to give only the first author's name in the text followed by et al or the name of one of the authors followed by 'and coworkers'. In the list of references the names and initials of all authors must be given. This journal should be cited as Sens. actuators, B, Chem.
Tables Careful thought should be given to the layout of tables (and figures) so that the significance of the results may be quickly grasped by the busy reader. It should also be remembered that the length of a printed page is always greater than its width. Tables with only two or three headings are best printed horizontally, e.g.
Tables are to be numbered serially with arabic numerals, and should have headings which make their general meaning understandable without reference to the text. The units in which results are expressed should be given in parentheses at the top of each column and should not be repeated on each line of the table. Footnotes should be indicated by the use of lower case letters (a, b, c, etc.) as superscripts without parentheses.
Illustrations Original line drawings and cyclic or aromatic chemical formulae should be in a form suitable for direct reproduction, drawn in Indian ink on drawing or tracing paper. Photographs and electronmicrographs should be black and white glossy prints and as rich in contrast as possible. Where magnifications are concerned, it is preferable to indicate the scale by means of a ruled line on the photograph. There is no need to specify reductions for figures; however, figures will generally be reduced in size before printing and authors are urged to ensure that any lettering is sufficiently large (minimum height 3-5 mm) to remain legible. Care should be taken when submitting computer graphics to ensure that labelling is of sufficient size and quality. All illustrations should preferably require the same degree of reduction and be submitted on paper of the same size, or smaller than the main text to prevent damage in transit. Legends to illustrations should be typed in sequence on a separate page or pages and be understandable without reference to the text. All illustrations should be clearly referred to in the text using arabic numerals.
Biography A short biography of the author(s) should follow the References. It should cover such information as the author(s) degree(s), where and in what year they were obtained, present employment, and current fields of interest. Photographs are not required.
5. Submission of electronic text
Preparation of manuscripts on disk Articles prepared using any of the more popular word-processing packages are acceptable but please note the following points:
- Submissions should be made on a double-density or high-density 3.5" disk
- The disk format, word-processor format, file name(s) and the title and authors of the article should be indicated on the disk.
- The disk should always be accompanied by a hard-copy version of the article, and the content of the two should be identical.
- The disk text must be the same as that of the final refereed, revised manuscript.
- Disks formatted for either IBM PC compatibles or Apple Macintosh are preferred. If you can provide either of these, our preference is for the former.
- The article should be saved in the native format of the word processor used, e.g. WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, etc.
- Although most popular word processor file formats are acceptable, we cannot guarantee the usability of all formats. If the disk you send us proves to be unusable, we will publish your article from the hard copy.
- Please do not send ASCII files as relevant data may be lost.
- There is no need to spend time formatting your article so that the printout is visually attractive (e.g. by making headings bold), as most formatting instructions will be removed upon processing.
- Leave a blank line between each paragraph and between each entry in the list of bibliographic references.
- Tables should preferably be placed in the same electronic file as the text.
- Graphics. Although there are still a large number of technical difficulties to overcome, we are processing graphic files in a growing number of cases. Both scanned and computer-generated illustrations, either in colour or black and white are acceptable. Graphics in electronic format must be TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) or JPEG; charts and graphs (line art) should be 1000 dpi, photographs 300 dpi, minimum.
Symbols, formulae and equations Symbols, formulae and equations should be written with great care, capitals and lower case letters being distinguished where necessary. Also a clear distinction in typewritten text should be made between the figure 1 (one) and the lower case l (ell), the letters "o" and zero, "k" and kappa, "u" and mu, "v" and nu, and "n" and eta. Particular care should be taken in writing mathematical expressions containing superscripts and subscripts. Greek letters and unusual symbols employed for the first time should be defined by name in the left-hand margin.The solidus / may be used in equations to economize vertical space but its use should be consistent. For example: A/b = x2/(u+v)½
It is recommended that natural logarithms should be denoted by 1n while decade logarithms should be denoted by lg. Exponentials are better written as exp(a) than ea The multiplication sign should be used in floating point numbers to avoid confusion, i.e., 4.25 x 105, not 4.25.105. The decimal point should always be denoted by a full stop.
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Proofs Authors will receive proofs which they are requested to correct and return as soon as possible. Since priority is established by the date of receipt of a paper, it is essential that no new material be inserted in the text at the time of proof-reading. A "note added in proof" will be accepted only if permission from the editors has been obtained; this will bear the date of receipt.
Reprints A total of 25 reprints of each paper will be supplied free of charge to the author(s). Additional reprints can be ordered at prices shown on the reprint order form which will accompany the proofs.
There are no page charges
Further Information All questions arising after acceptance of a paper, especially those concerning proofs, should be directed to the Editorial Office: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd Elsevier House Brookvale Plaza East Park Shannon Co Clare Ireland Tel: +353-61-709600; Fax: +353-61-709101 E-mail: postmaster@elsevier.ie
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief:
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M. Koudelka-Hep, Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchâtel, Rue Jaquet-Droz 1, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland Fax: ++41-32-7205 711 Email:Milena.Koudelka@unine.ch
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Editor for Asia:
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M. Egashira, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan Fax: +81-95-819-2643 Email:egashira_s_a@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
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Editor for North America:
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M. Madou, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, 4200 Engineering Gateway, Irvine, CA 92697-3975, USA Email:madsense@aol.com
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Associate Editor uTAS Section:
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A. van den Berg, MESA Research Institute, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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General Editor:
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P.J. French, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory Delft University of Technology Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Dept. of Microelectronics Mekelweg 4 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands
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Editorial Board:
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M. Aizawa, Yokohama, Japan
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H. Andersson, Kista, Sweden
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Y. Baba, Shomachi, Tokushima, Japan
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K. Cammann, M¨¹nster, Germany
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A. D'Amico, Rome, Italy
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D.J. Harrison, Edmonton, Canada
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J. Homola, Prague, Czech Republic
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E. Katz, Jerusalem, Israel
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C.-D. Kohl, Giessen, Germany
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M. Labeau, St. Martin d'Heres, France
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V. Lantto, Oulu, Finland
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T. Laurell, Lund, Sweden
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I. Lundström, Linköping, Sweden
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A. Manz, London, UK
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R.A. Mathies, Moraga, CA, USA
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S. Middlehoek - Founding Editor, GA Delft, The Netherlands
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M. Ozkan, Riverside, CA, USA
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K. Persaud, Manchester, UK
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A.J. Ricco, Los Gatos, CA, USA
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S. Semancik, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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G. Whitesides, Cambridge, MA, USA
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O.S. Wolfbeis, Regensburg, Germany
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N. Yamazoe, Kasuga-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
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S.S. Yee, Seattle, WA, USA
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E.T. Zellers, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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N.F. de Rooij, Neuch¨¤tel, Switzerland
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