IEEE-NANO 2012 Microsoft Word Template

Chennupati Jaadish
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! Chris "aile#
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! and $ar%i& 'amouri
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)epartment of Electronic Materials Enineerin! Australian National *ni%ersit#! Can+erra! ACT 0200! Australia
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,chool of Computin - Mathematical ,ciences! *ni%ersit# of .reen/ich! 0ondon ,E10 10,! *2
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0ane )epartment of Computer ,cience - Electrical Enineerin! West 3irinia *ni%ersit#! Moranto/n! W3 24504-4060
Email7 c89101:ph#sics;anu;edu;au! C;"aile#:re;ac;u<! par%i&;famouri:mail;/%u;edu
Abstract These instructions give you guidelines for
preparing papers and 2-page abstracts for IEEE conferences.
Use this document as a template if you are using Microsoft
Word 6. or later. !ther"ise# use this document as an
instruction set. $lease use this document as a %template& to
prepare your manuscript. 'or submission guidelines# follo"
instructions on the paper submission system as "ell as the
(onference "ebsite. The abstract paper should be a summary
of your "or) *including abstract# short introduction and some
results+. ,ince the abstract is limited to 2 pages# you may
include the most important result in the paper abstract. The
abstract can then serve as the template for your paper.
Index Terms - List key index terms here. No mare than 5.
I; INT=O)*CTION
>our oal is to simulate the usual appearance of papers
in IEEE conference proceedings; 'or items not addressed in
these instructions! please refer to the last issue of #our
conference?s proceedins for reference or as< the conference
$u+lications Chair for instructions;
A. Preparing Your Paper
1) Paper Size7 $repare #our paper in full-si&e format on
*, letter si&e paper @A;5 +# 11 inchesB;
2) The font t#pe si&es are i%en in points! same as in
the M, Word font si&e points; Times Ne/ =oman is the
preferred font;
3) Paper Margins7 $aper marins on the *, letter si&e
paper are set as follo/s7 top C 0;65 inches! +ottom C 0;65
inch! side C 0;65 inches; Each column measures (;D inches
/ide! /ith a 0;2-inch ap +et/een the t/o columns;
4) Paper Styles7 0eft- and riht-9ustif# the columns; On
the last pae of #our paper! ad9ust the lenths of the
columns so that the# are eEual; *se automatic h#phenation
and chec< spellin and rammar; *se hih resolution
@(00dpi or a+o%eB fiures! plots! dra/ins and photos for
+est printin result;
. Preparing Your P!" Paper for IEEE #plore$
)etailed instructions on ho/ to prepare $)' files of
#our papers for IEEE #ploreF can +e found at
http7GG///;ieee;orGpu+sGconfpu+center
$)' 9o+ settin files for Acro+at %ersions D! 5 and 4 can +e
found for do/nloadin from the a+o%e /e+pae as /ell; The
instructions for preparin $)' papers for IEEE #ploreF
must +e strictl# follo/ed;
II; HE0$'*0 HINT,
A. "igures and %a&les
Tr# to position fiures and ta+les at the tops and
+ottoms of columns and a%oid placin them in the middle of
columns; 0are fiures and ta+les ma# span across +oth
columns; 'iure captions should +e centered +elo/ the
fiuresI ta+le captions should +e centered a+o%e; A%oid
placin fiures and ta+les +efore their first mention in the
te8t; *se the a++re%iation J'i; K!L e%en at the +einnin of
a sentence;
'iure a8is la+els are often a source of confusion; *se
/ords rather than s#m+ols; 'or e8ample! as sho/n in 'i;
1! /rite JManeti&ation!L or JManeti&ation @MBL not 9ust
JM;L $ut units in parentheses; )o not la+el a8es onl# /ith
units; In the e8ample! /rite JManeti&ation @AGmBL or
JManeti&ation @A M m
-1
B;L )o not la+el a8es /ith a ratio of
Euantities and units; 'or e8ample! /rite JTemperature @2B!L
not JTemperatureG2;L
Multipliers can +e %er# confusin; Write
JManeti&ation @<AGmBL or JManeti&ation @10
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AGmB;L
'iure la+els should +e lei+le! at A-point t#pe;

Applied 'ield @10
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AGmB
'i; 1 Maneti&ation as a function of applied field;
Note ho/ the caption is centered in the column;
. 'eferences
Num+er citations consecuti%el# in sEuare +rac<ets N1O;
$unctuation follo/s the +rac<et N2O; =efer simpl# to the
reference num+er! as in N(O; *se J=ef; N(OL or J=eference
N(OL at the +einnin of a sentence7 J=eference N(O /as the
first PL
Num+er footnotes separatel# in superscripts; $lace the
actual footnote at the +ottom of the column in /hich it /as
cited; )o not put footnotes in the reference list; *se letters
for ta+le footnotes @see Ta+le IB; IEEE %ransactions no
loner use a 9ournal prefi8 +efore the %olume num+er; 'or
e8ample! use JIEEE %rans. Magn.! %ol; 25!L not J%ol;
MA.-25;L
.i%e all authorsQ namesI use Jet al;L if there are si8
authors or more NDO; $apers that ha%e not +een pu+lished!
e%en if the# ha%e +een su+mitted for pu+lication! should +e
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cited as Junpu+lishedL NDO; $apers that ha%e +een accepted
for pu+lication should +e cited as Jin pressL N5O; In a paper
title! capitali&e the first /ord and all other /ords e8cept for
con9unctions! prepositions less than se%en letters! and
prepositional phrases;
'or papers pu+lished in translated 9ournals! first i%e
the Enlish citation! then the oriinal forein-lanuae one
N4O;
(. A&&re)iations and Acrony*s
)efine a++re%iations and acron#ms the first time the#
are used in the te8t! e%en if the# ha%e +een defined in the
a+stract; A++re%iations such as IEEE! ,I! M2,! C.,! ac!
dc! and rms do not ha%e to +e defined; )o not use
a++re%iations in the title unless the# are una%oida+le;
!. E+uations
Num+er eEuations consecuti%el# /ith eEuation num+ers
in parentheses flush /ith the riht marin! as in @1B; To
ma<e #our eEuations more compact! #ou ma# use the solidus
@GB and the e8p function! etc; Italici&e =oman s#m+ols for
Euantities and %aria+les! +ut not .ree< s#m+ols; *se an en
dash @RB rather than a h#phen for a minus sin; *se
parentheses to a%oid am+iuities in denominators;
$unctuate eEuations /ith commas or periods /hen the# are
part of a sentence! as in
2 G B sin @cos 2 G B e8p@
2
sin cos
2
, i , i,
, i , e
i,
+ =
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=
; @1B
,#m+ols in #our eEuation should +e defined +efore the
eEuation appears or immediatel# follo/in; Cite eEuations
usin J@1B!L not EE; @1BL or JeEuation @1B!L e8cept at the
+einnin of a sentence7 JEEuation @1B is PL
E. -t.er 'eco**endations
The =oman numerals used to num+er the section
headins are optional; )o not num+er AC2NOW0E).EMENT
and =E'E=ENCE, and +ein ,u+headins /ith letters; *se
t/o spaces after periods @full stopsB; H#phenate comple8
modifiers7 J&ero-field-cooled maneti&ation;L A%oid
danlin participles! such as! J*sin @1B! the potential /as
calculated;L Write instead! JThe potential /as calculated
usin @1B!L or J*sin @1B! /e calculated the potential;L
*se a &ero +efore decimal points7 J0;25!L not J;25;L
*se Jcm
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!L not Jcc;L )o not mi8 complete spellins and
a++re%iations of units7 JW+Gm
2
L or J/e+ers per sEuare
meter!L not J/e+ersGm
2
;L ,pell units /hen the# appear in
te8t7 JPa fe/ henries!L not JPa fe/ H;L If #our nati%e
lanuae is not Enlish! tr# to et a nati%e Enlish-
spea<in colleaue to proofread #our paper; )o not add
pae num+ers;
III; *NIT,
*se either ,I @M2,B or C., as primar# units; @,I units
are encouraed;B Enlish units ma# +e used as secondar#
units @in parenthesesB; An e8ception /ould +e the use of
Enlish units as identifiers in trade! such as J(;5-inch dis<
dri%e;L
A%oid com+inin ,I and C., units! such as current in
amperes and manetic field in oersteds; This often leads to
confusion +ecause eEuations do not +alance dimensionall#;
If #ou must use mi8ed units! clearl# state the units for each
Euantit# that #ou use in an eEuation;
I3; ,OME COMMON MI,TA2E,
The /ord JdataL is plural! not sinular; In American
Enlish! periods and commas are /ithin Euotation mar<s!
li<e Jthis period;L A parenthetical statement at the end of a
sentence is punctuated outside of the closin parenthesis
@li<e thisB; @A parenthetical sentence is punctuated /ithin
the parentheses;B A raph /ithin a raph is an Jinset!L not
an Jinsert;L The /ord alternati%el# is preferred to the /ord
Jalternatel#L @unless #ou mean somethin that alternatesB;
)o not use the /ord Jessentiall#L to mean Jappro8imatel#L
or Jeffecti%el#;L "e a/are of the different meanins of the
homophones JaffectL and Jeffect!L JcomplementL and
Jcompliment!L JdiscreetL and Jdiscrete!L JprincipalL and
Jprinciple;L )o not confuse Jimpl#L and Jinfer;L The prefi8
JnonL is not a /ordI it should +e 9oined to the /ord it
modifies! usuall# /ithout a h#phen; There is no period after
the JetL in the 0atin a++re%iation Jet al;L The a++re%iation
Ji;e;L means Jthat is!L and the a++re%iation Je;;L means
Jfor e8ample;L And finall#! use Jit isL rather than the
contraction JitQs!L and note that JitsL is the possessi%e form;
An e8cellent st#le manual for science /riters is N6O;
AC2NOW0E).MENT
The preferred spellin of the /ord Jac<no/ledmentL
in America is /ithout an JeL after the J;L Tr# to a%oid the
stilted e8pression! JOne of us @=; "; .;B than<s PL Instead!
tr# J=;";.; than<s PL $ut sponsor ac<no/ledments in the
unnum+ered footnote on the first pae;
=E'E=ENCE,
N1O M; 2in! "; Shu! and ,; Tan! JOptimal path plannin!L Mo&ile 'o&ots!
%ol; A! no; 2! pp; 520-5(1! March 2001;
N2O H; ,impson! !u*& 'o&ots! (
rd
ed;! ,prinfield7 *O, $ress! 200D! pp;4-1;
N(O M; 2in and "; Shu! J.amin strateies!L in $ath $lannin to the West!
%ol; II! ,; Tan and M; 2in! Eds; Tian7 Jiaoda $ress! 111A! pp; 15A-164;
NDO "; ,impson! et al! JTitle of paper oes here if <no/n!L unpu+lished;
N5O J;-.; 0u! JTitle of paper /ith onl# the first /ord capitali&ed!L /. 0a*e
Stand. A&&re).! in press;
N4O >; >oro&u! M; Hirano! 2; O<a! and >; Taa/a! JElectron spectroscop#
studies on maneto-optical media and plastic su+strate interface!L IEEE
%ranslated /. Magn. /apan! %ol; 2! pp; 6D0-6D1! Auust 11A6 N!igest 1
t.
Annual (onf. Magnetics /apan! p; (01! 11A2O;