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Categories for Contribution. Each issue of Nanoscale and Microscale Thermophysical Engineering will consist of one or two Review Articles, several Reports, Letters, and Technical Discussions. Priority will be given to papers that reveal novel concepts and provide new physical insight. All contributions will be peer reviewed.

Review Articles. Papers in this category will review new developments in the field. They should be, at most, 6,000 words. (When allowing for art, please allow for half a page per piece or 230 words.) The papers should emphasize firmly established knowledge of the field, as well as discuss unresolved issues and/or future directions. Both solicited and unsolicited papers will undergo peer review. The review articles should include an abstract of a maximum of 150 words, an introduction, and sections with brief subheadings. 

Reports. Reports should be, at the most, 3,000 words. They should present important new research results. Reports should include an abstract of a maximum of 100 words.

Letters. Letters to the editor should contain less than 400 words and should discussmaterial published in the journal or problems of general interest.

Each manuscript must be accompanied by a statement that it has not been published elsewhere and that it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted material from other sources and are required to sign an agreement for the transfer of copyright to the publisher. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the property of the publisher.

All parts of the manuscript should be typewritten, double-spaced, with margins of at least one inch on all sides. Number manuscript page consecutively throughout the paper. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces. Each article should be summarized in an abstract of no more than 100 words. Avoid abbreviations, diagrams, and reference to the text.

Affiliations. Authors should provide their full last names, as well as their first and other initials. They should also provide the affiliation and address of each author. A footnote should be provided for the corresponding author saying ‘‘To whom correspondence should be addressed.'' The mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the corresponding author should also be provided.

Nomenclature. A separate nomenclature section at the end of the paper should list in detail the symbols used in the manuscript, their definitions, and their units. The nomenclature list should be in alphabetical order with Greek symbols following the alphabetical listing.

Subscripts and superscripts should follow Greek symbols and should be identified with a heading. Units should be included only whe necessary for the understanding of the textual material. To indicate units involving fractions, slashes should be used. The SI system should be used throughout, with the appropriate prefixes.

References. References to cited literature should be identified by number in the text in square brackets and full citations should be grouped at the end of the paper in numerical order of appearance. Double-spacing must be used throughout. Each reference should be listed only once. References that are always cited together may be grouped under a single number. References should be styled and punctuated according to the following examples:

Journal Article: S.C. Chen and K. Vafai, Analysis of Free Surface Momentum and Energy Transport in Porous Media, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, vol.29, pp. 281-296, 1996.

Book: A. Faghri, Heat Pipe Science and Technology, Taylor & Francis, Washington, D.C., 1995.

Thesis: C. Graham, The Limiting Heat Transfer Mechanism of Dropwise Condensation, Ph.D. thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 1969.

Report: E. Book and H. Bratman, Using Compilers to Build Compilers, Systems Development Corp. Rept. SP-176, Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 1960.

Proceedings: S.L. Soo, Boundary Layer Motion of a Gas-Solid Suspension, Proc. Symp. Interaction between Fluids and Particles, vol. 1, pp. 50-63, 1962.

Edited Book: E.R.G. Eckert, Physical Laws of Fluid Mechanics and Their Application to Measurement Techniques, in R.J. Goldstein (ed.), Flui Mechanics Measurements, Second Edition, chap. 2, Taylor & Francis, Washington, D.C., 1996. Always give inclusive page numbers for references to journal articles and pages or a chapter number for books. All references must be cited in the text.

Illustrations. Illustrations submitted (line drawings, halftones, photos, photomicrographs, etc.) should be clean originals or digital files. Digital files are recommended for highest quality reproduction and should follow these guidelines:

• 300 dpi or higher
• sized to fit on journal page
• EPS, TIFF, or PSD format only
• submitted as separate files, not embedded in text files

Print + Online Reproduction: $900 for the first page of color; $450 per page for each of the next three pages of color. A custom quote will be provided for articles with more than 4 pages of color.

Tables and Figures. Tables and figures should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate sheets or files. A short descriptive title should appear above each table with a clear legend and any footnotes suitably identified below. All units must be included.

Figures should be completely labeled, taking into account necessary size reduction. Captions should be typed, double-spaced, on a separate sheet. All original figures should be clearly marked in pencil on the reverse side with the number, author's name, and top edge indicated.

Cover Art. Submissions for art to appear on the cover are welcomed. The art can be in black-and-white or color; however, if in color, it must be paid for by the author. This art must be part of or related to a review article or report that is published in the same issue. The editors reserve the right to choose the artwork based on technical content and aesthetic value.

Equations. Each equation should appear on a separate or new line and be carefully typewritten and checked so that a typesetter can follow the copy easily. They should be numbered in the order they are cited in the text with Arabic equation numbers placed in parentheses on the righthand margin. They should be cited in the text as, for example, Eq. (10) or Eqs. (12)-(16).

Units. Units should be SI using prefixes in units of 103.

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