Instructions to Authors Review articles, original papers and book reviews are welcome. Only papers not yet published and not submitted for publication elsewhere will be accepted. Papers have to be submitted via the Crystal Research and Technology manuscript submission site: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/crat ! Formatting of manuscripts A full description covering the details of manuscript preparation and submission can be found as part of the template package. Here you can find our Word template for Original Papers: Word document template In the interest of a fast and efficient refereeing and publication process, your manuscript should fulfil a few requirements. Please make sure to prepare your manuscript according to the following guidelines. If possible, please format your manuscript using the Word document template for Original Papers. Manuscripts have to be written in English. Manuscript(s) should not exceed 15 (text)pages (format A4 (21 x 29.7 cm), one-sided, single spaced, 2 cm overall margin, Font Size 10 for the text). Manuscripts should be numerated consecutively from "1" onwards. The structure of the paper should be: title of the paper, author(s) name, institution with complete address(es) of the author(s), keywords, PACS codes, abstract, main text (including figures, figure captions, tables, and table captions), acknowledgements, references. The name, complete postal address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers of the corresponding author must be given on a separate page of the manuscript. Please, add also the short title, running title, keywords, and PACS codes. References should be numbered [in square brackets] in the text and listed in the order of appearance at the end of the paper, in the format common used for journal article and book citations. Journal title abbreviations according to the INSPEC List of Journals should be used. E.g. for journals: [1] B. N. Roy, T. Wright, and A. Baker, Cryst. Res. Technol. 31, 1039 (1996). Fonts: Please use Times New Roman, Times, Arial, Helvetica or Symbol fonts as much as possible. Some fonts (e.g. Asian or Russian character fonts) may cause problems and should be avoided. Figures and tables should be restricted to the minimum needed to clarify the text. Please submit your manuscript exclusively as ONE SINGLE readable Word, PDF or Postscript file. You need to embed ALL figures and tables within this file. All the figures must be in a form suitable for a direct reproduction. Manuscript(s) should be fit for composition; badly arranged manuscripts will be returned. Electronic submission Papers have to be submitted via the Crystal Research and Technology manuscript submission site: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/crat ! Steps for using the Crystal Research and Technology online submission system: If you use the system for the first time, you need to click on the "Create Account" link. IMPORTANT: Please check whether you already have an account in the system before trying to create a new one. If you have reviewed or authored for the journal in the past you will have had an account created. If you have forgotten your login details, enter your email address under "Password Help" on the Log In screen. You will receive an automatically generated e-mail, providing you with the details to access your personal site (login and password). Once logged in, please click on "Author Center" and let the system guide you through the submission process. Online help is available at all times. It will be possible to exit and re-enter the system without losing any information at any stage of the submission process. All submissions are kept strictly confidential. Authors can follow the progress of their manuscripts on their personal site: All manuscripts of the authors submitted to and all review reports written for Crystal Research and Technology are archived here. This author site should also be used to upload the revised and final versions of all manuscripts submitted to the journal. Note that when multiple files are uploaded ("Main Document" and "Image"), the system generates a single PDF file. Manuscripts that are clearly inappropriate for the journal can be rejected without consulting referees. Figures should preferably be submitted in full color, but should also be easily readable on a black/white printout. After acception 1. For final composition and printing of the manuscript a file having Microsoft Word-, Rich Text (rtf)- or pure Text-Format is needed. 2. As a requirement of publication of your article, you must agree to the Conditions of Publication either during online submission or by signing a hard copy of the copyright transfer agreement which you will receive by e-mail after acceptance. 3. Galley-proofs will be send to the corresponding author by e-mail in pdf-format. Proof reading should be limited to the correction of typographical errors. Deletions and insertions are not permitted in proof reading. 4. After publication the corresponding author will receive a high resolution PDF (300 dpi, not 72 dpi online version) for 50 hardcopies through e-mail. Whole issues, reprints (at least 50 copies) and PDFs for an unlimited number of hardcopies are available against payment.