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Electronic Supplementary Information (ESI)

Submission of ESI

Authors should submit ESI with their article. The extra material will be refereed along with their article and to the same standards.

Web address of the ESI

The Web address of the ESI will be referred to in the article, which will provide the context in which the ESI should be viewed.


Preparation of Electronic Supplementary Information


Authors are encouraged to consider what types of data could be deposited using this system that will enhance their article.
Authors should, where possible, supply data in the usual file types. Other formats may be supplied, and every effort will be made to use these where possible. If you are providing an unusual file type, please provide the Editorial Office with details of any additional software that would be required to view the files. Such software should be available freely, preferably via the web.

Graphical Files

Authors are encouraged to make full use of colour when submitting graphical files. However, as the files are to be viewed electronically, the maximum size should not exceed 640x480 pixels.
The following formats for graphical files are preferred:
GIF
JPEG
Embedded in a Microsoft Word file

Text Files

Please provide text files in one of the following formats. They can be utilised to place e.g. bulky data and additional experimental details.
Plain Text (txt)
Microsoft Word (doc)
WordPerfect files (wpd)

Crystallograhic Information Files (CIFs)

CIFs of the structure(s) to be reported in the intending publication, previously submitted to relevant Data Center, can also be submitted as ESI.
Submission should be done via e-mail at the time of submission of the typescript.
Authors are also encouraged to use their CIFs to produce 3D molecular files.