1. The first page should have only text, no illustrations.

2. TITLE

Times New Roman, 14 point, boldface, alignment centered. Use initial capitals for each word and single line spacing if more than one line is needed for the title. Leave one line of space after the title.

3. AUTHOR'S NAMES

Times New Roman, 12 point, alignment centered. Type the authors' names in sequence, separated by commas. Each name must be followed by a superscript number as reference to each author's affiliation. Indicate the corresponding author with an asterisk after the superscript number. Use single line spacing if more than one line is needed for the author's names. Leave one line of space after author's names.

4. AUTHOR'S AFFILIATIONS

Times New Roman, 12 point, alignment left. List each author's affiliation in one line, preceded by the corresponding superscript number. Add the e-mail address only for the corresponding author. Leave one line of space after authors' affiliations.

5. TEXT

Times New Roman, 12 point, alignment justified (left and right). Write the text in just one paragraph. Use metric system (SIU) only.

6. REFERENCES

Indicate references in the text with Arabic numbers in square brackets, preferably at the end of the sentence, before the period. References must be included with the appropriate reference styles for proceedings abstracts [1], journal articles [2], and books [3]. Acknowledgments are included in the last reference, which is cited at the end of the last sentence of the text on the first page [4].

Collect references at the end of the text, on page 1 or page 2. For three or more authors, use first-named author's name plus “et al.” (See references 1 and 3 below). Do not use underlines on publication titles; use italics. Acknowledge sponsorship or support should be the last reference, corresponding to a numeral at the end of the text.

Examples:

[1] H.G. Hansma et al., Microsc. Microanal. 5 (Suppl. 2) (2002) 1012.

[2] M.A. Rodrigues, Thin Soli Films, 6 (2000) 1192.

[3] J.I. Goldstein et al., Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis, Plenum, New York, 1992.

[4] This research was supported by CNPq (Brazil).

1. The second page can comprise figures, figure captions and tables, as well as continuation of the text. Place table captions above tables at the left margin; place figure captions below figures.

2. LINE DRAWINGS, MICROGRAPHS AND PICTURES

All artwork must be electronically inserted into the Word document. Line art must be created either in a drawing program or scanned into a suitable format for importing into the document. Check that the width of lines and size of fonts allow the figure to be clear at its final size, if reduced. Be sure to include figure labels and scale markers as necessary.

3. TABLES

All tables must be electronically inserted into the Word document. Use the table-making functions of the Word processor to create the table with a horizontal rule at the top and bottom and below the column headings. Indicate units (in parentheses) in column headings as needed. Type text single-spaced within the table.

4. UPLOAD

All contributions must conform to the requirements above. Only Portable Document Format (PDF) will be accepted by the SSBMM electronic submission system. The final PDF file size should not exceed 5 MB.

5. ACCEPTANCE POLICY

Abstracts will be reviewed according to the following criteria: (a) relevance to a specific symposium, (b) scientific content and innovative proposals quality, (c) clarity of the text, and (d) compliance with the format. Abstracts not meeting the criteria above will not be accepted. Accepted abstracts must be presented by a registered author. Because major revisions may affect a symposium organizer's decision to accept your abstract, please review it carefully before submission. After submission, abstracts will not be accessible for corrections.