Manuscript Submission, Formats, and Length Restrictions

•	Accepted papers are considered as regular submissions to physica status solidi.
•	Please prepare your manuscript using Word, WordPerfect, LaTeX, RevTeX, or compatible formats. All textual material (including tables, captions, etc.) should be in a single file. Manuscripts (written in English) should be printed double-spaced on one side of paper only, delivered in three copies and accompanied by a disk containing text and figures. Please make sure that disk files and hardcopies are identical.
•	Do not send your manuscript to the Editorial Office of physica status solidi.
•	Please be sure to meet the length restrictions, which are 4 printed pages for oral and poster presentations and 8 printed pages for invited talks. Three double-spaced manuscript pages typically amount to two printed pages and three figures correspond to about one printed page. This rough approximation is usually sufficient for estimating the final paper length, since camera-ready manuscripts are not required and papers will be typesetted according to the standard layout of our journal.

Title and Author Information

•	Please identify the corresponding author and add fax, telephone, and e-mail address.
•	A corresponding address valid for the entire period from submission until publication must be given, especially if the current address differs from the author's affiliation in the paper.
•	The subject classification (PACS numbers and substance classification according to physica status solidi) should be given (see www.physica‑status‑solidi.com/classif/clasview.html).
•	An abstract of about ten lines is required.

Figures

•	Figures must be submitted ready for reproduction. Lettering/symbols should be large and clear enough for size reduction (the typical width of a printed figure is about 70 mm; smallest letters should not be smaller than 1.5 mm after reduction). Avoid small open symbols, small dots, and close-dotted or short-dashed lines. Draw a closed axes frame in diagrams. For numbers, use a decimal point instead of a comma. Labelling in the form 2.1E-3 is not permitted, write 2.1  10-3 instead or include the power in the axes title such as R (10-3 ) or R (m). For symbols and units, avoid writing alpha, Ohm, deg, use Greek and special characters instead: , , °.
•	Figures, figure captions, and tables should appear on separate full pages.
•	For figures embedded in Word or LaTeX files, please do also submit separate file versions, if possible. Acceptable formats are: TIFF, JPEG, PS/EPS, PDF, Corel Draw, Microcal Origin, Adobe Photoshop.
•	In the internet version, we generally aim at colour reproduction of electronically submitted figures. Colour figures in print are possible at additional cost only.

Formatting of Literature Citations

•	References should be numbered [in square brackets] and listed in the order of citations in the text at the end of the manuscript, or inserted by means of the corresponding LaTeX commands. The use of the endnote feature in Word is not recommended.
•	Please apply the format used in physica status solidi for journal article and book citations.