Structure of the paper

(last updated 2025-04-20)

General Papers

1. Introduction
2. Experimental
3. Results and discussion
4. Conclusions
   Acknowledgement
   References

---Subheadings: Please add a period after the final number.
e.g., 2.1. Synthesis of polymer    3.1.1. Comparison between experimental and calculated data

Communications

(short submissions of 4–6 pages presenting new results; these may be republished in more detail later)

Technical Papers

Reviews

 

Paper format

(last updated 2025-04-20)

Margins

A4 size (210 mm × 297 mm)
1st page
top 40 mm, bottom 30 mm, left and right 20 mm

from 2nd pages
top and bottom 25 mm, left and right 20 mm

 

Font size, line height

Title: font size 18pt, line height 18pt
Author's name: font size 11 pt, bold, line height 13 pt
Affiliation: font size 11 pt, italic, line height 13 pt
Abstract: font size 10 pt, line height 12 pt
Keywords: font size 10 pt, bold, line height 12 pt
Text: font size 11 pt, line height 13 pt
Figure and table captions: font size 10 pt, line height 12 pt

 

Line space

Title - author: 10 mm
Author - affiliation: 5 mm
Affiliation - abstract: 10 mm
Keywords - introduction: 10 mm

 

Figure, Table and Scheme caption

(last updated 2025-05-10)

Figure and Scheme titles should always go below figures.
Table titles should go above tables, and descriptions of terms in tables go below tables.
All captions do not need to be bold and italicized.
Font size 10 pt, line height 12 pt

Figure caption
e.g., Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of experimental setup.

Table caption
e.g., Table 1. Effect of formulation on sensitivity and mechanical property of the resist.

Scheme caption example
e.g., Scheme 1. Copolymerization of styrene and methyl methacrylate.

 

References

(last updated 2025-05-10)

Please be sure to include all author names. Do not use et al.
Please refer to the references to confirm the correct journal abbreviation before writing it.
(e.g., Journal of photopolymer science and technology is "J. Photopolym. Sci. Technol.")

In the main text, cite references as [1], [2], [3], and so on.
For two references, use a comma without a space (e.g., [1,2]).
For a sequence of references, use a hyphen (e.g., [3–5]).

In the references section, list entries as 1., 2., 3., etc.

 

Journal

Author’s name (in the case of multiple authors, “and” before last author’s name), Journal name(italic), Volume(bold) (year) page.
e.g., H. Okamura, M. Kayanoki, K. Takada, H. Nakajiri, K. Muramatsu, M. Yamashita, and M. Shirai, Polym. Adv. Technol., 23 (2012) 1151.
e.g., T. Harada, N. Teranishi, T. Watanabe, Q. Zhou, J. Bogaerts, and X. Wang, Appl. Phys. Express, 13 (2020) 016502.

---Omission of part of the surname is not recommended, as it may lead to ambiguity or indexing issues.
e.g., M. A. Ruderer, C. Wang, E. Schaible, A. Hexemer, T. Xu, and P. Müller-Buschbaum, Macromolecules, 46 (2013) 4491.

---Papers with no page numbers, only a DOI number
e.g., Y. Chen, R. Kikuchi, K. Hatakeyama-Sato, Y. Nabae, and T. Hayakawa, RSC Appl. Polym., (2025) DOI: 10.1039/D4LP00327F.

 

Patent

e.g., K. Takada, J. Hamuro, T. Matoba, M. Yamashita, M. Shirai, and H. Okamura, Japan Patent JP 2015-59160A (2015).
e.g., S. Takano, S. Kaita, K. Osakada, D. Takeuchi, and S. Yamakawa, U.S. patent US12084536B2 (2021).

 

Proceedings

Author’s name (in the case of multiple authors, “and” before last author’s name), Proceeding name(italic), Volume(bold) (year) number.
e.g.,  S. Yamakawa, T. Harada, and T. Watanabe, Proc. SPIE, 12750 (2023) 127500Y.

 

Books

e.g., H. Okamura, “Hikari-kagaku no jiten”, Asakura Pub. Co., Tokyo (2014) p. 190 (in Japanese).
e.g., C. Capellos, and B. H. J. Bielski, “Kinetic systems: mathematical description of chemical kinetics in solution”, Wiley, New York (1972).

 

Thesis

URL

Program

 

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