1、打开微信扫一扫，扫描左侧二维码；或者在微信直接搜索微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：资料，即可免费领取关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：资料，即可免费领取5000G的大学必备笔记、考证、四六级、计算机二级等资料！关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：电影，即可在线免费观看最新上映的电影；回复：小说，即可免费领取8500本小说！关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：校园大使，即可领取工资、奖金、提成和实习证明！关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，添加墙妹微信，朋友圈每日分享好文和福利呀你所需要的资源，大学生学术墙都有！available at CarbanScienceDirectELSEVIERjour
2、nal homepage: a scientific paper:III.ExperimentalI am writing this Editorial on a Sunday morning at anhe need to assemble the same suite of apparatus?Surely not!ambient temperature of around 22C while listening to theWhile I well recognise that different instruments can haveradio(Bang&Olufsen,Model
3、Beolit 1000)tuned to Classicdifferent resolutions etc.,the make and model are usuallyFM at a frequency of 101.5 MHz.My computer(Apple Macin-irrelevant.If TEM A gives different pictures from TEM B,tosh iMac with Intel 2 GHz Core Duo processor,OSX 5.2)hashow do I know which to believe?And if this is t
4、he case,surelyhad the mouse replaced by a trackball(Kensington Expertall results are suspect.In giving such information we are per-Mouse,Model K64325)and uses a word processing programhaps simply often showing off how rich our laboratories are,(Word 2004 from the Microsoft Office for Macintosh 2004o
5、r are we simply providing free advertising for the instrumentsuite).I am sure you are immediately interested!Curious per-manufacturers?haps as to why I am giving you these facts.Some authors will have noticed that in the last year or so IIf you were interested in radios you would perhaps knowhave so
6、metimes deleted such information from manuscriptsthat Bang&Olufsen(B&O)is a very expensive and innovativewhen I consider it to be irrelevant,and I thought it appropri-brand of electronic equipment,based in Denmark,and thatate that I explain why,and at the same time point out that wethis model is a p
7、ortable radio that is over 40 years old.It isshould keep our papers short and to the point(concise andnot digital but it still produces clear reproduction of all ana-precise).Give essential information,and dont pad!logue radio broadcasts on MW,LW and SW.Indeed I boughtYou may have noticed that in th
8、e second paragraph I re-it a few years before moving to the USA in 1969 so that I couldferred to Bang and Olufsen(B&O).Why did I include thelisten to the BBC wherever I was in the world.The radio stillinformation in parentheses?Was it necessary?Of courseworks perfectly and,believe it or not,it gives
9、 me the samethe answer is no.I never used it again in the Editorial(untilprograms as any other analogue radio purchased today,now that is).The purpose of placing abbreviations in paren-regardless of manufacturer,with perhaps even better claritytheses is to define them for future use.If you are not g
10、oingof reproduction.to use them,there is no need to define them!On the contrary,As a scientist you will know that the Apple Macintoshis there really any need nowadays to define TEM and SEM?range of computers has been innovative in the field of com-How many of you did not know what I was talking abou
11、tputer design and user interface.You will also know that thewhen I used these abbreviations earlier?Almost certainly,word processing program Word is the most used programnone of you.But still almost every author who uses resultsof its type in the scientific community.The great majority offrom these
12、instruments insists on making the definitions,electronic submissions to CARBON are produced using thissometimes several times.program.The point I am trying to make is that we often includeWhy do I tell you this?Simply because it is part of the ac-irrelevant information in our manuscripts and in so d
13、oingcepted format for writing a scientific paper.But is it impor-we lengthen them unnecessarily.Writing a scientific papertant?NO!is a serious matter and needs to be approached carefully.BearThe document is the same regardless of computer andin mind that the care taken to write your paper may be see
14、noperating system used.You cannot tel from reading this Edi-as an indication of the care taken to do your experiments.torial anything about the system I am using,and that is how itEliminate everything that is unnecessary,and at the sameshould be.The equipment manufacturer and model istime make sure
15、you include all that is necessary.irrelevant.This mornings mail included a review of a manuscript inI recently received a manuscript which spent two pageswhich the authors described a pyrolysis process for carbon fi-telling me about the makes and models of all equipmentsbers.The make and model of th
16、e furnace was given but thereused.Two different SEMs,two different TEMs,one of whichwas no mention of the size.From the time in the furnace andwas equipped with EDS and EELS instrumentation,a Ramanthe speed at which the fiber passed through it the reviewerspectrometer and a TPD apparatus,etc.The len
17、gth was evenwas able to calculate the furnace length as 2.5 Km!Obviouslylonger because each instrument was given a separate sub-some vital information was missing!section,wasting a lot of space.Was all this information nec-What then is the purpose of the Experimental section?It isessary?If the reade
18、r wishes to check the authorsresults doescertainly important,and a member of our Editorial Advisory打开微信扫一扫，扫描左侧二维码；或者在微信直接搜索微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：资料，即可免费领取关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：资料，即可免费领取5000G的大学必备笔记、考证、四六级、计算机二级等资料！关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：电影，即可在线免费观看最新上映的电影；回复：小说，即可免费领取8500本小说！关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，回复：校园大使，即可领取工资、奖金、提成和实习
19、证明！关注微信公众号：大学生学术墙，添加墙妹微信，朋友圈每日分享好文和福利呀你所需要的资源，大学生学术墙都有！Board wrote a recent letter to ask why the section was inworkhorse of electron microscopes was the Siemens Elmi-smaller print because he thought it an important componentskop I.The best resolution was around 10 A(1 nm).To us itof the manuscript
20、and found it difficult to read.(Such is nowas a high resolution instrument,certainly much higherlonger the case with the new manuscript format.)that some of the early instruments where 5 nm was as goodThe Experimental section has two purposes:as one could get.Nowadays I am often told that both a TEM
21、a.To allow readers to repeat the experiments if they wish.and a HRTEM(high resolution)were used,(or an SEM and aThis might involve(i)checking dubious results,and/orFESEM)and this morning I came across a paper in press foranother journal that promises super resolution.Is super(i)preparing identical m
22、aterials for further investiga-better than high?The resolution is what is seen on thetion,andb.To convince readers that the work has been done sys-micrograph,and that depends on many factors,especiallytematically and thoroughly using appropriatethe magnification at which the micrograph was taken.A p
23、ic-ture taken at 5000 x on a HRTEM cannot show high resolution.equipment.Surely it is enough to say that the samples were examined byBecause of this the section should contain ALL informa-transmission and scanning electron microscopy and to givetion needed for another person to repeat the experiment
24、.Thisinstrument details in the Supplementary Material?I have of-means details of sample preparation,sources of materials,ten asked the question at what point does an instrument be-purity,particle size,times and temperatures and synthesiscome high resolution?and have never received a clearof intermed
25、iates.It should also include details of importantanswer.One person said that it was high resolution when itexperimental parameters used in analytical and measure-was capable of lattice resolution,but that only raises thement techniques,such as voltages,wavelengths and strainquestion:which lattice?I
26、wonder whether anybody makesrates.a low resolution transmission electron microscope,and whyIn some respects the Experimental section is analogous tois there no high resolution scanning electron microscope?a recipe in a cookery book.It lists ingredients and proceduresScientists can be very inconsiste
27、nt!but does not specify the use of particular equipment.I am convinced that the Experimental section of almost allWhat then should we do with instrumental details?Thepapers could be significantly shortened.It should concentrateanswer surely lies in the technology that is now available toon providing
28、 the information that the reader really needs tous.Looking back over the last 25 years as Editor-in-Chief ofhave in order to be satisfied on the above two points,and pro-CARBON Journal one sees two major changes.One is the elec-vide a list of equipment used in the Supplementary Materialtronic submis
29、sion process and the other is the availability ofsection.Surely that is enough!Supplementary Material on the website.The first of these be-gan as an option but is now a requirement.The second is anEditor-in-Chiefoption that,in my opinion,should be made a requirement.Peter A.ThrowerOne of its compone
30、nts should be a list of the equipment used.E-mail address:This would free space in the journal and would in no way de-value the manuscript.A final point concerns the way people describe instru-0008-6223/$-see front matterments,especially electron microscopes,both scanning and 2008 Elsevier Ltd.All r
31、ights reserved.transmission.Many of you will know that I started researchdoi:10.1016/j.carbon.2008.04.001on graphite nearly 50 years ago by studying neutron radiationdamage in natural single crystals of Ticonderoga graphiteAvailable online 6 April 2008using a transmission electron microscope.In those days the
